Sheikh Usama Rasheed

A good point to start would be to study Francis D. K. Ching Form, Space and Order, Building Construction Illustrated, Construction Codes Illustrated, Architectural Graphics aside from studying ancient history and the architecture orders.

In all honesty, architecture principles can be learned but you won’t become a self thought architect without proper teaching and practice. Architecture coursework involves multiple History, Building System and Building Design Technology, Structures, Physics and Advanced Math classes. Some of these will take 4 semesters to complete, aside from these classes your most important is Design Studio. Design studio is where you will spend 3 hours per day, 3 times a week plus additional work hours to complete your work.

The Design Studio is where your art and design abilities will be hone in, guided by a professor. In the old days architects were formed by Masters and they will stay to shadow and learned under their Master for multiple years, think 10 plus ye