auqra's 100 best asia's architecture book compiles the great creations of mankind

‘100 best asia’s architectures’ is a book by auqra which portrays breathtaking projects in line art illustration. each building has a one-page full description, covering general information such as origin, height, year of development, architect, architectural style or which era does it represent along with some amazing little-known facts about the building. the following page features a beautiful line art illustration of the building. other than being unimaginably majestic, each architecture represented in this book has a great structural and historical significance.

book cover: 100 best asia’s architectures

this is the very first book of several more covering all other continents. in 2015, auqra began working on a project where they were documenting and illustrating archaeological sites in bangladesh. the bangladeshi based startup company felt so passionate about this project that they had to expand their work beyond the country. the team had come up with an idea to compile all these amazing facts, information and illustrations into a book, so that the works could be shared. publishing requires a lot of processes to follow which leads to a great expense, so this is why auqra decided to go for crowdfunding the project. the kickstarter campaign is live and you can support by either sharing or backing this independent publication.

each building covers two consecutive pages

if you are a parent, aunt, uncle or teach at a school, collect this book and read it to your children. science and studies show reading to children has a great impact on their brain development. children are great imitators, therefore inspire them to learn about human culture, history and the greatness in human creations. give your children something great to get inspired.

CCTV headquarters, china

if the case is that you’re a traveler or you love to travel in groups. gift it to your friend and make his or her next adventure more enjoyable. use the book as a bucket-list of the places you must visit.

beijing national stadium, china

in addition to the book itself, auqra is documenting the design process of these illustrations in screen-cast videos. they are highlighting minimal line art illustration throughout the book. this documentation will help sharing these contents with the people who are working in the design industry. so, if you are a designer you may take part as well.

sultan ahmed mosque, turkey

on a complete side note, you can claim a 50 USD coupon if you just share the words. this will support the initiative to have more eyes from those who find ‘100 best asia’s architectures’ a useful source of learning and sharing.

petra, jordan

design process documentation in progress

a few buildings from the book

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: apostolos costarangos | designboom