There are no specific books required to complete this course or to pass the Project Planning & Design or Project Development & Documentation exam.

That said, my advice for ARE 5.0 success has always been to study mostly from the primary resources, the ones listed in the NCARB ARE 5.0 Handbook, and then supplement with third party material, like Hyperfine.

With that in mind, I have used the most common, and I think most valuable, books from the NCARB Handbook to write this course and source my answers. Those books are listed here.

IMPORTANT: You do NOT need the latest version of any of these, or really any book at all. If you already have an older version you will be just fine. The exam is about learning concepts, not memorizing facts.

Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS)
https://amzn.to/3k73e7s

Building Construction Illustrated
https://amzn.to/3Zn9KY2

Building Codes Illustrated (2018)
https://amzn.to/3ioWnWO

The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
https://amzn.to/3CArMfu

Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Toward Net Zero Architecture
https://amzn.to/3GUuzTB

Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics: Sustainable Design Methods for Architecture
https://amzn.to/3k4rFT8

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings
https://amzn.to/3X3EDiE

Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders
https://amzn.to/3VYhSLO

Fundamentals of Building Construction
https://amzn.to/3vSbAm9

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