Resources for Architecture, Building & Construction


| Dictionaries | History | Tables | Handbooks | Internet Resources |

The following primary research and resource materials on architecture, building and construction are located in Stapleton Reference unless otherwise noted. Consult the Voyager OPAC for other appropriate titles or request assistance at the Reference Desk.

Library Resources

Architecture--Dictionaries and encyclopedias

  • Dictionary of architecture and construction
    720.3 H24d
  • Encyclopedia of American architecture
    720.973 H915e2
  • Encyclopedia of modern architecture
    724.9 En19
  • Encyclopaedia of world architecture
    720.9 St52e
  • International dictionary of architects and architecture
    720.9 In8t
  • Macmillan encyclopedia of architects
    720.92 M228a

    Architecture--History

  • The world atlas of architecture
    720.9 G798aw
  • Architectural design--Tables

  • Architect's handbook of formulas, tables, and mathematical calculations
    721 B212a
  • Building & Construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

  • Time-saver standards for architectural design data
    721.0202 T482m5
  • Time-saver standards for building types
    729.2 D356t2
  • Time-saver standards for site planning
    720 D356ta
  • Interior Architecture--Handbooks, manuals, etc

  • Time-saver standards for interior design and space planning
    729 T482i
  • Internet Resources

  • ADAM: Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway
    "A searchable catalogue of 2546 Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community."

  • Virtual Library : Architecture
    Contains links to WWW references that are of direct or related interest to the profession.

  • ArtServe at Australian National University.
    Offers a variety of image collections and small presentations.

  • Centre for Landscape Research: Virtual Libraries and Atlases
    A listing of valuable links and resources, primarily for higher education courses at the University of Toronto in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and regional planning.

  • Architecture: Web Resources
    Probably the most extensive coverage of any site anywhere, compiled by Jeanne Brown at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Coverage includes " architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Types of listings range from discussion groups to electronic publications to databases -- and of course a wide variety of web sites."

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