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Environmental
Design Library
History of Architecture
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INTRODUCTION |
This
is a brief bibliographic guide to general resources for researching architectural
history in the Environmental
Design Library, UC Berkeley. It includes selected reference works,
both print and electronic, and important historical surveys. For additional
assistance please consult our other guides,
in particular, Architecture
Reference Sources, which is a broader, more comprehensive list. Check
the Library's catalogs
or the Environmental Design Library reference staff for further assistance.
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Elizabeth Douthitt Byrne,
Head
Environmental Design
Library, Updated August, 2006 |
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METHODOLOGY |
The following publications are
examples of books that provide guidance on the methods, principles, historiography
and procedures of architectural history, how to interpret the built environment,
and how to do research in architectural history. Please see the Environmental
Design Library Guide:
Designing
a Research Strategy (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/resstrat.html)
for a general guide to the steps in research and term paper or thesis writing,
and the methodology section of Vernacular
Architecture Resources (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/vernacular.html)
or for more specialized methodology sources.
METHODOLOGY, HISTORIOGRAPHY
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Architectural theory, from
the Renaissance to the present: 89 essays on 117 treatises. Koln; Los
Angeles: Taschen, 2003.
EnvDesign, Art History/Cl
NA2500 .A7225 2003
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Art history's history, by
Vernon Hyde Minor. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2001.
Main Stack N380.M556
2001
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The content of the form,
narrative discourse and historical representation,
by Hayden White.
Baltimore John Hopkins University Press, 1987.
Main Stack, Moffitt, Grad
Svcs D13.W564 1987
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The critical historians of
art, by Michael Podro. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982.
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Main Stack N380.P53 1982
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Experimental sociology of
architecture: a guide to theory, research, and literature, by Guy Ankerl
. The Hague; New York: Mouton,
1981. New Babylon studies in the social sciences, 36.
EnvDesign NA2543.S6 .A53
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The favored circle: the social
foundations of architectural distinction,
by Garry Stevens. Cambridge,
Mass.: MIT Press, 1998.
EnvDesign NA2543.S6.S67 1998
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"Form and User: Style, Mode,
Fashion and the Artifact," by Dell Upton, in Living in the Material
World: Canadian and American Approaches to Material Culture Studies,
ed. Gerald L. Pocius [1991]. St. John's, Nfld.: Institute of Social and
Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, c1991. Social and
economic papers, no. 19.
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Main Stack GN406.L58 1991
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"Historiography and modern
architecture, pts I and II" ed. by Stanford Anderson in Journal
of architectural education, vol. 44 no. 3, p. 130-55, May, 1991, and
vol. 44 no. 4, p.194-210, Aug. 1991.
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EnvDesign NA2000.A1J6 bound
periodical shelves
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The
historiography of modern architecture,
UCB only by Panayotis Tournikiotis. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,
1999.
Print: EnvDesign NA680.T68
1999
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History and social theory,
by Peter Burke. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1993, c1992.
Main Stack, Moffitt,
Grad Svcs HM36.B85 1993
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How
to investigate the history of a building. (History
Detectives, PBS). Clear guide to researching a building's history.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/diy/building.html
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The idea of history,
by R. G. Collingwood. N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 1956. Galaxy book
1.
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EnvDesign D13.C617 1956
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Intersections: architectural
histories and critical theories. Iain Borden and Jane Rendell, eds.
London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
EnvDesign NA190 .I58
2000
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On the methodology of architectural
history, guest editor, Demetri Porphyrios. London: Architectural Design;
New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1981. Architectural design profile;
[35]
EnvDesign NA190.O51 1981
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Principles of architectural
history; the four phases of architectural style, 1420-1900, by Paul
Frankl. Translated and edited by James F. O'Gorman. [Cambridge, Mass.,
MIT Press, 1968].
EnvDesign NA203.F713
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Principles of art history;
the problem of the development of style in later art, by Heinrich Wolfflin,
Translated by M. D. Hottinger. [New York] Dover Publications [194-?]
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EnvDesign N5300.W62 1940
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Reading architectural
history, by Dana Arnold. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
EnvDesign NA190
.A76 2002
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The rise of architectural
history, by David Watkin. London: Architectural Press; Westfield, NJ:
Eastview Editions, 1980.
EnvDesign NA190.W38
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The study of architectural
history, by Bruce Allsopp. [New York] Praeger [1970]. Relationship
between architectural history and practice; nature of architectural history.
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EnvDesign NA200.A46 1970
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Summerson and Hitchcock:
centenary essays on architectural historiography.
New Haven: Published
for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art [and] the Yale Center
for British Art [by] Yale University Press, 2006.
EnvDesign NA2599.8.S92
S86 2006
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Theories and history of architecture,
by Manfredo Tafuri, translated from the Italian by Giorgio Verrecchia.
New York Harper & Row, 1980. (Series: Icon editions).
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EnvDesign NA2500.T2813 1980
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Varieties of cultural history,
by Peter Burke. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1997.
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Main Stack CB15.B87 1997
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Visual methodologies, by
Gillian Rose. London: Thousand Oaks; New Delhi: Sage Publications,
2001.
EnvDesign P93.55.R67
2001
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Words and buildings: a vocabulary
of modern architecture, by Adrian Forty. New York, N.Y.: Thames &
Hudson, 2000. Focuses on the
language of modern architecture
and includes a "historical and critical dictionary" of essays exploring
the historical framework and theoretical meaning of 18 words that form
the "core vocabulary of modernist architectural criticism."
EnvDesign NA2543.L34
F67 2000
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The writing of history,
by Michel de Certeau; translated by Tom Conley. New York: Columbia University
Press, 1988. European perspectives.
Doe Stack D13.C34131 198
, Grad Svcs D13.C34131 1988 Non-circulating
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PROCESS,
FIELD WORK
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Guide to recording historic
buildings, ICOMOS. London; Boston: Butterworth Architecture, 1990.
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EnvDesign E159 .G83 1990
Reference
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HABS/HAER guidelines: recording
structures and sites with HABS measured drawings, by Joseph D. Balachowski].
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural
Resources, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering
Record, [2001]
EnvDesign
TA549.B35 2001 Reference
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Identifying American architecture:
a pictorial guide to styles and terms, 1600-1945, by James J.-G. Blumenson.
2d ed.,rev. and enl. Nashville: American Association for State and Local
History, 1981. Easy-to-use guide to identifying the most common American
building styles.
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EnvDesign NA705 B55 1981
Reference & circulating
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llustrated handbook of vernacular
architecture, by R.W. Brunskill. 4th ed. London: Faber, 2000.
British emphasis, but excellent techniques for investigating vernacular
architecture.
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EnvDesign NA7328.B83 2000
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Instructions
for recording historical resources, California Office of Historic
Preservation. Sacramento: Office of Historic Preservation, 1995.
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EnvDesign NA107.C2.C35 1995
http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/manual95.pdf
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Measured drawing for architects,
by Robert Chitham. London: Architectural Press, 1980.
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EnvDesign NA2700.C48
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Recording historic structures,
ed. by John A. Burns and the staff of the Historic American Buildings Survey,
Historic American Engineering Record, and Historic American Landscapes
Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2004.
EnvDesign
E159.R425 2004
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Secretary of the Interior's
standards and guidelines for architectural and engineering documentation:
HABS/HAER. Washington, D.C.: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
American Engineering Record, Cultural Resources Program, U.S. Dept. of
the Interior, National Park Service, 1990.
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EnvDesign NA2712.U55 1990
INTERPRETING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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Architecture as space, how
to look at architecture, by Bruno Zevi; ed. by Joseph A. Barry. Rev.
ed. New York: Horizon Press, [1974] Includes concepts of space through
many eras, and different interpretations of architecture -- political,
religious, scientific, etc.
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EnviDsgn NA2500.Z452 1974
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Architecture everywhere:
investigating the built environment of your community, by Joseph A.
Weber. Tucson, AZ: Zephyr Pr., 2000.
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EnvDesign NA705 W43 2000
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Architecture, form, space
& order, by Francis D.K. Ching. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1996.
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EnvDesign NA2760 .C46 1996
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The arts: a comparative approach
to the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and drama.
Thomas A. Walters. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2000.
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EnvDesign NX170.W35 2000
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Buildings and society, essays
on the social development of the built environment, edited by Anthony
D. King. London; Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1980.
EnvDesign
NA2543.S6.B76
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Cities & people, a social
and architectural history. Mark Girouard. New Haven: Yale University
Press, 1985.
EnvDesign
HT111.G571 1988
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Close-up, how to read the
American city, Grady Clay. Phoenix, ed. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Pr.,
1980.
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EnvDesign HT153 C585 1980
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Constructing ideas: understanding
architecture, Lance LaVine. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub., 2004.
Environ
Dsgn NA2500.L383 2004
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"Describing architecture,"
in Architecture and ornament: an illustrated dictionary.
Margaret Maliszewski-Pickart. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1998,
p. 183-95.
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EnvDesign NA2840.M36 1998
Ref
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Essentials in architecture;
an analysis of the principles & qualities to be looked for in buildings,
by John Belcher. London, B.T. Batsford, 1907. Truth, beauty, qualities,
factors, materials.
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EnvDesign NA2550.B45
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Everyday architecture of
the Mid-Atlantic, looking at buildings and landscapes. Gabrielle M.
Lanier and Bernard L. Herman. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press,
1997. Creating the North American landscape.
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EnvDesign NA717.L36 1997
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Experiencing architecture.
Steen I. Rasmussen. [Transl. from Danish by Eve Wendt. 2d US ed.].
Cambridge [Mass.] M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
1962.
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EnvDesign NA2550 .R352 1962
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Houses and homes, exploring
their history, by Barbara J. Howe .. [et al.]. Nashville, Tenn.: American
Association for State and Local History, 1987. Nearby history series ;
2.
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EnvDesign E180.H681 1987
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The interior dimension, a
theoretical approach to enclosed space, by Joy Monice Malnar, Frank
Vodvarka. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.
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EnvDesign NA2850.M35 1992
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The Interpretation of ordinary
landscapes, geographical essays, by D. W. Meinig, editor; J. B. Jackson.
et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
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EnvDesign, Moffitt GF90.I57
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Landscape in sight, looking
at America, by John Brinckerhoff Jackson; edited by Helen Lefkowitz
Horowitz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.
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EnvDesign GF91.U6.J317 1997
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Looking at buildings,
by Christopher Trent. London, Phoenix House; New York, Roy Publishers [1960].
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EnvDesign NA961.T74
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Looking at cities, by
Allan B. Jacobs, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1985. See especially
Chapter 3, "Clues," pp.30-83. Very useful presentation of the physical
indicators that help the observer interpret an urban environment.
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EnvDesign HT166 J262 1985
Reserve & circulating
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The meaning of architecture;
an essay in constructive criticism, by Irving K. Pond. Boston, Marshall
Jones company, 1918. Dated, but interesting, discussion of the "sublime
essence of … (the) spirit .(of) the great architecture of the past."
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EnvDesign NA2520.P6
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The meaning of the built
environment, a nonverbal communication approach, by Amos Rapoport.
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1990.
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EnvDesign BF353 .R36 1990
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Meaningful architecture:
social interpretations of buildings, edited by Martin Locock. Aldershot;
Brookfield, Vt., USA: Avebury; 1994. Worldwide archaeology series; 9.
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Anthropol NA2543.S6 M43 1994
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Nearby history: exploring
the past around you, by David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty. 2nd ed.
Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Pr., 2000. Excellent, well-organized manual.
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EnvDesign E180.5 N98 2000
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Observing and interpreting
the urban environment: case study, Prescott & South Prescott, Oakland,
California, by Allan B. Jacobs. Berkeley: Institute of Urban and Regional
Development, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1982. Working paper no. 374.
A case study demonstrating techniques of community observation and anaylsis.
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EnvDesign HT393 C2 C25 W6
no.374
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On doing local history: reflections
on what local historians do, why, and what it means, by Carol Kammen.
Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1986.
See Chapter 2, "Researching local history," pp. 43-76.
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EnvDesign E180 K281 1986
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Public places, exploring
their history, by Gerald A. Danzer. Nashville, TN: American Association
for State and Local History, 1987.
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EnvDesign E180 D36 1987
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Reading architectural plans:
for residential and commercial construction,
by Ernest R. Weidhaas.
5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002.
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EnvDesign NA7115 .W44 2002
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Real places, an unconventional
guide to America's generic landscape, by Grady Clay. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1994.
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EnvDesign E169.04.C57 1994
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Right before your eyes, penetrating
the urban environment, Grady Clay. Washington, D.C.: American Planning
Association; Chicago, Ill.: Planners Press, 1987.
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EnvDesign HT153 .C58571 1987
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Streets, critical perspectives
on public space, edited by Zeynep Celik, Diane Favro, Richard Ingersoll.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
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EnvDesign NA9053.S7.S82 1994
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The study of urban geography,
Harold Carter. 4th ed. London; New York: Edward Arnold; New York: Co-published
by Halsted Press, 1995. 4th ed on order for EnvDesign
EnvDesign GF125.C371
1981 3rd ed
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Town architecture: Blacksburg,
understanding a Virginia town, by Donna Dunay. [Blacksburg, Va.]: Town
of Blacksburg, the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and the Extension
Division, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986.
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EnvDesign HT167.5.V8.D85
1986
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Understanding architecture:
an introduction to architecture and architectural history, Hazel Conway
and Rowan Roenisch. 2nd ed. London; New York: Routledge, 2005
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EnvDesign NA2500 .C62 2005
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Table
of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0417/2004009647.html
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Understanding architecture,
its elements, history, and meaning. Leland M. Roth. New York, NY: Icon
Editions, 1993.
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EnvDesign NA2500 .R68 1993
Noncirc, Moffitt NA2500 .R68 1993
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Understanding buildings,
a multidisciplinary approach, Esmond Reid. London: Construction Press,
1984.
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EnvDesign TH145 .R42 1984b
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"Understanding the Use of
Space: An Ethnoarchaeological Approach," by Susan Kent, in Method
and Theory for Activity Area Research: An Ethnoarchaeological Approach,
ed. Susan Kent [1987]. New York: Columbia University Press, 1987.
Anthro GF95.M481 1987
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WRITING AND RESEARCHING
For additional resources,
see also Designing
a Research Strategy, especially the sections on Style
Manuals and Guides, Thesis/Dissertation
Writing, Preparing
for Thesis Research, and Guides
to Research in Architecture.
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Art information: research
methods and resources, Lois Swan Jones. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt
Pub. Co., 1990. Includes chapter on architecture.
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Env Design N85.J64 1990 Reference
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Art information and the Internet:
how to find it, how to use it, Lois Swan Jones. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx
Press, 1999.
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Env Design N59.J66 1999 Reference
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The dissertation: an architecture
student's handbook, Ian Borden and Katerina Reudi. Oxford, Boston:
Architectural Press, 2000.
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EnvDes NA2108.B67 2000.
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Image-based research: a sourcebook
for qualitative researchers, Jon Prosser, ed. Bristol, PA: Falmer Pr.,
1998.
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Anthro GN347 I43 1998; EnvDesign
on order
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A manual for writers of term
papers, theses, and dissertations, by Kate L. Turabian. 6th ed.
rev. by John Grossman and Alice.Bennett. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1996. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing.
EnvDesign,
Bioscience, Busi, Doe Ref, Moffitt LB2369.T8 1996 Reference
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Principles of art history
writing, by David Carrier. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State
University Press, 1991.
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EnvDesign N380.C37 1991
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Researching and writing in
the humanities and arts, by Christine A. Hult. Boston: Allyn and Bacon,
1996.
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EnviDsgn AZ186.H85 1996
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A short guide to writing
about art, Sylvan Barnet. 8th ed. New York: Pearson/Longman,
2005. Short guide series. One of the best. Includes writing,
interpeting, analyzing, etc. both art and architecture.
Environ
Dsgn N7476.B37 2005 Reference & circulating
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A short guide to writing
about history, Richard Marius. 3rd ed. New York: Longman, 1999.
EnvDesign
D13.M294 1999 Reference; Main, Moffitt
Main Stack 4th ed.
D13.M294 2002
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Visualizing research, a guide
to the research process in art and design, by Carole Gray and Julian
Malins. Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004.
Environ
Dsgn, Art Hist/Cl NK1170.G68 2004
Companion
website: http://visualizingresearch.info/
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Writing about art, Henry
M. Sayre. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1999.
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EnvDesign , Art Hist N7476
.S29 1999 Reference
BIBLIOGRAPHIES,
GUIDES to the LITERATURE |
For a more general list of architectural
bibliographies, consult Reference
Sources on Architecture (http://www.library.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html).
See also Key
Resources for Art Historical Research (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ARTH/researchresources.html)
and Library
Catalogs and Special Collections in Architecture (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html#Library
Catalogs).
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American Association of Architectural
Bibliographers. Papers. New York: Garland, 1965-1979. 13 vols. Index
to v.1-10 in v. 11. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Western
architecture, mostly modern architects. Indexed by subject and series in
the online catalogs.
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EnvDesign NA8.A5 Ref
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"Architecture," Chapter
J. in Guide to the literature of art history. ed. by Etta Arntzen,
Robert Rainwater. Chicago: American Library Association, 1980, p. 193-234.
Scholarly guide to the literature.
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EnvDesign N380. A12.A671
1980 Reference
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Architecture," Chapter
J. in Guide to the literature of art history 2, ed. by Max Marmor
and Alex Ross. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005. Supplements
previous edition, above.
Table
of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016170.html
EnvDesign, Art Hist/Cl,
Doe Ref N380.A12.M3 2005 Reference
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Architecture: a bibliographic
guide to basic reference works, histories, and handbooks. Donald L.
Ehresman. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1984. Good beginning points,
although many are now dated.
EnvDesign
NA2520.A12.E38 1984 Reference Desk
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Architecture on screen: films
and videos on architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation,
city and regional planning, comp. and ed. by the Program for Art on
Film. New York: G.K. Hall, 1993. 940 film and video titles, with emphasis
on architectural history. Productions originated in thirty-six countries
and produced between 1927-1992, with most released since 1980.
EnvDesign NA2588.A73.1993
Ref
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Architecture reading lists
and course outlines, ed. by Georgia Bizios. Durhan, N.C.: Eno River
Press, 1991- . Survey of course outlines, syllabi and reading lists from
graduate and undergraduate architecture programs of 28 universities.
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EnvDesign NA2005.A74 1991
Reference
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Architecture series--bibliography.
Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1978. Wide array of topics. Most
are good starting places. Use the 3 cumulative indexes.
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EnvDesign NA200. A12.A7 Index
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Bibliografia storico-critica
dell'architettura civile ed arti subalterne. Angelo Comolli. Milano,
Labor riproduzioni e documentazioni [1964-65] 4 vols. Facsimile of original
ed. 1788-92. First bibliography on architecture and related arts. Serves
as a history of architectural criticism., and "indexes" early architectural
literature. Classified, annotated bibliography covering early historical
and theoretical works. Classification scheme in beginning of vol. 1. Author
and title indexes at end of vol. 2, 3, 4. Index of vol. 2 covers vol. 1-2.
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EnvDesign NA8.C65 1788a Ref
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British architectural books
and writers, 1556-1785. Eileen Harris. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1990. Scholarly compilation of British architecture
and building books, including complete bibliographic description and collation,
location in any of 4 major architecture libraries in England and North
America, and a critical essay on each title. Organized alphabetically by
author, with a chronological index of titles and editions, and an overall
index.
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EnvDesign NA965.H37 1990
Ref
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Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) UC
Only
Bibliography and index of dissertations from the first U.S. dissertation,
accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. Dissertations
published from 1980 forward and master's theses from 1988-- also include
abstracts. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000
North American graduate schools and European universities. Only U.C. dissertations
1996 to the present are free to UC users for downloading; you may, however,
buy other titles in a variety of formats, including pdf.
Dissertations
Underway on Architectural History,
lists compiled by Society of Architectural Historians. Includes topics
including and related to architectural history, such as urbanism, landscape
studies, and interior design. This list is by no means complete or exactly
up to date. Separate listing of dissertations completed since 1994.
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http://faculty.washington.edu/jn/diss.htm
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Goode's
bibliography of doctoral dissertations relating to American architectural
history, 1897-1995. James M. Goode. 2nd ed. Chicago: Society of
Architectural Historians, 1995.
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EnvDesign NA705.A12.G6.1995
Ref
Online: http://www.sah.org/oldsite06012004/daah/daah1.html
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Indigenous architecture worldwide:
a guide to information sources. Lawrence Wodehouse. Detroit: Gale Research,1980.
Gale information guide library, Art and architecture information guide
series; v. 12. Bibliography of vernacular architecture by continent
and country.
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EnvDesign NA208.A12.W6 Reference
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IRB-Literaturauslese.
In online catalogs search series: IRB-Literaturauslese for a
list of complete holdings. Bibliographies (in German) on a wide array of
topics on architecture and architects.
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Call number varies. Search
Pathfinder: series: IRB-Literaturauslese
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La letteratura artistica;
manuale delle fonti della storia dell'arte moderna. 2 ed. italiana
aggiornata … Firenze, "La Nuova Italia" [1956] Pensiero storico, 12. Originally
published in German as Die Kunstliteratur (Main Stack N5300.S321
NRLF #: $C 62 849), valuable bibliography of literature of art and architectural
history up to early 19th century.
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EnvDesign N5300.S23 1956
Reference
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Sources of modern architecture:
a critical bibliography, Dennis Sharp. 2nd ed., rev. and enl. London;
New York: Granada, 1981.
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EnvDesign NA642 .A12S47.1981
Reference
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20th century architecture,
a reader's guide, Martin Pawley. Oxford, Boston: Architectural Press,
2000.
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EnvDesign NA680; .P314 2000;
Reference
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DICTIONARIES |
The dictionaries below will
be helpful in architectural history research. For a more general selection
of architecture dictionaries, be sure to consult the Dictionaries
and
Foreign
Language Dictionaries sections of our Architecture
Reference Sources webguide (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html).
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The anatomy of a house: a
picture dictionary of architectural and design elements, Fayal Greene;
NY: Doubleday, 1991.
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EnvDesign NA2840.G74 1991
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The classical language of
architecture, John Summerson. Cambridge, M.I.T. Press [1966, c1963]
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EnvDesign NA2540.S85 1963
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Table
of contents: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=5137&mode=toc
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The concise dictionary of
architectural and design history. Frederic H. Jones. Los Altos, Calif.:
Crisp Publications, 1992.
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EnvDesign NA31.J62 1992 Reference
desk
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A concise glossary of terms
used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture, by John Henry
Parker. 9th ed., rev. Oxford, London, J. Parker and Co., 1896.
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EnvDesign NA31.P3 1896 Noncirculating
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Critical terms for art history,
ed. by Robert S. Nelson and Richard Shiff. 2nd ed. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 2003. Collection of essays by experts on important
terms in art and architectural history.
EnvDesign,
Main Stack 1st ed. N34.C75 1996
Main Stack
N34.C75 2003
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Dictionary of architectural
and building technology. Henry J. Cowan and Peter R. Smith. 4th ed.
London; New York: Spon, 2004.
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EnvDesign NA31.C63 2004 Reference
desk
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The dictionary of architecture,
by the Architectural Publication Society. London, T. Richards [1887-92].
8 vols.
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EnvDesign fNA31.A75 Rare
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A dictionary of the architecture
and archaeology of the middle ages: including words used by ancient and
modern authors in in treating of architectural and other antiquities …
also, biographical notices of ancient architects, by John Britton.
London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans [etc.] 1838.
EnvDesign
NA31.B78 1838 Reference
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A dictionary of architecture
and building, Russell Sturgis. NY: MacMillan Company; London: MacMillan,
1901-1902.
EnvDesign
NA31.S8 vol.1-3 Reference
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Dictionary of architecture
& construction, edited by Cyril M. Harris. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2006.
EnvDesign
NA31.H32 2006 Reference Desk
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Dictionary
of architecture and landscape architecture, by James Stevens Curl.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, 2006.
Print:
EnvDesign NA31.C864 2006 Reference desk
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only
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Dictionnaire de l'architecture
du XXe siecle, sous la direction de Jean-Paul Midant. [Paris]: Hazan:
Institut francais d'architecture, 1996.
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EnvDesign NA680 .D49 1996
Reference
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Dictionnaire raisonne d'architecture
et des sciences et arts qui s'y rattachent, by Ernest Bosc. Paris:
Firmin-Didot, 1877-1880. Good source for 19th-century material, illustrations.
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EnvDesign NA31.B6 Noncirculating
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Dizionario enciclopedico
di architettura e urbanistica, Diretto da Paolo Portoghesi. [Roma],
Ist. editoriale romano, [1968]-69. Collana di dizionari enciclopedici di
cultura artistica.
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EnvDesign NA31 .D57 Reference
v.1-6
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Glossarium Artis. Munchen:
K.G. Saur. 1977-- v.1-- . Series of illustrated dictionaries of highly
specialized art and architectural terms in English, French and German.
Each volume a separate topic.
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EnvDesign N33.G55 Reference.
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Grove
Art Online (Grove Dictionary of Art) UCB
only
Electronic version of The dictionary of art, ed. by Jane Turner.
NY: Grove, 1996. Contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual
arts--painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts
and photography--from prehistory to the present day. Excellent bibliographies
and links to images and related sites.
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Print: Environ Dsgn N31.D5
1996 Reference; Index, v. 34
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Illustrated dictionary of
architecture, by Ernest Burden.2nd ed. [New York]: McGraw-Hill,
2002.
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EnvDesign NA31.B83 2002 Reference
Desk
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Illustrated dictionary of
architecture, 800-1914, Jill Lever and John Harris. 2nd ed. London;
Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993.
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EnvDesign NA31.H344 1993
Reference desk
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International dictionary
of architects and architecture. Editor, Randall Van Vynckt. Detroit:
St. James Press, 1993.
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EnvDesign NA40.I48 1993 Reference
Desk vol.1-2.
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Metapolis dictionary of advanced
architecture: city, technology and society in the information age,
by Manuel Gausa et. al. Barcelona: Actar, 2003. Hip
2-part dictionary, one alphabetical and one "ideological," of "architectural
action linked to...'advanced culture,' now present in many disciplines
of contemporary art, thought and technology."
Multilingual dictionary of
architecture and building terms, ed. by Chris Grech. London,
New York: E & FN Spon, 1998.
EnvDesign NA31.M85
1998 Reference
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Ortner & Ortner, Worterbuch
der Baukunst; primer of architecture, by Laurids Ortner, Liesbeth Waechter-Bohm,
Gerwin Zohlen; [transl. by Roderick O'Donovan]. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag,
2001.
EnvDesign
NA31.O78 2001
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Oxford
reference online: art and architecture UCB
only
Six art and/or architecture dictionaries published by Oxford University
Press. Search individually, or collectively.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s1
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The Penguin dictionary of
architecture and landscape architecture, John Fleming. 5th ed. London,
England; New York, N.Y., USA: Penguin Books, 1998.
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EnvDesign NA31.F55 1998 Reference
Desk
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A visual dictionary of architecture,
Francis D.K. Ching. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.
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EnvDesign NA31.C44 1995 ref
desk
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The visual dictionary of
buildings. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. Eyewitness visual
dictionaries.
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EnvDesign NA31.E97 1992 Reference
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Vocabolario di architettura:
prima edizione completa dal manoscritto autografo, Agostino Fantastici.
Fiesole (Firenze): Cadmo, 1994. Esedra; 6. Architectural, building and
civil engineering terms in use in Tuscany in the first half of the 18th
century. Definitions compiled by architect-designer Fantastici (1782-1845)
from the many early and classical treatises he used in his own work, and
published together for the first time from the original manuscripts now
in the Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati di Siena. Includes bibliography.
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EnvDesign NA31.F26 1994 Reference
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Wasmuths lexikon der baukunst.
Berlin, E. Wasmuth, a. g. [1929-37]
Terms, biographies, bibliographies,
and articles on legal, social and historical aspects of architecture. Especially
useful for information on early modern architecture. German language. Includes
plans and illustrations. Nazi influence in vol. 5, Suppl.
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EnvDesign NA31.W3 Noncirculating
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS
|
For additional resources,
consult the Encyclopedias
section of Architecture
Reference Sources, and general encyclopedias listed in the UCB Library
homepage, Electronic
Resources, by types, Encyclopedias.
-
Calendar of creative man,
John Paxton and Sheila Fairfield. London: Macmillan, 1980. Timeline
from prehistory to 1970 with focus on 3-dimensional arts. Notes by date
events and major works in each discipline.
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EnvDesign NX447.5.P381 1980
Reference
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Companion to contemporary
architectural thought, ed. by Ben Farmer and Hentie Louw. London: New
York Routledge, 1993. Not really an encyclopedia, but a wonderful "snyoptic
collaborative work" that brings together a series of essays written by
an international assortment of architects and historians. Introduces the
reader to the essential qualities of architecture as revealed through history,
and provide an "appreciation of the general state of the architectural
world as it appears at the close of the 20th century." Includes bibliographies.
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EnvDesign NA2599 .C66 1993
Reference
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A dictionary of architecture
and building; biographical, historical, and descriptive, by Russell
Sturgis …. New York, The Macmillan compan; London, Macmillan & co.,
ltd., 1901-1902. Historically important.
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EnvDesign NA31.S8 Reference
& circulating
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An encyclopadia of architecture,
historical, theoretical, & practical. London, New York [etc.] Longmans,
Green, 1899.
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EnvDesign NA2520 .G9 1899
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Enciclopedia de arquitectura
Plazola. Alfredo Plazola Cisneros;coautores, Alfredo Plazola Anguiano
y Guillermo Plazola Anguiano. Estado de Mexico: Plazola Editores, 1994-
. 10 vols. Spanish language encyclopedia with Mexican and Latin
American emphasis.
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EnvDesign NA31 .P625 1994
Reference
-
Encyclopedia of architectural
technology, ed. by Pedro Guedes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Architectural styles, building types, building techniques through the
ages, including the present.
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EnvDesign TH845.M32 Reference
Desek
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Encyclopedia of building
technology, ed. by Henry J. Cowan. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
1988. 210 brief articles written by experts in the field of building
technology, each with bibliographic references.
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EnvDesign TH9.E481.1988 Reference
Desk
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Encyclopedia of 20th century
architecture, R. Stephen Sennott, ed. NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
3 vols.
Table
of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip046/2003015674.html
EnvDesign, Doe Ref NA680.E495
2004 Reference desk
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Encyclopedia of vernacular
architecture of the world, ed. by Paul Oliver. Cambridge, U.K.; New
York:Cambridge University Press, 1997. 3 vols.
Comprehensive encyclopedia
with articles by experts in their fields. Vol. 1, theories and principles;
Vols. 2-3, cultures and habitats, geographically. Complex hierarchical
and alphabetical organizational structure--be sure to read the explanation
on how to use. Includes cross-references, glossary, comparative lexikon
of terms in 6 languages, bibliography, index of cultures, habitats, nations
and locations, and general index.
EnvDesign
NA208.E53 1997 Reference
-
Encyclopedie de l'architecture
et de la construction. Paul Amedee Planat. Paris, Dujardin et cie [189-?]
6 vols. plus index. French language, historical importance.
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EnvDesign NA31.P6 1890 Reference
-
Encyclopedia of world art.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959-1983. 15 volumes. Good coverage of architecture
and planning history and excellent plates and bibliographies. Vol. 15 is
index to set.
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EnvDesign N31.E482 Reference
-
Encyclopedia of world architecture,
by Henri Stierlin. 2nd ed. London: MacMillan, 1979. Concise, but good
plans and indexes by location and name. 2 vols.
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EnvDesign NA200.S74 1979
Reference Desk
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Grove
Dictionary of Art UCB only
electronic version of The dictionary of art, ed., Jane Turner. New
York: Grove, 1996. Excellent coverage of architecture, landscape architecture
and urban design from prehistory to the present day. Excellent bibliographies
and links to images and related sites.
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Print, 34 vols.: Environ
Dsgn N31.D5 1996 Reference, Index, v. 34
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A history of architecture.
Russell Sturgis. New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1906-1915.
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EnvDesignNA200.S81 1906 Reference
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MacMillan encyclopedia of
architects. Editor-in-chief, Adolf K. Placzek. New York: Free Press;
London: Collier MacMillan, 1982. Index by name of building and architect
name in vol. 4.
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EnvDesign NA40.M25 1982 Reference
Desk
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The Wilson chronology of
the arts, by George Ochoa and Melinda Corey. New York: H.W. Wilson
Co., 1998.
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EnvDesign N5306.O26 1998
Reference
PERIODICAL
INDEXES |
For a broader list of general
architectural indexes, see Architecture
Periodical Indexes & Abstracts. A list of general indexes available
online to UCB users is available on the UCB Library homepage, Library Collections,
Electronic
Resources, Article Databases. See also Scholarly,
Trade and Popular Journals: How to Identify Them and How
to Find Journal Articles.
- Architectural publications
index: API: periodicals indexed and books catalogued by the British
Architectural Library. London: Published for the British Architectural
Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects by RIBA publications,
1995. API is a quarterly publication with an annual cumulation that includes
a series and special issues index as well as names, subject headings, topographical
and building names index. Continues: Architectural periodicals index
(1972-1994). Online coverage: 1984 --
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Print: EnvDesign NA8.A73
Index, Aug 1995 --
API
Online via RIBA British Architectural Library: http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Reference/Library_897.html
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Art
Full Text UC Only
Citations to articles, book and exhibition reviews from over 300 international
publications, in a variety of languages. Art Abstracts covers the fields
of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications
and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design,
interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography,
sculpture, television textiles, and video. Coverage includes 9/84 to present.
Formerly Art Abstracts. From "Open Database Selection Area,"
you may simultaneously search Art Retrospective, and several other
databases, including Readers' Guide.
Print: EnvDesign
N18 A72 Index 1984-95
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Art
Index Retrospective UC Only
Bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index
volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. Continued
as Art Full Text.
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Print: EnvDesign N18 A72
Index 1929-1984
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ArtBibliographies
Modern UCB Only
Abstracts of journal articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogs, dissertations,
and exhibition reviews. Covers artists and movements beginning with Impressionism
in the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends. Although
strictly architecture journals are excluded, articles on architecture in
general art and design journals are included. The database covers volume
years 1974 to the present.
-
Print: Art/Classics N1.A1.L2
Room 308J - Reference 1(1969)-26(1995
-
Arts
and Humanities Citation Index UC
Only
Multidisciplinary database of the Web of Science (which also offers Science
Citation Index and Social Science Index) covering the journal literature
of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,100 of the world's leading arts
and humanities journals. Allows the user to look up a reference to a work
the user has identified as helpful, and identify journal articles citing
that work. A good way to identify other authors working on the same topic.
Covers 1975 -- . You may create an Alert and be notified when new material
on your topic is added to the database.
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Print: Hum/Area AJ3 A7 Ref
stack, 1975-- .
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Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals UC
Only
Article citations in architecture, archaeology, architectural design, city
planning, furtniture and decoration, interior design, historic preservation,
history of architecture, landscape architecture and urban design and planning.
Recent citations contain brief abstracts. Links to UC periodical holdings,
and permits cross-database searching simultaneously. You may set up Alerts
to be notified of new material on your topic added to their database.
Coverage spans the years 1930s to the present, with selective coverage
dating back to the 1860s. More than 1,000 journals in many languages are
indexed.
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Print: EnvDesign fNA8 C64
v. 1-15, 1890-1972; Supplements v. 1-14, 1973-1993 Index
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BHA,
Bibliography of the history of art UC
Only
Most comprehensive art history bibliography available. Includes abstracted
articles from 2,500 international periodicals, books, conference proceedings,
collected essays, exhibition and art dealer's catalogs and dissertations.
Covers the art of Europe and the Americas from late antiquity to the modern
period in a wide range of media, including architecture and industrial
design, painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, decorative and applied arts,
and popular and folk art from 1973 --. Strong indexing in art historiography,
archaeological and antiquarian literature, area and cultural studies, critical
theory. You may simultaneously search about 60 other databases.
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Print: Main N1 B5 1991--
.
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Bibliographie zur Architektur
im 19. Jahrhundert, die Aufsatze in den deutschsprachigen Architekturzeitschriften
1789-1918, ed. by Stephan Waetzoldt. Nendeln: KTO Press, 1977. 8-volume
index of German-language architectural periodical literature focuses on
German and central European architecture. 1789 - 1918. Volume 8 includes
indexes by architect, author and place. Each volume has tables of contents
with subjects in German and English. A list of journals indexed appears
in volume 1.
-
EnvDesign NA645.A12.B5 Reference
-
The Burnham index to architectural
literature. New York: Garland Pub., 1989. Recently added to the
Avery
Indexabove. Indexes more than 200 journals and several hundred
monographs. Compiled by the Burnham Library of Architecture at the Chicago
Art Institute, 1919-1965. Better coverage of California than Avery Index
for early part of the 20th century.
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EnvDesign fNA705.A12.B87
1989 Index, vols. 1-10
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Dyabola
(Census of antique works of art and architecture known in the Renaissance). UCB
Only Searchable
databases of classical art works and the literature of ancient archaeology.
This German Archaeological Institute in Rome (DAI) Subject Catalog describes
one of the world's largest and oldest (founded 1829) collections of research
material on Classical, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Archaeology; Byzantine
Art; Epigraphy; Numismatics; and Ancient History. In addition to listing
book holdings, indexes articles in the journals it receives. Searchable
by controlled terms for author, title, journal title, etc. and by keywords
in titles and other access points, as well as through use of an elaborate
subject tree of controlled terms.
FRANCIS UCB
Only Indexes
more than 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and
European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics.
Produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique, most
records are in French, with about 33% in English. 1984 -- .
Historical
abstracts UC Only
Citations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present
(excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in the bibliographic
database America: History and Life). Covers over 2,000 journals published
worldwide 1954-- .. All abstracts are written in English. Includes approximately
3,000 citations to historical book reviews and citations to abstracts of
dissertations worldwide.
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Print: Main Stack D299.H57,
1955--
-
Index
to Historic Preservation Periodicals published by the National
Trust for Historic Preservation Library. Print volume 1 covers articles
published from 1979-1987, and a supplement covers 1987-1990. It indexes
local publications such as Oakland HeritageAlliance News, BAHA News, Heritage
Newsletter (San Francisco's Architectural Heritage) and California Preservation.
Available partially online (limited coverage of California journals) Select
"guest login." Select "databases by name," select National Trust.
-
Print: EnvDesign Z1251.A2.U51.1992
Index
http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/catdat.html
-
Index
to 19th century American art periodicals. UCB
Only Indexes 42 art journals published in the US during the
19th century, providing nearly complete coverage of journals from this
period. Offers information on popular culture and industry, artists and
illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and
design, exhibitions and sales, decorations, and collecting.
-
Print: Hum/Area N6510 .S35
1999 vols.1-2
-
The new Craftsman index,
an annotated chronology, subject and author index of Gustav Stickley's
The Craftsman, 1901-1916, Marilyn Fish. Lambertville, NJ: Arts and
Crafts Quarterly Press, 1997. Indexes the original journal (EnvDesign
N1.C87 Rare), an excellent source for turn-of-the-century design history.
Also available on CD-ROM.
-
EnvDesign N1.C87.F57 1997
Index
-
19th
Century Masterfile (formerly Poole's plus, the digital index of
the nineteenth century) UCB Only
Subject index to 479 American and English periodicals from 1802-1906.
Bibliographic citations only. Includes Poole's great Index to Periodical
Literature, 1802-1906 and enlarges the scope of the original Poole's, adding
dozens of indices to periodicals, books, newspapers and government documents.
-
Print: Main Stack AJ3 .P7
1802-81
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Periodicals
Index Online (formerly
Periodicals Contents Index) UC
Only Author and keyword index to the contents of thousands of
periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues.
The scope is international. Some articles available full-text online. Select
"Article Search." To restrict to journals in architecture, select
"journal subject" and from the pull-down menu select "applied arts," "architecture"
and/or other appropriate categories. Coverage: 1665 - 1995. A sister database,
Periodicals
Archive Online, provides a full-text archive of some 350 journals.
Repertoire de art et d'architecture.
Paris: Bibliotheque d'art et d'archeologie, 1910-1989. Classified listing
of books and journals on art and architecture worldwide until 1964, when
coverage of antiquity, Islamic and Asian art pre-20th century stopped.
Merged with: Repertoire international de la litterature de l'art,
to form: BHA,
Bibliography of the history of art
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Art/Classics N18.R4 Room
308 J 1910-89, cumulative indexes 1920-24 (Reference)
-
Repertoire international
de la litterature de l'art, RILA,
International repertory of the literature of art. New York: College
Art Association of America, 1975-1989. Abstracts and indexes books,
periodical articles, Festschriften, exhibition catalogs, dissertations
on post-classical European and post-Columbian American art. Merged with:
Repertoire d'art et d'archeologie,
to form: BHA,
Bibliography of the history of art.
-
Main Stack N1.R15 1975-1989
-
The
RIBA Library online catalogue is a free index to books, articles
from 300+ periodicals in 20 languages, and records of drawings, photos,
and manuscripts in the British Architectural Library catalogued or indexes
since the 1980's. Covers 300+ journals from 45 countries on architecture
and allied arts, construction, design, landscape, and to a limited extent,
planning and urban history. Excludes book reviews. To limit to articles
only, select ARTICLES under "Search Limits." Index Search Terms can be
found in its thesaurus, Architectural Keywords (EnvDesign Index
NA31.A77).
http://195.171.22.30/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/abc/0/49
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NEWSPAPER
INDEXES |
In addition to the indexes listed
here, some newspapers are available full-text on the Web. Information regarding
older issues is often available at these sites. See The UCB
Library's home page, Electronic
Reference Resources select "News
Databases" for a list of links to online indexes and full-text local
and international newspapers.
-
Access
World News (formerly "America's Newspapers" and "NewsBank Full-Text
Newspapers") UCB Only Full-text
database of selected articles from regional, national, and international
newspapers and newswires. Coverage varies.
Historical
Newspapers Online UC Only
Contains four major historical resources: Palmer's Index to the
[London] Times (1790 to 1905), Palmer's Full Text Online
(1785-1870),
The Official Index to the [London] Times (1906 to 1980) , and The
Historical Index to the New York Times (1851-1923).
-
Lexis-Nexis
Academic UCB Only
Contains full text and abstracts of news, business, and legal information
and provides full-text access to nearly 6,000 individual titles. Users
can search foreign and domestic newspapers and wire services; radio and
television transcripts; and business, medical, industry, and legislative
magazines, journals, and newsletters. There is wide geographic coverage
and a translations from foreign-language sources, as well as news services
like Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France Press, and Xinhua (New China)
News Agency. The database is updated daily for most newspapers and even
hourly for some wire services and media transcripts. Coverage varies from
newspaper to newspaper, but for example, for the Final New York Times,
NYCity edition, available full-text from June 1, 1980 through current;
abstracts of articles, January 1, 1969 - May 31, 1980.
PROCEEDINGS
and CONFERENCE PAPERS |
See also the Engineering Library's
guide, How
to Find Conference Proceedings: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/guides/confpro.html
-
In the Melvyl
online catalog,
go to Advanced Search and search Conference
and keywords from title or sponsor of conference.
PapersFirst UCB
Only
OCLC index to individual papers presented at conferences and symposia
worldwide. Covers 1993 to present.
-
Proceedings UCB
Only
OCLC index to conferences and proceedings worldwide. Each proceedings
provides a list of papers presented. Individual records for each paper
may be found in the PapersFirst database, cited above.
IMAGES,
PLANS and ILLUSTRATIONS |
Below is a very selective listing.
For more detailed listings, consult the Environmental Design Library guides.
For a general list of image databases, go to Electronic Resources by Type,
Image
and Sound Databases.
-
Image
Sources for the Built Environment (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/pict.html)
AccuNet/AP
Multimedia Archive UC Only
Associated Press's current photos from their 50 million image print
and negative library, as well as charts, graphs, tables, and maps from
the AP's graphics portfolio.
ARTstor UCB
Only Searchable
repository of more than 400,000 digital images and assocated catalog
data. The collection is designed to be used by students and faculty for
teaching and research in art history, as well as many other disciplines.
Includes several collections such as: the Hartill Archive of Architecture
and Allied Arts, The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive; Native American
Art and Culture from the Smithsonian, etc.
California
Heritage Digital Images
-
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
UCB Bancroft Library
-
Cities
and Buildings Database, University of Washington.
-
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/index.html
-
Great
Buildings Collection,
Artifice, Inc.
-
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
-
Information
Databases and Image Banks, compiled by Jeanne Brown, U. Nevada,
Las Vegas Architecture Library.
-
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/main0001.html#Information
Databases and Image Banks2844
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SPIRO,
the UCB Architecture Visual Resources Library online catalog of a portion
of their slides.
-
http://shanana.berkeley.edu/spiro/
ARCHIVES |
Archival and other original,
unpublished materials are often difficult to locate, so check in directories
of archives and special collections to locate manuscripts, drawings and
other unpublished materials. Use WorldCat
(WCAT), RLG Union CatalogUCB
Only and other catalogs or guides to determine which institutions
have collections on your topic. See also the Online
Archive of California (http//www.oac.cdlib.org/), and Library
Catalogs and Special Collections in Architecture (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchRef.html#Library
Catalogs).
-
Architectural
Archives Internet Sites compiled by Martin Aurand, Architecture
Librarion and Archivist, Carnegie Mellon University. Links to numerous
architectural archives in North America.
-
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ArchArch/
-
Architectural Records in
the San Francisco Bay Area: a guide to research, California Cooperative
Preservation of Architectural Records, Waverly B. Lowell, project director.
New York: Garland, 1988. Garland reference library of the humanities vol.
799.
-
EnvDesign NA2125.C22 S2631
1988 Reference Desk
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ArchivesUSA UCB
Only
A directory of manuscript repositories, records from the National Union
Catalogue of Manuscript Collections, and the names and detailed subject
indexing of over 42,000 collections.
Bancroft
Library, UCB's special collections and rare book library, has extensive
holdings related to architecture. Finding aids for many are available through
the Online Archive of California.
-
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
-
British archives, a guide
to archive resources in the United Kingdom, by Janet Foster & Julia
Sheppard. 3rd ed. Basingstoke, England: Macmillan; New York, N. Y. Stockton
Press, 1995.
-
Main Lib. Hum/Area CD1040
F67 1995 Ref Stack
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/Univarchives/museums.archives.html
-
Directory of archival and
manuscript repositories in California, by Diance S. Nixon, Society
of California Archivists 4th ed. [Berkeley, Calif.?] 1996.
-
EnvDesign CD3111.A72 Reference
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Directory of archives and
manuscript repositories in the United States, National Historical Publications
and Records Commision. 2nd ed. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1988.
-
EnvDesign CD3020.D49 1988
Reference Desk
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Environmental
Design Archives, UC Berkeley. Archives of material relating
to mostly Bay Area and Northern California architects and landscape architects.
Available by appointment only.
-
http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
-
International
Archive of Women in Architecture
-
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/
-
Online
Archive of California.Includes
finding aids for architectural manuscripts and drawings in the UCB Bancroft
Library, Environmental Design Archives, and other California collections.
-
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
-
Repositories
of Primary Sources.
University of Idaho Library's international list.
-
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
-
Special
Collections on the Web, University of Houston Libraries' worldwide
list.
-
http://info.lib.uh.edu/sca/
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Subject collections: a guide
to special book collections and subject emphases as reported by university,
college, public, and special libraries and museums in the United States
and Canada, compiled by Lee Ash. 7th ed., rev. and enl. New Providence,
N.J.: R. R. Bowker, c1993.
-
Main Info Ctr Z731 A78 1993
vol.1-2 (c1993)
-
Wave
Hill Catalog of Landscape Records in the United States
http://www.wavehill.org/
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ORGANIZATIONS,
ASSOCIATIONS, MUSEUMS |
-
Architectural
Associations, Organizations and Research Institutions, compiled
by UNLV architecture librarian Jeane Brown.
-
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/archassn.html
-
Architecture
Museums Worldwide,
linked list compiled by the International Union of Architects.
-
http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/england/2ay1.html
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Canadian
Centre for Architecture
-
http://www.cca.qc.ca/
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DOCOMOMO,
International working party for documentation and conservation of buildings,
sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement. Publications, conferences.
Northern California Chapter.
-
http://www.docomomo-us.org/chapters_northern_california.shtml
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Encyclopedia
of Associations/ Associations Unlimited UC
OnlyDirectory
of thousands of associations and organizations, with keyword, geographical
and name indexes. Gives address, officers, mission, history, conference
dates and publications of each.
The encyclopedia of associations
and information sources for architects, designers, and engineers. David
Kent Ballast. [Arming, N.Y.], Sharpie Professional, [1998].814p. + CD-ROM.
Broad array of information sources for professionals, covering architectural
history, buildings preservation and practice. Entries for organizations
include full address, e-mail and URLs for their Webster, as well as description
of each organization. A separate section describes publications and services
of the organizations. Chapters on journals and newsletters include description
of each, subscription information, where indexed, and whether document
delivery is available.
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EnvDesign NA62.B35 1998 Book
at Reference Desk; CD-ROM Workstation
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Historic
American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
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http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/
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National
Building Museum
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http://www.nbm.org/
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National
Trust for Historic Preservation
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http://www.hthp.org/
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NAI/Netherlands
Architecture Institute
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http://www.nai.nl/e/index.html
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Society
for Industrial Archaeology,
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http://www.sia-web.org/
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Society
of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
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http://www.sahgb.org.uk/
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Vernacular
Architecture Group
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http://www.ccurrie.me.uk/vag/
EXHIBITION
CATALOGS |
Museum and gallery exhibition
catalogs are good sources of information. While many are cataloged as books
and can be found in online catalogs, it is also a good idea to check the
following resources. See also the section on Organizations,
Associations, Museums.
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Art exhibition catalogs:
[indexes]. Cambridge, England; Teaneck, N.J. Chadwyck-Healy, 1982.
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Art Hist MICROFICHE.4226
Room 308J, News/Micro MICROFICHE.4226, Nov 1977-1990
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Society
of architectural historians maintains a list of current architecture
exhibitions on their website.
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http://www.sah.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=241
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Worldwide
Books.
Search the online database of Worldwide Books, which specializes in exhibition
catalogs. For older materials use their print catalogs: The Worldwide bibliography
of art exhibition catalogs 1963-1987. Millwood, NY.: Kraus International
Publications; Ithaca, N.Y.: Worldwide Books, 1992. 3 vols.
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Doe Ref N4396.A12 W677 1992
http://www.worldwide.com/
GENERAL
HISTORIES and SURVEYS |
Below are selected examples
of general architectural and urban histories and surveys which provide
good overviews, bibliographies and starting points for more detailed research.
WORLDWIDE
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Architectural source book,
by Vernon Gibberd. Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet, 1988.
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EnvDesign NA200.G5 1988 Reference
Desk
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Architecture, the worlds
greatest buildings explored and explained, Neil Stevenson. New York:
DK Pub., 1997. Annotated guides. Concise text and colorful illustrations.
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EnvDesign fNA200.S72 1999
Reference
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Atlas of world art, ed.
by John Onians. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Environ
DsgnArt/Classics fN5300.A85 2004 Reference; Main stack
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Buildings that changed the
world, Klaus Richold and Bernhard Graf. New York: Prestel, 1999.
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EnvDesign NA2550.R45 1999
Reference
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Cities of tomorrow, an intellectual
history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century, Peter
Hall. Updated. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
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EnvDesign HT166.H349 1996
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dtv-Atlas Baukunst, by
Werner Muller; Tafeln, Entwurf, Gunther Vogel; Ausfuhrung, Inge und Istvan
Szasz. Originalausg., 11 Aufl. Munchen: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag; 1997.
2 vols.
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EnvsDsgn NA31.M85 1997 Reference
Desk
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History of architecture:
settings and rituals, Spiro Kostof. 2nd ed New York: Oxford
University Press, 1995.
Environ Dsgn NA200.K65
1995 reserve, Moffitt
UNITED STATES and THE WESTERN WORLD
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America preserved, a checklist
of historic buildings, structures, and sites, recorded by The Historic
American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record ; introduction
by Marilyn Ibach and Georgette R. Wilson. 60th anniversity ed. Washington,
D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1995.
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EnvDesign E159 .A37 1995
Reference
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American architecture since
1780, a guide to the styles, Marcus Whiffen. Rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.:
MIT Press, 1992.
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EnviDsgn NA705.W47 1992 Reference
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American building, the environmental
forces that shape it, James Marston Fitch with William Bobenhausen.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Online
access to table of contents: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/toc/98015670.html
EnvDesign NA2543.S6 F54
1999
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American buildings and their
architects, William H. Pierson, Jr. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1970-
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EnvDesign NA705 .P5 vol.1-2;
4-5
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Architecture, from prehistory
to post-modernism: the western tradition, by Marvin Trachtenberg, Isabelle
Hyman. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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EnvDesign NA200.T721 1986
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Architecture in the United
States, Dell Upton. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Oxford history of art.
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EnvDesign NA705 .U67 1998
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Architecture, the critics'
choice: 150 masterpieces of western architecture, edited by Dan Cruickshank.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000.
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EnvDesign NA200 .A74 2000
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A chronology of western architecture,
by Doreen Yarwood. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987.
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EnvDesign NA200.Y371 1987
Reference
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A field guide to contemporary
American architecture, Carol Rifkind. New York:New American Library,
1980.
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EnvDesign NA705 .R53 1980b
Reference; Moffitt NA705 .R53
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Historic
American buildings survey. Cambridge, England: Chadwyck-Healey;
Teaneck, N.J.: Somerset House, 1980. For information and obtaining prints,
see Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, HABS/HAER.
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EnvDesign MICROFICHE. (pt.
1) 5221-5271; (pt. 2) 19035-22993 (California, 5224)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/
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A history of building types,
Nikolaus Pevsner. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976.
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EnvDesign NA4170.P481 Reference
& circulating
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A history of western architecture,
by David Watkin. 4th ed.New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005.
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EnvDesign NA200.W412 2005
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Meaning in western architecture,
by Christian Norberg-Schulz. Rev. ed. New York : Rizzoli, 1980.
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EnvDesign NA203.N6213 1980
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The
national register of historic places. Washington D.C., U.S. Dept.
of the Interior, National Park Service [etc.] Official list and updates
also available online.HCRS publication. California National register is
available Microfiche 10274.
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EnvDesign E159.U556 Latest
edition ref
Electronic location: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
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Styles and types of North
American architecture, a social function and cultural expression, Alan
Gowans. New York, N.Y.: Icon Editions, 1992.
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EnvDesign NA703 .G69 1992
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