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ARCHITECTURE REFERENCE SOURCES

By Elizabeth Douthitt Byrne

This reference guide is a selective list of what I consider to be the standard, historically important and most helpful architecture reference sources, organized by the broad topics below. It is by no means comprehensive. Unless otherwise noted, all titles in this guide are located in the Environmental Design Library, 210 Wurster Hall,  University of California, Berkeley. Additional related and new materials can be found by checking in the GLADIS, PathFinder, MELVYL® and California Digital Library catalogs available from the UCB Library website.

For additional assistance, consult the Environmental Design Library reference staff, 210 Wurster Hall.

  • Bibliographies & Guides to the Literature
  • Biographical Dictionaries & Directories
  • Dictionaries - Foreign Language
  • Directories of Architectural Schools
  • Encyclopedias
  • Indexes - Periodical & Newspaper
  • Histories and Surveys--General --United States
  • Library Catalogs & Special Collections
  • Pictorial Material 
  • Building Codes--Handbooks and Manuals 
  • Cost Estimating--Handbooks and Manuals
  • Technical Handbooks and Standards  
  • Specifications, Trade and Product Literature 
  • Illustration & Drawing Guides
  • Professional Practice
    • Bibliographies & Guides to the Literature
    • 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 GLADIS.
      • EnvDesign NA8.A5 REF
    • Architecture on screen: films and videos on architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, city and regional planning, compiled and edited 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
    • 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. 
      • To see individual titles search: f se architecture reading lists and course outlines.
    • Architecture series: bibliography (Vance bibliographies). Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1 (June 1978)-2386 (Dec. 1990).  Bibliographies on all aspects of architecture and of varying quality. Cataloged in Pathfinder and GLADIS, 3 self-indexes also bound within series.
      • EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 INDEX
    • Arntzen, Etta and Robert Rainwater. Guide to the literature of art history. Chicago: American Library Association, 1980. Excellent introductory bibliography includes architectural history (chapter J, pages 193-234). Update due in 1999. 
      • EnvDesign N380.A12.A671.1980 REF
    • Art books: a basic bibliography of monographs on artists, editor, Wolfgang M. Freitag. 2nd ed. New York : Garland Pub., 1997.  Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 1264 Includes architects. Has selection of biographical dictionaries and author index.
      • Art/Classics N40.A12.F731 1997 REF
    • Bibliotheque Forney. L'architecture dans les collections de periodiques de la Bibliotheque Forney, by Laure Lagardere. Paris: Mairie de Paris, Direction des affaires culturelles, Bibliotheque Forney, 1990.  Detailed bibliography of complete collection of architecture, public works, building science and engineering, urbanism, and landscape periodical titles in the Bibliothèque Forney. Includes many titles unique to this rich, international (mostly French) collection. Details of dates, format, frequency, language, contents, indexes, and holdings are provided for each title. Chronological arrangement by decade for "revues anciennes," and broad subject arrangement for "revues contemporaines," divided into "francaise" and "étrangère." Chronological list, "tableau synoptique," and general index are also included. 
      • EnvDesign NA1.A12.B46 1990 REF
    • British Architectural Library. Early imprints collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840: catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection. Compiled by Nicholas Savage, et. al. London; New Jersey: Bowker-Saur, 1994- 
      • EnvDesign NA2515. A12.B85 1994
    • Comolli, Angelo. Bibliografia storico-critica dell'architettura civile ed arti subalterne. 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.
      • EnvDesign NA8.C65 1788a REF
    • CPL bibliography. Chicago, Council of Planning Librarians, 1979-95. Continues: CPL Exchange bibliography. 328 bibliographies on planning with some architecture and urban design. Cumulative index no 1-253, 1979-89 in no. 253; nos. 254-327, 1990-95 in no. 328. Incorporated into JPL, Journal of Planning Literature, August, 1996. 
      • EnvDesign  HT166.A12.C6a INDEXES
    • Cyberplaces: the internet guide for architects, engineers & contractors, by Paul Doherty. Kingston, MA : R.S. Means, c1997
      • EnvDesign NA2728.D64 1997, CD on Permanent Reserve; book in stacks
    • Ehresmann, Donald L. Architecture: a bibliographic guide to basic works, histories and handbooks. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1984.  General reference works on the history of architecture, arranged by period from ancient to present, including non-western and primitive. Also includes landscape architecture and "city design."
      • EnvDesign NA2520.A12.E38.1984 REF DESK
    • Goode, James M. Goode's bibliography of doctoral dissertations relating to American architectural history, 1897-1995. 2nd ed. Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians, 1995.
      • EnvDesign NA705.A12.G6.1995 REF
    • Harris, Eileen. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. 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 index.
      • EnvDesign NA965.H37 1990 REF
    • Information sources in architecture and construction, ed. by Valerie J. Nurcombe. 2nd ed. London; [New Providence] N.J.: Bowker-Saur, 1996. Guides to information sources (London, England). Comprehensive bibliographic guide to all aspects of sources on the practice of architecture and construction with British emphasis. Includes list of associations and organizations.
      • EnvDesign TH216.I55 1996 REF DESK
    • IRB-Literaturauslese. Type F se IRB-Literaturauslese in GLADIS or MELVYL for a list of complete holdings. Bibliographies (in German) on architecture and architects. 
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    • Jones, Lois Swan. Art information and the internet: how to find it, how to use it. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1999.
      • EnvDesign N59. J66 1999 Ref
    • Jones, Lois Swann. Art information: research methods and resources. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1990. Chapter 21 covers resources for architecture research.
      • EnvDesign N85.J64 1990 REF
    • Journal of planning literature. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University Press, 1986-- . Each issue has 1-2 refereed literature reviews, several hundred abstracts of books, journal articles, research reports and government publications, and several hundred classified bibliography listings, plus 1-3 CPL Bibliography bibliographies, all on planning,urban design and architecture. Incorporated CPL Bibliographies (Council of Planning Librarians), August, 1996- 
      • EnvDesign NA9000.J687 INDEX
    • Russell, Terence. The built environment, a subject index 1800-1960. [Surrey, Engl.], Gregg, [distributed by Gower, Brookfield, Vt.] [1989]. 4v. Bibliographic survey of all aspects of the built environment. More than 70,000 entries, international in scope, but British emphasis. Includes books, conference proceedings, pamphlets, significant periodical titles.
      • EnvDesign HT166.A12.R8 1989 REF
    • Wayne, Kathryn. Architecture sourcebook: a guide to resources on the practice of architecture. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1996. Design reference series; v. 2. The best guide to finding information on architectural practice and design, including building types, codes, HVAC, etc. 
      • EnvDesign NA2750.A12.A72 1996 Ref Desk
    • Wodehouse, Lawrence. Indigenous architecture worldwide: a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. Gale information guide library, Art and architecture information guide series; v. 12  Bibliography of vernacular architecture by continent and country.
      • EnvDesign NA208.A12.W6 REF
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      Biographical Dictionaries & Directories
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    • African American architects in current practice. Ed. by Jack Travis. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991. Documents the achievements of thirty-five contemporary African American architects.
      • EnvDesign NA738.N5.A45.1991 REF DESK
    • American Institute of Architects College of Fellows: a history and directory of the College. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects Press, 1992.
      • EnvDesign NA11.A58.A4.1992 REF
    • Amsoneit, Wolfang. Contemporary European architects. Koln, Germany: Benedickt Taschen, 1991.
      • EnvDesign NA950. A47. 1991
    • Architects' directory and specification index. New York : William T. Comstock, 189(?) - (?)  List of architects, landscape architects and naval architects in US and US possessions, Canada, Cuba and Mexico arranged by state and city. Also list of prominent dealers and manufacturers of building materials and equipment. Also includes architectural periodicals, schools and societies.
      • EnvDesign NA53 .A73 REF Library has 1913/14 
    • Architecture Museums (a listing on the web site of the International Union of Architects) 
      • http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/summary/p2b1.html
    • Avery obituary index of architects. Avery Library. 2nd. ed. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. Indexes obituaries contained in periodicals indexed by the Avery Library (some as far back as the mid-19th century) plus obituaries in some newspapers, including the New York Times. 
      • EnvDesign fNA40.A8.1980 REF
    • Baird, Joseph Armstrong. Joseph A. Baird, Jr. Collection: [finding aid] by Pamela Pearl Wilson. Davis, Calif.: Dept. of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, c1996. Finding aid to a special collection at UCD of biographical information pertaining primarily to northern California artists and architects of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 
      • Bancroft N6530.C2 B249 1996
    • Ballast, David Kent. Encyclopedia of associations and information sources for architects, designers, and engineers. Armonk, N.Y.: Sharpe Professional, c1998. Separate listings of associations; journals; newsletters; online databases; CD-ROMs; research organizations; directories; periodical indexes; government information sources; WWW sites; and indexes by keyword, name, acronym and MasterFormat. 
      • EnvDesign NA62 .B35 1998 REF DESK; CD-ROM on reserve
    • Biography index. Bibliographic database produced by H.W. Wilson Co. that cites biographical material appearing in more than 3,000 periodicals, 2,500 current books (annually) of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non biographical books. Biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities. Covers 1946-- .
      • Info Center CT28.B5, 1946/49(1)-
    • Campbell, Cindy. Architects: a guide to biographical sources. Chicago, Ill.: Council of Planning Librarians, 1989. CPL bibliography; no. 233. Lists international sources, then sources by country. 
      • EnvDesign HT166.A12 C6a no.233 INDEX
    • Colvin, Howard Montagu. Biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840. 3rd ed. New Haven: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1995. 
      • EnvDesign NA996 .C6 1995 REF
    • Contemporary architects, editor, Muriel Emanuel. 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, c1994.  Emphasis on living or recently deceased architects, landscape architects and engineers working last 50 years. Those who died before 1960 excluded. Illustrated biographies, bibliographies and chronological lists of works. Includes addresses. 
      • EnvDesign NA680.C625 1994 REF DESK
    • David de Penanrun, architecte. Architectes eleves de l'Ecole des beaux-arts, 1793-1907. 2e ed. E. Delaire. Paris: Librairie de la construction moderne, 1907.  List of architects who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
      • EnvDesign NA40 .D3 1907a NONCIRC
    • Dictionnaire de l'architecture du XXe siecle.Paris: Hazan: Institut francais d'architecture, 1996. 
      • EnvDesign NA680 .D49 1996 REF
    • Directory of British architects 1834-1900. Felstead, Alison, Jonathan Franklin, and Leslie Pinfield. London; New York: Mansell, 1993.  Primarily a directory of British architects, including all members of the RIBA between 1834-1900, but also includes architects who practiced abroad as well as some who were not members of RIBA. Also serves as an index to the RIBA Nomination Papers 1834-1900. Entries provide further bibliographic references. 
      • EnvDesign NA967.D57 1993 REF
    • Directory of Canadian architects [B.O.S.S.]. Ottawa: Engineering and Architecture Division, Surface Transportation and Machinery Branch (GSTM), Dept. of Regional Industrial Expansion, [1987]-- . 
      • EnvDesign NA60.C3 D5 latest edition REF
    • Directory of historic American architectural firms, American Institute of Architects Foundation and the Committee for the ... New York : Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, Inc., c1979.
      • EnvDesign NA53.A514 1979a REF
    • ENR directory of construction information resources: professional societies, technical associations, manufacturers organizations, government agencies, construction trades unions, business/technical periodicals (publications). New York, NY: Engineering News-Record, McGraw-Hill, 1993.
      • EnvDesign TH12.5 .E5 1993 Ref
    • ENR directory of design firms. [New York] Engineering NewsRecord. Annual.  See also the April issue of ENR (Engineering News Record) for their "Top 500 design firms."
      • Engi TA12.E4 Latest ed REF
    • Gretes, Frances C. Directory of international periodicals and newsletters on the built environment. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. Provides information to locate current international periodicals and newsletters relating to architecture, building, interior design, historic preservation, landscape architecture and urban planning, including an index by country of publication. Includes annotations. For an update see the listing of architecture journals worldwide on the website of the International Union of Architects: Architecture Journals.
      • EnvDesign NA1.G7.1992 REF DESK
    • Haan, Hilde de. Architecture in the Netherlands. Rijswijk, The Netherlands: International Information Dept., Ministry of Cultural Affairs, [1991]. Includes biographical information on Netherlandish architects.
      • EnvDesign NA1144 .H3 1991
    • Illustrated encyclopedia of architects and architecture. Ed. by Dennis Sharp. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1991 Provides biographical information for prominent architects from ancient times to the present. Also traces both Western and non-Western architectural styles and periods. Includes illustrations, some color.
      • EnvDesign NA40.I45.1991 REF DESK
    • Institut francais d'architecture. Archives d'architecture du XXe siecle. Lieg: Mardaga, [1991]- 
      • EnvDesign NA1048.A12 I57 1991 REF v.1
    • International dictionary of architects and architecture. Ed. by Randall J. Van Vynckt. Detroit: St.James Press, 1993. 2 vols. Volume one provides biographical information for prominent architects in Western architectural history. Includes a list of publications by or about each architect.
      • EnvDesign NA40.I48.1993 REF DESK
    • Johnson, Donald Leslie. Makers of 20th century modern architecture: a bio-critical sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Includes architects and engineers who "initiated, developed, or advanced" modern (mostly Western) architecture in the 20th century. Introductory essay and overview of 20th century architecture. Entries provide brief chronology/biography and footnoted critical essay, with bibliography. Coda contains intriguing quotes. Separate chronology, and name and place indexes.
      • EnvDesign NA680.J628 1997 REF DESK
    • Krantz, Les. American architects. New York: Facts on File, 1989. A survey of America's most prominent practitioners of architecture. Criteria for inclusion was a prize-winning practice. List at end cross-references architects by specialties, e.g., historic preservation, interior architecture, urban design, etc.
      • EnvDesign NA 736.K731.1989 REF DESK
    • Macmillan encyclopedia of architects. Adolf K. Placzek, ed. New York: Free Press, 1982. 4 vols.  Biographies of architects deceased or born before 1931. Worldwide coverage of all periods in architectural history. Extensive lists of works; bibliographies with a few illustrations. Index of architects and index of building names in vol. 4.
      • EnvDesign NA40.M25.1982 REF DESK
    • Lorenz, Clare. Women in architecture: a contemporary perspective. New York: Rizzoli, 1990.
      • EnvDesign NA1997 .L67 1990
    • McEwan, Peter J. M. Dictionary of Scottish art & architecture. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club, c1994.
      • EnvDesign N6772 .M38 1994
    • Meyhofer, Dirk. Contemporary Japanese architects. Koln: Benedikt Taschen, c1994.
      • Env Design NA1558 .C66 1993
    • O'Key, V. N. Architects of modern India = Adhunika Bharata ke nirmata. Bombay: V.N. O'Key Felicitation Committee, 1989. 
      • EnvDesign NA1504 .O44 1989
    • Oudin, Bernard. Dictionnaire des architectes. Nouv. ed., rev. et augm. Paris: Seghers, c1994. 
      • EnvDesign NA40 .O85 1994 REF
    • Preservation Yellow pages: the complete information source for homeowners, communities and professionals. Rev.ed. New York: Wiley ; [Washington, D.C.] : Preservation Press, c1997. Includes directories of preservation organizations and agencies by state; federal rehabilitation standards, bibliography, glossary, information about the National Register, etc. 
      • EnvDesign E159. P73 1997 REF DESK
    • ProFile: the official directory of the American Institute of Architects. American Institute of Architects. Topeka: Archimedia, 1978--; Biennial. Title varies, 1910-- . Addresses and phone numbers of individuals, information about firms (size, type of work, award-winning projects, etc.); arranged by state and city. Indexes by individual names and firms. Separate list of minority and women business enterprises. Information about AIA e.g., addresses of chapters, related and affiliated organizations, honors and awards. 
      • EnvDesign NA53.P76 latest REF DESK and http://www.cmdg.com/profile/
    • Roster, licensed architects. Sacramento: California State Board of Architectural Examiners, 1949-- (title varies). Biennial. Listing of architects licensed by the State Board to practice in California. Annual until 1990. 
      • Env Design NA124.C2.A2 latest REF DESK
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. Directory of RIBA members. London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1974- . (Title varies). Bi-annual. Detailed listing of individual RIBA members and addresses, plus RIBA information, architectural societies, schools, honorary fellows, gold medalists, etc. 
      • EnvDesign NA12 .R72 latest edition REF
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. RIBA directory of practices. London: RIBA, 1990- (title varies).  Detailed directory of architectural firms which are members of RIBA. Separate listings for UK, Europe, and firms offering planning supervisor services. 
      • EnvDesign NA12 R7 latest edition REF
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. Nomination papers, 1834-1900, in the British Architectural Library: index of members. 1st ed. [Haslemere, England] : Emmett Publishing, 1993. 
      • EnvDesign NA12 .R69 1993 REF and MICROFICHE 24125
    • Sharp, Dennis. Sources of modern architecture: a critical bibliography. 2nd rev. ed. London: Granada, 1981. Biographical bibliography on pioneers of modern architecture, with photos of these architects. Also includes list of important architectural periodicals concerned with the main developments in the modern movement. Section also included that provides a national bibliography.
      • EnvDesign NA642.A12.S47.1981 REF
    • Society of Architectural Historians. Membership directory. Philadelphia, Pa.: The Society, 1990--  1999- issued as December issue of Journal of the Soceity of Architectural Historians.
      • EnvDesign NA11.S635 Latest ed REF DESK
    • Who's who in architecture: from 1400 to the present day. Ed. by J.M. Richards. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.  Provides biographies of prominent architects of the Western world from the Italian Renaissance to Modern times. Lacks coverage of contemporary architects.
      • EnvDesign NA40.W481 REF DESK
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      Dictionaries
    • Anatomy of a house: a picture dictionary of architectural and design elements. Greene, Fayal.  New York: Doubleday, 1991. Layman's pictorial dictionary of hundreds of the parts of a house arranged by element, e.g., roof, window, floors. 
      • EnvDesign NA2840.G74 1991
    • Architecture and ornament : an illustrated dictionary. Maliszewski-Pickart, Margaret.  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c1998.
      • EnvDesign NA2840 .M36 1998 Reference
    • Architecture & Ornament: a visual guide. White, Anthony.  New York: Design Press, 1990.  Western architecture Classical to Modern times with glossary of terms, famous architects, time-line tracing styles. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.W44.1990 Ref
    • Architecture, design, and construction word finder. Ballast, David Kent. Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice Hall, 1991. Alphabetical list of over 12,500 architecture and construction words, including names of important architects, with pronunciation and hyphenation, abbreviations with cross references,  a list of abbreviations used on drawings, a glossary of preferred terms for drawing notations, a list of 300 trade associations with their addresses, and a summary of CSI's Masterformat list of section numbers and names.
      • EnvDesign NA31 .B34 1991 Ref
    • Artspeak: a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present. Atkins, Robert. 2nd ed. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997. Definitions and descriptions of movements, forms and critical terms in the arts. Illus. with timeline.
      • EnvDesign N6490 .A87 1997 Ref
    • Classical language of architecture.  Summerson, John. Rev. and enl. ed. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 
      • EnvDesign NA2540.S85.1980
    • Concise dictionary of architectural and design history. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, CA: Crisp Publications, 1992. Includes both common and more obscure terms, as well as notable architects and designers.
      • EnvDesign NA31.J62.1992 REF DESK
    • Concise dictionary of architecture. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1990. Definitions for historical and current architectural terminology. Includes some illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.J6.1990 REF DESK
    • Concise dictionary of construction. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1991. 
      • EnvDesign TH9.J65.1991 REF DESK
    • Construction dictionary: construction terms & tables. 8th ed. Phoenix, Ariz: Greater Phoenix, Arizona Chapter #98 of the National Association of Women in Construction, 1991. Non illustrated list of construction terms, with lists of construction associations and government agencies, facts and figures for materials such as concrete, metals, soils, etc. as well as architecture and engineering symbols. 
      • EnvDesign TH9.C581.1991 Reference
    • Construction glossary: an encyclopedic reference and manual. Stein, J. Stewart.  2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1993. A dictionary of terminology relating to the construction industry. Definitions include past and present meanings of terms. Includes abbreviations for scientific, engineering, construction, and carpentry terms.
      • EnvDesign TH9.S78.1993 REF DESK
    • Dictionary of architectural abbreviations, signs, and symbols. Edited by David D. Polon. New York: Odyssey Press, 1965. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.D5 REF
    • Dictionary of architectural and building technology / Henry J. Cowan and Peter R. Smith; with contributions by Jose Carlos Damski. 3rd ed. New York: E & FN Spon, 1998.
      • EnvDesign NA31 C63 1998 Ref
    • Dictionary of architecture. Architectural Publication Society. London: Richards, 1887-92. 8 vols. in 4.  Of historical importance. Illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign fNA31 .A75 RARE
    • A dictionary of architecture. Curl, James Stevens. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,  1999. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 .C86 1999 Ref Desk
    • Dictionary of architecture and building: biographical, historical, and descriptive. Sturgis, Russell.  New York: Macmillan, 1901-1902. 3 vol. Historically important. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.S8 REF
    • Dictionary of architecture and construction. Edited by Cyril M. Harris. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Definitions for terms of everyday practice of architecture, construction, including on drawings and in specifications.
      • EnvDesign NA31.H32.1993 Ref Desk
    • Dictionary of building preservation, edited by Ward Bucher. New York: Preservation Press, J. Wiley, 1996.
      • EnvDesign NA31 .D55 1996 Ref Desk
    • Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Petersen, Andrew.  London ; New York: Routledge, 1996. 
      • EnvDesign NA380 .P43 1996 Ref
    • Encyclopaedia of architectural terms. Curl, James Stevens.  London: Donhead, c1992, 1993.  Includes historical terms relating to European architecture. Japanese, Chinese, and other foreign terms, as well as biographical entries, are not included. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.C87.1993 Ref Desk
    • The encyclopaedic dictionary in the eighteenth century : architecture, arts,  and crafts / [compiled by] Terence M. Russell.  Aldershot, England : Brookfield, Vt. :Ashgate, c1997. 
      • EnvDesign NA2540 .E37 1997 Ref  v.1-5
    • Glossary of art, architecture, & design since 1945. Walker, John A. 3rd ed., rev. and enl. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992. Terminology and styles of art, architecture, design since 1945. Not all terms from earlier editions incorporated into newest. 
      • EnvDesign N34. W341. 1992 Ref Desk
    • Glossary of colonial architectural terms, with illustrations. Isham, Norman Morrison. [New York] The Walpole Society, 1939. 
      • Main Stack NA707.I7
    • Historic architecture sourcebook. Edited by Cyril M. Harris. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1977. Heavily illustrated. Comprehensive definitions of terms for architecture and construction, including styles such as deconstructivism.
      • EnvDesign NA31.H561 REF
    • Illustrated dictionary of architecture. Burden, Ernest E. [New York] : McGraw-Hill, c1998.  Definitions and 2,000 photos of styles, components and other terms in continued use. Clusters and cross-references similar elements, e.g, types of arches. Includes index 
      • EnvDesign NA31.B83 1998 Ref Desk
    • Illustrated dictionary of architecture 800-1914. Lever, Jill and John Harris. 2nd ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1993. Defines and illustrates terms used for the general study of British architecture until about 1914. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.H344 1993 Ref Desk
    • Illustrated dictionary of building materials and techniques: an invaluable sourcebook of the tools, terms, materials, and techniques used by building professionals. Bianchina, Paul. New York: Wiley, 1993. 4,000 entries plus illustrations and several useful appendices covering abbreviations, conversion tables, and basic technical data for building,framing, lumber, plywood, hardware, electrical and plumbing.
      • EnvDesign  TH9 .B466 1993 Ref
    • Illustrated dictionary of building terms. Philbin, Tom.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. In addition to definitions and illustrations, also includes guidance on what is available, what's good and bad, and how materials in question are installed, as well as some historical information on specific topics or techniques.
      • EnvDesign TH9 .P45 1997 REF (also ENGI)
    • Multilingual dictionary of architecture and building terms /edited by Chris Grech. London: New York; E & FN Spon, 1998. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 M85 1998 Ref Desk
    • Penguin dictionary of architecture. Fleming, John.  5th Ed. London & N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1991. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.F55.1998 Ref Desk
    • Perspectives: an anthology of 1001 architectural quotations. Ed. by Charles Knevitt. London: Lund Humphries, 1986. Includes index of sources and themes from Shakespeare to Philip Johnson. 
      • EnvDesign NA2595.P471.1986 REF
    • Practically speaking : a dictionary of quotations on engineering, technology, and architecture / selected and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither ; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c1999. 
      • EnvDesign TA9 .P73 1999 Ref
    • Visual dictionary of American domestic architecture. Carley, Rachel. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1994. A Henry Holt reference book. Identifies features and details of each style, periods and type. Illustrations include plans and typical layout. Good index. 
      • EnvDesign NA7205 .C27 1994 Ref Desk
    • Visual dictionary of architecture. Ching, Frank. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995. Instead of alphabetical, terms are listed in clusters around basic aspects of architecture as outlined in table of contents. Words are then placed in  visual context. Terrific detailed illustrations. Index of all terms also available. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 .C44 1995 Ref Desk
    • Visual Dictionary of buildings. 1st American Edition. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 E97 1992 Ref
    • Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2000. 
      • EnvDesign NA2543.L34 F67 2000
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      Dictionaries - Foreign Language
    • Anatomy of a house: a picture dictionary of architectural and design elements. Greene, Fayal.  New York:  Doubleday, 1991. Layman's pictorial dictionary of hundreds of the parts of a house arranged by element, e.g., roof, window, floors.
      • EnvDesign NA2840.G74 1991
    • Architecture and ornament : an illustrated dictionary. Maliszewski-Pickart, Margaret.  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1998. 
      • EnvDesign NA2840 .M36 1998 Reference
    • Architecture & Ornament: a visual guide. White, Anthony.  New York: Design Press, 1990.  Western architecture Classical to Modern times with glossary of terms, famous architects, time-line tracing styles.
      • EnvDesign NA31.W44.1990 Ref
    • Architecture, design, and construction word finder. Ballast, David Kent. Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice Hall, 1991.Alphabetical list of over 12,500 architecture and construction words, including names of important architects, with pronunciation and hyphenation, abbreviations with cross references,  a list of abbreviations used on drawings, a glossary of preferred terms for drawing notations, a list of 300 trade associations with their addresses, and a summary of CSI's Masterformat list of section numbers and names.
      • EnvDesign NA31 .B34 1991 Ref 
    • Artspeak: a guide to contemporary ideas, movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present. Atkins, Robert. 2nd ed. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997. Definitions and descriptions of movements, forms and critical terms in the arts. Illus. with timeline. 
      • EnvDesign N6490 .A87 1997 Reference
    • Classical language of architecture.  Summerson, John. Rev. and enl. ed. London: Thames and Hudson, 1980. 
      • EnvDesign NA2540.S85.1980
    • Concise dictionary of architectural and design history. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, CA: Crisp Publications,  1992. Includes both common and more obscure terms, as well as notable architects and designers. 
      • EnvDesign  NA31.J62.1992 REF DESK
    • Concise dictionary of architecture. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1990. Definitions for historical and current architectural terminology. Includes some illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.J6.1990 REF DESK
    • Concise dictionary of construction. Jones, Frederic H.  Los Altos, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1991.
      • EnvDesign TH9.J65.1991 REF DESK
    • Construction dictionary: construction terms & tables. 8th ed. Phoenix, Ariz: Greater Phoenix, Arizona Chapter  #98 of the National Association of Women in Construction, 1991. Non illustrated list of construction terms, with  lists of construction associations and government agencies, facts and figures for materials such as concrete,  metals, soils, etc. as well as architecture and engineering symbols. 
      • EnvDesign TH9.C581.1991 Reference
    • Construction dictionary illustrated / [edited by James Acret ... [et al.].  3rd ed.  Los Angeles, CA : BNi Building News, c2001. 
      • EnvDesign TH9 .C585 2001 CD-ROM Permanent Reserve; Book in stacks [book + CD-ROM]
    • Construction glossary: an encyclopedic reference and manual. Stein, J. Stewart.  2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1993.A dictionary of terminology relating to the construction industry. Definitions include past and present meanings of terms. Includes abbreviations for scientific, engineering, construction, and carpentry terms. 
      • EnvDesign TH9.S78.1993 REF DESK 
    • Dictionary of architectural abbreviations, signs, and symbols. Edited by David D. Polon. New York: Odyssey Press, 1965. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.D5 REF 
    • Dictionary of architectural and building technology / Henry J. Cowan and Peter R. Smith; with contributions by  Jose Carlos Damski. 3rd ed. New York: E & FN Spon, 1998. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 C63 1998 Reference
    • Dictionary of architecture. Architectural Publication Society. London: Richards, 1887-92. 8 vols. in 4.  Of historical importance. Illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign fNA31 .A75 RARE 
    • A dictionary of architecture. Curl, James Stevens. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 .C86 1999 Reference Desk 
    • Dictionary of architecture and building: biographical, historical, and descriptive. Sturgis, Russell.  New York: Macmillan, 1901-1902. 3 vol. Historically important. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.S8 Reference
    • Dictionary of architecture and construction. Edited by Cyril M. Harris. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Definitions for terms of everyday practice of architecture, construction, including on drawings and in specifications. 
      • EnvDesign NA31. H32. 1993 Ref Desk
    • Dictionary of building preservation, edited by Ward Bucher. New York: Preservation Press, J. Wiley, 1996. 
      • EnvDesign NA31. D55 1996 Ref Desk
    • Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Petersen, Andrew.  London ; New York: Routledge, 1996. 
      • EnvDesign NA380 .P43 1996 Ref
    • Encyclopaedia of architectural terms. Curl, James Stevens.  London: Donhead, c1992, 1993.  Includes historical terms relating to European architecture. Japanese, Chinese, and other foreign terms, as well as biographical entries, are not included. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.C87.1993 Ref Desk
    • The encyclopaedic dictionary in the eighteenth century: architecture, arts,  and crafts / [compiled by] Terence M. Russell.  Aldershot, England : Brookfield, Vt. :Ashgate, c1997. 
      • EnvDesign NA2540 .E37 1997 Reference v.1-5 
    • Glossary of art, architecture, & design since 1945. Walker, John A. 3rd ed., rev. and enl. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992. Terminology and styles of art, architecture, design since 1945. Not all terms from earlier editions incorporated into newest. 
      • EnvDesign N34.W341.1992 Reference Desk 
    • Glossary of colonial architectural terms, with illustrations. Isham, Norman Morrison. [New York] The Walpole Society, 1939. 
      • Main Stack NA707.I7
    • Historic architecture sourcebook. Edited by Cyril M. Harris. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1977. Heavily illustrated. Comprehensive definitions of terms for architecture and construction, including styles such as deconstructivism.
      • EnvDesign NA31.H561 Reference
    • Illustrated dictionary of architecture. Burden, Ernest E. [New York] : McGraw-Hill, c1998. Definitions and 2,000 photos of styles, components and other terms in continued use. Clusters and cross-references similar elements, e.g, types of arches. Includes index 
      • EnvDesign NA31.B83 1998 Ref Desk
    • Illustrated dictionary of architecture 800-1914. Lever, Jill and John Harris.  2nd ed. London: Faber and Faber,1993. Defines and illustrates terms used for the general study of British architecture until about 1914. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.H344 1993 Ref Desk
    • Illustrated dictionary of building materials and techniques: an invaluable sourcebook of the tools, terms, materials, and techniques used by building professionals. Bianchina, Paul. New York: Wiley, 1993. 4,000 entries  plus illustrations and several useful appendices covering abbreviations, conversion tables, and basic technical data for building,framing, lumber, plywood, hardware, electrical and plumbing. 
      • EnvDesign  TH9 .B466 1993 Reference
    • Illustrated dictionary of building terms. Philbin, Tom.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. In addition to definitions and illustrations, also includes guidance on what is available, what's good and bad, and how materials in question are installed, as well as some historical information on specific topics or techniques. 
      • EnvDesign TH9 .P45 1997 REF (also ENGI)
    • Multilingual dictionary of architecture and building terms /edited by Chris Grech. London: New York; E & FN Spon, 1998. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 M85 1998 Ref Desk
    • Penguin dictionary of architecture. Fleming, John. 5th Ed. London & N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1991.
      • EnvDesign NA31.F55.1998 Ref Desk
    • Perspectives: an anthology of 1001 architectural quotations. Ed. by Charles Knevitt. London: Lund Humphries, 1986. Includes index of sources and themes from Shakespeare to Philip Johnson. 
      • EnvDesign NA2595.P471.1986 REF
    • Practically speaking : a dictionary of quotations on engineering, technology, and architecture / selected and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither ; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe. Bristol Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c1999. 
      • EnvDesign TA9 .P73 1999 Ref
    • Visual dictionary of American domestic architecture. Carley, Rachel. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1994. A Henry Holt reference book. Identifies features and details of each style, periods and type. Illustrations include plans and typical layout. Good index. 
      • EnvDesign NA7205 .C27 1994 Ref Desk
    • Visual dictionary of architecture. Ching, Frank. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995. Instead of alphabetical,  terms are listed in clusters around basic aspects of architecture as outlined in table of contents. Words are then placed in visual context. Detailed illustrations. Index of all terms also available. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 .C44 1995 Ref Desk 
    • Visual Dictionary of buildings. 1st American Edition. London; New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992. 
      • EnvDesign NA31 E97 1992 Ref
    • Words and buildings : a vocabulary of modern architecture / Adrian Forty. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2000. 
      • EnvDesign NA2543.L34 F67 2000
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      Directories of Architectural Schools
    • Architecture schools, special programs. Washington, DC : Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Includes off-campus study programs (both study abroad and U.S.), on-campus summer programs, and introductory programs geared towards high school students and others interested in pursuing a career in architecture. 
      • EnvDesign NA2105 .A75  BOUND 1990, 1993, 1998, 2000 Latest edition reference desk; earlier editions stacks
    • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture ACSA annual directory. Washington, D.C.: ACSA Press, 1989/90--present. Annual. Lists ACSA member schools including addresses, phone numbers, session dates and faculty teaching in each program. Additional index by faculty name, body arranged by institution. 
      • EnvDesign NA2108.A82 Latest REF DESK
    • Directory of energy-related graduate programs in U.S. universities, 1992. San Francisco, Calif. (75 Federal St., San Francisco, 94107) : Energy Foundation, c1992. 
      • EnvDesign TJ163.165 .D473 1992 Reference Desk // Ed/Psych  TJ163.165 .D473 1992 Ref. /./Engin TJ163.165 .D473 1992 Ref
        http://sol.crest.org/renewables/grad/
    • Guide to architecture schools, editor, John K. Edwards. 6th ed. Washington, D.C.: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, c1998. Information on careers in architecture and profiles of academic architecture programs in the U.S. and Canada. Includes information on degrees, faculty statistics and special programs. Includes a list of schools of architecture worldwide.
      • EnvDesign NA2105.G85 1998 REF DESK
    • Guide to graduate degree programs in architectural history. Philadelphia, Penn.: Distributed by the Society of Architectural Historians, 1986- Irregular, latest ed. at reference desk. Includes information on faculty, enrollment, financial charges and aid, degree requirements and the institutions that have hired recent graduates. The next edition of the guide is available at Grad guide.
      • EnvDesign NA2105.G94 REF DESK
    • International Listing of Architecture Schools   Available from the University of Toronto.
      • http://www.clr.toronto.edu/VIRTUALLIB/ARCH/prog.html
    • Liste mondiale des ecoles d'architecture delivrant des diplomes d'architecte reconnus par les sections nationales de l'UIA = World list of schools of architecture recognized by the UIA national sections. Paris : Union internationale des architects. Union Internationale des Architects,. Provides names and addresses of architecture programs in over ninety nations. 
      • EnvDesign NA2005 .L57 1992 & 1998 Reference desk
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. Schools of architecture recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects. London: RIBA Publications, 1985.  Factual information on schools of architecture in the United Kingdom. A more up-to-date directory of schools in the United Kingdom is contained in Royal Institute of British Architects, Directory of RIBA members (NA12 R72 REF), issued annually. 
      • EnvDesign NA2185.R69.1985 REF DESK
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      Encyclopedias
    • Briggs, Martin Shaw. Everyman's concise encyclopaedia of architecture. New York: Dutton, 1960.Brief information on major styles, periods, terms and architects. British emphasis. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.B74 REF
    • 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 (90% commissioned especially for this book) 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. 
      • EnvDesign NA2599 .C66 1993 REF
    • Contemporary masterworks, editor, Colin Naylor. Chicago: St. James Press, 1991. 450 masterpieces of art, architecture, photography and design, mostly produced since 1945. Includes critical essay, photo, identifying data (date, designer, location, etc.) and bibliography for each work. Arranged chronologically within genre. 
      • EnvDesign N6490.C65675 1991 REF DESK
    • Dictionary of art , editor, Jane Turner. New York: Grove, 1996. 34 vols. Comprehensive encyclopedia of art and architecture, with good bibliographies. Index is volume 34.
      • EnvDesign N31.D5 1996 REF
    • Dizionario Enciclopedico di architettura e urbanistica. Diretto da Paolo Portoghesi. Rome: 1st editoriale romano, 1968-1969.  6 vols.  Comprehensive architecture and planning dictionary in Italian. Includes many illustrations and covers topics worldwide, including historic and contemporary architects. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.D57 REF
    • Elements of style: an practical encyclopedia of interior architectural details, from 1485 to the present. Rev. ed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.  Illustrations and definitions of stylistic details of architecture and interiors by period. 
      • EnvDesign NA2850.E44 1996 REF
    • Encyclopaedic dictionary in the eighteenth century: architecture, arts, and crafts, compiled by Terence M. Russell. Aldershot, England: Brookfield, Vt.: Ashgate, 1997. 5 vols. Includes Lexicon technicum: incorporating works of Sir Francis Bacon and Sir Henry Wotton; Cyclopaedia by Ephraim Chambers; The builder's dictionary; A dictionary of the English language by Samuel Johnson; and A society of gentlemen: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
      • EnvDesign NA2540.E37 1997 REF
    • Encyclopedia of architectural technology. Edited by Pedro Guedes. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979. Architectural styles, building types, building techniques through the ages, including the present. 
      • EnvDesign TH845.M32 REF DESK
    • Encyclopedia of architecture: design, engineering & construction. Ed. Joseph A. Wilkes. New York: Wiley, 1988-1990. 5 vols. Covers all aspects of architecture, including biographies of major contemporary architects, building types, styles, materials, organizations, etc. Articles include bibliographies. Vol. 5 includes supplementary material and index.
      • EnvDesign NA31.E59.1988 REF
    • 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. 
      • EnvDesign TH9.E481.1988 REF DESK
    • Encyclopedia of how it's built.Edited by Donald Clarke. New York: A&W Publishers, 1979.  Clear, simple explanations and illustrations from bridges to skyscrapers.
      • EnvDesign TH145.E53.1979 REF
    • Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world, edited 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 REF
    • Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture. Ed. by Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1986.  Translation of Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Particularly useful for brief biographies of 20th century architects and architectural surveys of individual nations in this century. Annotations include brief bibliographies. 
      • EnvDesign NA680. H3913. 1986 REF
    • Encyclopedia of world art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959-83. 16 vols. Comprehensive information and bibliographies as well as good illustrations, on most aspects of architecture, especially history. Index contained in Vol.15. 
      • EnvDesign N31.E482 REF
    • Grove Art Online UCB Only Online version of the Grove Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 volumes). Contains articles on every aspect of visual arts architecture, landscape architecture, and the history of planning. Also includes biographical information on major architects, bibliographical references and links to images.
    • Hunt, William Dudley. Encyclopedia of American architecture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.  Discusses in encyclopedia format major elements of American architecture. Good overviews. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.H86 REF DESK
    • International dictionary of architects and architecture. Ed. by Randall J. Van Vynckt. Detroit: St.James Press, 1993. 2 vols. (Vol. 1, Architects; Vol. 2, Architecture) Encyclopedia of prominent architects and buildings in Western architectural history. Vol. 1 contains architect entries arranged alphabetically with biographical data and lists of publications written by or about each architect. A buildings name index is included. Architecture entries in Vol. 2 are arranged by country and include pertinent facts and lists of publications relating to each building, with a separate architect index. Includes illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign NA40. I48. 1993 REF DESK
    • Oxford Reference Online: Art and Architecture UCB Only Access to six art or architecture dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. Search sources collectively or search within an individual title.
    • Planat, Paul Amedee. Encyclopedie de l'architecture et de la construction. Paris, Dujardin et cie [189-?] 6vols. plus index. Historical importance. 
      • EnvDesign NA31.P6 1890 REF
    • Singer, Charles Joseph. History of technology. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954-1984. 8 vols.  History of technology, including architecture and building technology--tools, techniques, and materials--from ancient times through the 20th century. The last volume consists of a cumulative index by subject, personal name, and place. 
      • EnvDesign T15.S55 REF
    • Stierlin, Henri. Encyclopedia of world architecture. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan, 1979. 2 vols. Very brief entries, but good for plans and illustrations of significant buildings. Covers up to 1960s. Indexes in several languages. Buildings listed by city. 
      • EnvDesign NA200. S74. 1979 REF DESK
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      Histories and Surveys--General
    • Ancient building technology / by G.R.H. Wright.  Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000- Series title:Technology and change in history v. 4-
      • EnvDesign TH16 .W76 2000
    • Calendar of creative man / John Paxton and Sheila Fairfield. London : Macmillan, 1980, c1979.   Well organized timeline from prehistory to 1970 with focus on visual and 3-dimensional arts. Notes by date events and major works in each discipline. Illus. 
      • EnvDesign NX447.5.P381 1980 REF
    • Clark, Roger H. Precedents in architecture. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1996. Historical precedents and typologies. Pt. 1 analyzes 64 buildings, including illustrations, site plans, elevations; Pt. 2 "identifies and delineates formal archetypal patterns." Covers buildings from renaissance to mid-1970s.
      • EnvDesign NA2750.C55 1996REF
    • Cowan, Henry J. Historical outline of architectural science. 2d ed. London : Applied Science Publishers, 1977.  Series: Architectural science series. Well-illustrated overview of development of architectural forms, structures, technology and materials. 
      • EnvDesign NA200.C69 1977 REF
    • Elements of style: an practical encyclopedia of interior architectural details, from 1485 to the present... Rev. ed.  New York: Simon and Schuster, c1996.  Well-illustrated guide to the styles of British and American domestic architecture. Covers the development of individual features and details in both architecture and interior design.
      • EnvDesign NA2850.E44 1996 REF
    • Fletcher, Banister, Sir. Sir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture. 20th ed. Ed. by Dan Cruickshank. Oxford; London; Boston: Architectural Press, 1996. Includes many plans and drawings. Classic history of architecture. Circulating copies of previous editions are available.
      • EnvDesign NA200.F361 1996 REF
    • Gibberd, Vernon. Architecture source book. Secaucus, NJ: Wellfleet, 1988. Not a comprehensive survey of world architecture but places the buildings of this century in the context of Western cultural history. Does not include China, Japan, India, and South America. 
      • EnvDesign NA200.G5.1988 REF DESK
    • Gideon, Sigfried. Space, time and architecture; the growth of a new tradition. 5th ed. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967. Classic work. Circulating copies available. 
      • EnvDesign NA203.G5.1967 RESERVE
    • Great ages of world architecture. New York: Braziller, 1961-1974. 12 vols. 
      • For individual titles within this series, type: f se Great Ages of World Architecture in GLADIS or MELVYL. 
    • History of world architecture. New York: Abrams, 1971-86. 14 Vols. Beautifully illustrated series; each volume by an expert in the field.
      • For individual titles within this series, type: f se History of World Architecture in GLADIS or MELVYL. 
    • Kostof, Spiro. History of architecture: settings and rituals. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Contextual approach to worldwide architecture and environmental design. 
      • EnvDesign NA200.K65 1995 RESERVE
    • Living architecture. New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1964-71. 14 Vols. 
      • For invidual titles within this series, type: f se Living Architecure in GLADIS or MELVYL.
    • Millon, Henry A. Key monuments of the history of architecture. New York, Abrams, 1965.  Pictorial survey of major monuments from prehistory to the twentieth century. Includes plans. 
      • EnvDesign NA202.M5.1965 REF DESK
    • Pelican history of art. Ed. by Nikolaus Pevsner. Baltimore, Penguin Books, 1953--.  Approximately 20 volumes of this standard on-going art historical set are devoted to architecture. (Art and architecture of China, for example.) 
      • For additional titles type: f se Pelican History of Art in GLADIS or MELVYL. 
    • Pevsner, Nikolaus. History of building types. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976. Standard source for historical information on building types. Includes chapters on libraries, hospitals, museums, prisons, warehouses and office buildings, etc. Brief bibliographies found at rear for each building type. Circulating copies available in the stacks.
      • EnvDesign NA4170. P481 REF
    • Pevsner, Nikolaus. Outline of European architecture. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1960. Western architecture from the end of the Roman Empire to the mid-twentieth century. 
      • EnvDesign NA950.P48.1960
    • Pothorn, Herbert. Architectural styles: an historical guide to world design. New York: Facts on File, 1982. Brief illustrated articles ranging from antiquity to the present, including non-European. There is a section on architectural details and terms illustrated with drawings and plans. 
      • EnvDesign NA204.P6613.1982 REF DESK
    • Reid, Richard. Book of buildings: ancient, medieval, renaissance & modern architecture of north America & Europe. N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.  A "topographical guide" to major styles and key buildings in Europe and North America from ancient to the present day. Maps, glossary, illustrations. 
      • EnvDesign NA703.R44.1983 REF
    • Roth, Leland M. Understanding architecture: its elements, history, and meaning. 1st ed. N.Y.: Icon Editions, 1993. 
      • EnvDesign NA2500. R68. 1993 Non-Circulating
    • Simpson, Frederick Moore. History of architectural development. London, New York: Longmans, Green 1954--1962. 4 vols. Library has: v.1-3; lack vol. 4 .  Standard work, scholarly and readable. Excellent line-drawings, and adequate bibliographies. Each volume has 24 plates, ground plans and footnote references. v.1 Ancient and classsical architecture by H. Plommer, 1956; v.2 Early Christian, byzantine and romanesque architecture, by C. Stewart, 1954; v.3 Gothic architecture, by C. Stewart, 1961; v.4 Renaissance architecture, by J.Q. Hughes and N. Lynton, 1962. 
      • EnvDesign NA200.S5.1954
    • Sturgis, Russell. History of architecture. New York: Baker & Taylor 1906-1915. 4 vols.  v.1 Antiquity, by Russell Sturgis; v.2 Romanesque & Oriental, by Russell Sturgis; v.3 Gothic in Italy, France and Northern Europe, by A.L. Frothingham; v.4 Gothic in Great Britain - Renaissance - modern architecture, by A.L. Frothingham. 
      • EnvDesign NA200. S81. 1906 REF
    • Wilson chronology of the arts, by George Ochoa and Melinda Corey. New York : H.W. Wilson Co., 1998. Global timeline of events and works of art, including painting, sculpture, architecturee, literature and film, as well as decorative art and performance art. In chronological order, with index, list of birth and death dates, and bibliography. 
      • EnvDesign N5306. O26 1998 REF
    • World atlas of architecture, foreword by John Julius Norwich. New York: Portland House, 1988.  English edition of Le Grand atlas de l'architecture mondiale created by Encyclopedia Universalis and derived from Mitchell Beazley's Great architecture of the world. Great concise pictorial survey. 
      • EnvDesign fNA200.W67 1988 REF
    • Yarwood, Doreen. Chronology of western architecture. New York: Facts on File, 1987.  Chronological guide to style in western architecture from the Bronze Age through 1986. Includes selected bibliography and glossary/index. 
      • EnvDesign NA200. Y371. 1987 REF DESK
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      Histories & Surveys - United States
    • America by design. Hosted by Spiro Kostof. Alexandria, Va: PBS Video, 1984. Library has 4 copies of accompanying text shelved as NA705.K641.1987. 
      • VIDEO/C1039 MEDIA RESOURCES CENTER, MOFFITT LIBRARY
    • America preserved: a checklist of historic buildings, structures, and sites recorded by The Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record. 60th anniversity ed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, 1995. 
      • EnvDesign E159 .A37 1995 REF
    • American architectural masterpieces: an anthology comprising Masterpieces of architecture in the United States measured and drawn by Edward Warren Hoak and Willis Humphrey Church [and] American architecture of the twentieth century edited by Oliver Regan in a new edition with essays by George E. Thomas and Michael J. Lewis. New York: Princeton Architectural press, c1992. Includes measured, scaled drawings. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.A485 1992 REF
    • Andrews, Wayne. Architecture, ambition and Americans; a social history of American architecture. Rev. ed. New York: Free Press, c1978. 
      • EnvDesign NA705 .A5 1978
    • Baker, John Milnes. American house styles: a concise guide. New York: Norton, 1994. Traces styles from early colonial to the 1990s. Includes index, glossary and references. 
      • EnvDesign NA7205.B33.1994 REF DESK
    • Blumenson, John J. G. Identifying American architecture: a pictorial guide to styles and terms, 1600-1945. 2nd ed, rev. and enl. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History; NY: Norton, 1981. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.B55.1981 REF
    • Culbertson, Margaret. American house designs: an index to popular and trade periodicals, 1850-1915. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Art reference collection no. 19. Indexes 34 non-professional magazines and includes 6,500 house designs. Good source for plans of houses, ordinary and more well known. Geographic, architect name indexes. Exterior view and plans. Information about the journals indexed, and a list of 2000 architects/designers arranged geographically. 
      • EnvDesign NA7207 .C85 1994 REF DESK
    • Fitch, James Marston. American building. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966-1972. 2 vols. Vol. 1 covers historical background of American architecture. Vol. 2 covers the environmental forces that have shaped building design, methods and materials. Circ. copies available in the stacks.
      • EnvDesign NA705.F57.1966 RESERVE
    • Gowans, Alan. Styles and types of North American architecture: social function and cultural expression. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. Comprehensive history of American styles from Colonial to Postmodern. 
      • EnvDesign NA703.G69.1992
    • Historic American Buildings Survey. Cambridge, England: Chadwyck-Healey; Teaneck, N.J.: Somerset House, 1980. Photographs, historical descriptive data prepared by HABS. Includes data received by Library of Congress through 1979. Alphabetical by state, county, city and then building name. Part I has no measured drawings. Part II, 1980-1988 covers additional 13,000 sites and structures and has measured drawings. 
      • EnvDesign Pt. 1, MICROFICHE 5221-5271; Pt. 2, MICROFICHE 19035-22993
    • Klein, Marilyn W. Clues to American architecture. Washington, D.C.: Starhill Press, 1985.  Brief and illustrated guide to identifying styles and types of American architecture. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.K561.1985
    • LeBlanc, Sydney. 20th-century American architecture: a traveler's guide to 220 key buildings. Rev. and expanded 2nd ed. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1996. Illustrated guide to 200 prominent buildings of 20th century American architecture. Includes information about the architect, construction and influences of each building. Lists addresses and tour schedules. 
      • EnvDesign NA712.L4 1996 REF
    • McAlester, Virginia. Field guide to American houses. New York: Knopf, 1984. Well illustrated guide to identifying styles and types of American houses. 
      • EnvDesign NA7205.M35 1984 REF
    • National register of historic places, California. Rev. and enl. ed. Teaneck, N.J.: Chandwyck-Healey, 1984. 

    • All properties registered through December 1982 arranged by state, county and vicinity. Fiche for Berkeley buildings are within Alameda County, 4-13 of 287 and include UC Berkeley buildings. UC Santa Barbara owns complete set for all 27,000 properties throughout the U.S.
        EnvDesign MICROFICHE 10274 and guide E159 .U556 LATEST ED REF
    • Pierson, William Harvey. American buildings & their architects. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1970-86. 4 vols. Well-illustrated and indexed series. Each volume includes a glossary of terms. Circ. copies available in the stacks. Contents: v.1. Colonial and neoclassical styles, by William H. Pierson, Jr.,1970; v.2. Technology and the picturesque: the corporate and early gothic styles, by William H.Pierson, Jr., 1978; v.3. Not yet published; v.4. Progressive academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century by William H. Jordy, 1972; v.5.Impact of European modernism in the mid-twentieth century, William H. Jordy, 1972. Circulating copies in stacks. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.P5 Non-circulating
    • Poppeliers, John C. What style is it? a guide to American architecture. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, Historic American Buildings Survey/National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1983. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.P6.1983 REF DESK
    • Popular American housing: a reference guide, edited by Ruth Brent and Benyamin Schwarz. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1995. Guide to sources on the history, theory, research and practice of housing. Essays and a bibliography. 
      • EnvDesign HD7293.A3.P66 1995 REF
    • Pride of place. Hosted by Robert A.M. Stern. Princeton, N.J.: Films for the Humanities, 1986. 

    • Contents: Video/C 892: Campus: a place apart; Video/C 893: Dream houses; Video/C 898: Garden and the grid; Video/C 896: Places within; Video/C 897: Proud towers; Video/C 895: Resorts: a paradise reclaimed; Video/C 891: Search for a usable past. Accompanied by book.  
        MEDIA RESOURCES CENTER, MOFFITT LIBRARY and NA705 .S741 1986
    • Randall, John D. Treasures of American architecture and their architects.Williamsville, New York: J.D. Randall, 1992. Guide to 100 key buildings of American architecture. Includes references, illustrations, biographical, address and tour information.  
      • EnvDesign NA705.R365.1992 REF
    • Rifkind, Carole. Field guide to American architecture. New York: New American Library, 1980.  A good handbook for identifying styles and trends.  
      • EnvDesign NA705.R53.1980b REF
    • Rifkind, Carole. A field guide to contemporary American architecture. New York : Dutton, c1998. 
      • Environ Dsgn NA705. R53 1998
    • Scully, Vincent J. American architecture and urbanism. New rev. ed. New York: H. Holt, 1988.
      • EnvDesign NA705. S361.1988
    • Smith, G. E. Kidder. Source book of American architecture: 500 notable buildings from the 10th century to the present. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, c1996. Updates his 3-vol. Architecture of the United States (NA705 .S578 Ref). 
      • EnvDesign NA705 . S578 1996 REF
    • Van Buren, Maurie. House styles at a glance: an illustrated guide. Atlanta, Ga.: Longstreet Press, 1991. 
      • EnvDesign NA7110.V3. 1991 REF DESK
    • Whiffen, Marcus. American architecture since 1780: a guide to the styles. Rev. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1992. Guide to styles of American architecture, including coverage of prominent modern styles since 1945. Includes many illustrations and a glossary. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.W47.1992 REF
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      Library Catalogs & Special Collections
    • American architectural books. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1973. Contains microcopies of 96 % of the items cited in Henry-Russell Hitchcock's bibliography, American architectural books: a list of books, portfolios, and pamphlets on architecture and related subjects published in America before 1895 (NA2500.A12.H5 1976 REF) and Helen Park's List of Architectural books available in America before the American revolution (NA200.A12.P3 REF). A total of 1,548 books and pamphlets are reproduced on 128 microfilm reels. 
      • EnvDesign NA2500.A12.J5. REF index to the microfilm collection; MICROFILM 17741
    • Architectural records in the San Francisco Bay Area: a guide to research, California Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records. New York: Garland, 1988. Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 799. Look for COPAR guides to researching architecture in other cities.
      • EnvDesign NA2125.C22 S2631 1988 REF
    • Architectural trade catalogs from the Avery Library, Avery Library, Columbia University, on microfiche. New York, NY: Clearwater Pub. Co., Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1988. Historical trade catalogs spanning 1794-1981 from the Avery Library's own collection and arranged according to the 16 Masterformat categories.  
      • EnvDesign MICROFICHE 12159; HF5861.A971 1989 REF Guide to collection
    • Art theorists of the Italian Renaissance.  CD-ROM ed. Cambridge, U.K.;  Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1998. A collection of the leading treatises on art and architctrure written between the 14th and 17th centuries.  Includes a number of full reproductions of very rare seminical works (including Palladio) and associated texts for social, policital and historical context.
      • Art Hist  N6915 .A77 1998 compu/d CD-Rom Station; please request Mag no. AHC 3 at the Circulation Desk CD-Rom
    • Avery's choice: five centuries of great architectural books: one hundred years of an architectural library, 1890-1990... New York: G.K. Hall; London: Prentice Hall International, 1997. Rare books from the Avery Library at Columbia University. 
      • EnvDesign NA2550.A12.A94 1990
    • Second lives: a survey of architectural artifact collections in the United States / Emogene A. Bevitt. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division, Supt. of Docs., 1994. 
      • EnvDesign E159 .B48 1994 REF 
    • L'architecture dans les collections de periodiques de la Bibliotheque Forney, by Laure Lagardere. Paris: Mairie de Paris, Direction des affaires culturelles, Bibliotheque Forney, c1990.  Detailed listing of architectural periodicals in their collection, which specializes in French architecture periodicals but includes historical and foreign journals. Gives broad subject coverage, frequency, special features and holdings for each title. Chronological and general indexes, and a timeline.
      • EnvDesign NA1. A12. B46 1990 REF
    • Books of the fairs: a collection of the world's fair publications 1834-1915. Woodbridge, Conn: Research Publications, 1989. 174 reels. Materials from Smithsonian Institution Library on many but not all expositions 1834-1915. Includes folios of artwork, manuscript letters, penny guides, exhibit brochures, congress proceedings, and issues of journals devoted to coverage of a fair. Secondary materials, such as historical studies of fairs, facsimiles and reprints not included.
      • EnvDesign MICROFILM 53033; guide to the collection T391.S65.1989 REF; checklist T395.A12.S63 1992, REF 4 vols.
    • Early Imprints Collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840: catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection. British Architectural Library. London; New Jersey: Bowker-Saur, 1994-1995. 5 vols. One of the definitive collections. Not all vols published yet.
      • EnvDesign Z 5945 B85 1994 5 vols. REF
    • British Architectural Library. Unpublished manuscripts. London: World Microfilms Publications, 1978. 
      • MICROFILM 19466 NA Reel 1-16; NA961.A12 .B7 REF contents and index to microfilm
    • Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University. 2nd ed. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1968. Columbia University. Libraries. Avery Architectural Library. 19 vols. supplements 1-2, 1972-76; supplement 3, 1976 (microfilm 21123); supplement 4, 1980; supplement 5, 1982. Holdings now included in RCAT (RLG) via MELVYL.
      • EnvDesign fNA8.C63.1968 REF
    • Catalogue of the Library of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1968. 44 vols. supplement 1, 1968; supplement 2, 1974; supplement 3, 1979. In addition to books. a section in rear of supplements also includes index to selected periodicals. Holdings now included in RCAT (RLG catalog) available via MELVYL.
      • EnvDesign fNA8.H3 REF
    • French architectural writings 16th to 19th century. Paris: Microeditions Hachette, 1980. 105 representative works on gardens, perspective and architectural design, reproduced on 615 microfiche. 
      • MICROFICHE 1865 and index to collection.  EnvDesign NA1041.A12.F7 REF
    • Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Trade catalogues at Winterthur: a guide to the literature of merchandising, 1750 to 1980 [compiled by] E. Richard McKinstry. New York : Garland Pub., 1984. Garland reference library of social science; v. 241. 
      • EnvDesign HF5861. A12. H43 1984 REF
    • Historic American buildings survey. Cambridge, England: Chadwyck-Healey; Teaneck, N.J.: Somerset House, 1980. Photographs and written historical and descriptive data prepared by HABS. Includes material received by the Library of Congress through 1979. Alphabetical by state, county, city and then building name. Part I does not contain measured drawings. Part II, 1980-1988 (1989) covers an additional 13,000 sites and structures and does include measured drawings. 
      • See also: http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/117.html and America Preserved E159.A37 1995 REF. Pt. 1, MICROFICHE 5221-5271; Pt. 2, MICROFICHE19035-22993
    • Institut francais d'architecture. Archives d'architecture du XXe siecle / Institut francais d'architecture. Liege: Mardaga, [1991]-
      • EnvDesign NA1048.A12 I57 1991 Ref vol. 1
    • International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property. Library. List of acquisitions, Library, ICCROM = Liste des acquisitions, Bibliotheque, ICCROM. Rome : International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property, 1979-- . Contains author and title indexes of books and journal articles; subject index issued separately.  
      • EnvDesign Z810.I57.I57 INDEX 1977/78-1991; Z810.I57.I572 INDEX, Subject Index 
    • Johns Hopkins University. Fowler architectural collection of the Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD: Evergreen House Foundation, 1961. Annotated bibliography of 448 rare architectural books reproduced on 88 microfilm reels. Includes multiple editions of treatises by Vitruvius, Alberti, Serlio, Palladio, Vignola and Scamozzi, etc. Collection is fully cataloged in GLADIS. 
      • MICROFILM 18629; and guide NA8.J6 REF and NA25.F63.1982 REF
    • Koyl, George S. American architectural drawings; a catalog of original and measured drawings of buildings of the United States of America to December 31, 1917. [Philadelphia, Philadelphia Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1969] 5 vols. Vol. 1 has geographical, architect, building type, repository indexes. Vols. 2-5 arranged by architect name. Anonymous drawings arranged geographically at end of vol. 5. An addendum was done in 1977 and we are trying to obtain it. 
      • EnvDesign NA705.K66 5 vols. Noncirculating
    • Leggat, Portia. Union list of architectural records in Canadian public collections; Catalogue collectif ... Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1983. Centre canadien d'architecture. Catalogue of collectif de recherche documentaire sur l'architecture provenant de collections publiques canadiennes.
      • EnvDesign NA740.A12.L431 1983 REF
    • Mace, Angela. Royal Institute of British Architects: a guide to its archive and history. London New York: Mansell Pub., 1986.
      • EnvDesign NA12.A12.M321 1986 REF
    • Mace, Angela. Architecture in Manuscript, 1601-1996: guide to the British Architectural Library manuscripts and archives collection.  London; Herndon, VA: Mansell, 1998.
      • EnvDesign NA961 A12 M23 1998
    • Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company industrial site maps: 1894-1954. Alexandria, VA : Chadwyck-Healey, 1991. Similar to Sanborn maps. 
      • Map Library MICROFICHE 24610 and Guide
    • National register of historic places, California. Rev. and enl. ed. Teaneck, N.J.: ChadwyckHealey, 1984.  All properties registered through December 1982 arranged by state, county and vicinity. Fiche for Berkeley buildings are within Alameda County, 4-13 of 287 and include UC Berkeley buildings. UC Santa Barbara owns complete set for all 27,000 properties throughout the U.S.
      • MICROFICHE 10274 and guide E159 .U556 LATEST ED REF
    • Nichols, Chris. ARLIS union list of microforms on art, design & related subjects. [s.l.]: ARLIS/UK and Eire, 1987. Good index of special collections and resources reproduced in microform up to 1987. To identify locations and more recent titles, check the MELVYL online catalog, RCAT or WCAT via MELVYL. 
      • EnvDesign Z1033.M5.N5 1987 Ref
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. British Architectural Library, drawings collection. London: World Microfilms, 1981-- . Ongoing project of the British Architectural Library to create microcopy (much in color) of all of the drawings in its collection. In addition to separate print catalog, a list of contents appears at the beginning of each microfilm reel. Library has phases A-G, 1981-1988. 
      • MICROFILM 19668; catalog of the collection fNA2410.G7L68 REF vols. 1-20 & cumulative index.
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. Library. Catalogue of the Royal Institute of British Architects Library. London: RIBA,  1937-38. Dated but useful catalog of books published prior to 1938. New acquisitions included in back of annual volumes of Architectural publications index. 
      • EnvDesign NA8.R6.1937 REF
    • Royal Institute of British Architects. Royal Institute of British Architects Rare Books Collection. London: World Microfilms, 1975-76. Collection of 157 works on 35 microfilm reels. Each work can also be found in GLADIS. 

    • Contents: Sect.1. English pattern books: MICROFILM 17262; Sect.2. Cottage architecture: MICROFILM 17610; Sect.3. Country houses and palaces: MICROFILM 17612.; Sect.4. Ancient civilization: MICROFILM 17611; Sect.5. Architectural treatises and works on perspective: MICROFILM 17869. Royal Institute of British Architects. Nomination papers, 1834-1900, in the British Architectural Library: index of members. 1st ed. [Haslemere, England] : Emmett Publishing, 1993.  
        MICROFICHE 24125; NA12 .R69 1993 REF guide 
    • Sanborn Map Company. Fire insurance maps from the Sanborn Map Company Archives, late 19th century to 1990. California, a microfilm project of University Publications of America. Bethesda, Md.: University Publications of America, c1995. 1884-1950 published 1985 by Chadwyck-Healey. Detailed maps of California cities showing footprints of buildings, building and material type, land and building use, etc. Very helpful for historic preservation, urban history, etc. 
      • Electronic index: Map Room,  MICROFILM 31073 Reels 1-72, 1884-1957; reels 73-76, 1950-1970; MICROFILM.77648, 1911-1991, and guide Digital Sanborn Maps - 1867 - 1970 - http://sanborn.umi.com/
    • Smith, Laura Katz. International Archive of Women in Architecture: a guide to the collections at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Blacksburg [Va.]: University Libraries, 1993. 
      • EnvDesign Z 7963 A73 S65 1993 REF
    • University of California, Santa Barbara. Arts Library. Catalogs of the art exhibition catalog collection of the Arts Library, University of California at Santa Barbara. Teaneck, NJ: Somerset House, Nov. 1977--1980; 1981-90. Index to art and architecture exhibition catalogs in the extensive collection at University of California, Santa Barbara. Their exhibition catalogs and other books now listed in MELVYL online catalog.
      • NEWS/MICRO, DOE LIBRARY, MICROFICHE 897
    • Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Prints and Drawings. Architectural drawings from the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Wakefield, England: Micro Methods Ltd., 1969 Index at end of reel 23 and on reel 24 (negative). 
      • MICROFILM 15469 NA
    • Wiebenson, Dora. Mark J. Millard architectural collection. Washington: National Gallery of Art, New York: George Braziller, c1993. v. 1. French books, sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. 
      • EnvDesign NA1044.A12.W54 1993 REF vol. 1
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      Building Codes--Handbooks and Manuals
    • Building Codes and Regulatory Resources - ENVI Guide.
      • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Codes.html
    • The American Institute of Architects East Bay Chapter has an excellent website with links to information about local building and zoning codes, as well as permit information. See links to building codes and standards on the website of the International Conference of Building Officials.
      • http://www.aiaeb.org/
    • Architect's guide to building codes & standards, produced by the American Institute of Architects Building Performance and Regulation Committee 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: AIA, c1990. 1997 edition available soon. Overview of historical development of model codes; procedures and publications. 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.A4.A73 1990 REF
    • Building a code library: uniform building code reference publications, prepared by the Building Codes Committee of the East Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Oakland, Calif.: East Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, c1989. 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.A1 B85 1989 REF
    • California. State Board of Architectural Examiners.Building official information guide. California Board of Architectural Examiners. [Sacramento?] : The Board, 1995. 
      • EnvDesign NA140 .C2 1995 REF
    • Design guide to the Uniform building code. Mill Valley, Calif.: GRDA Publications, c1985- 
      • EnvDesign KF5701. Z95 D47 Latest edition REF
    • Directory of building codes & regulations. City commercial codes. Herndon, Va.: National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards. annual 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.D594 Latest on RESERVE
    • Directory of building codes & regulations. City residential codes. Herndon, Va.: National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards. 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.D595 Latest on RESERVE
    • Directory of building codes & regulations. State commercial codes. Herndon, Va. : National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.D592 Latest on RESERVE
    • Directory of building codes & regulations. State residential codes. Herndon, Va. : National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards. annual (?) 
      • EnvDesign KF5701.D593 Latest on RESERVE
    • Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Berkeley, Calif. : Solano Press, c1987- 
      • EnvDesign KFC610.A336 A2 Latest edition REF
    • Hageman, Jack M. Contractor's guide to the building code. Rev., 2nd ed. Carlsbad, CA : Craftsman Book Co., c1990.
      • EnvDesign KF5701 .H34 1990 REF
    • International Conference of Building Officials. Dwelling construction under the Uniform building code. Whittier, Calif.: International Conference of Building Officials. 

    • Supplements issued between editions with titles: Supplement to the Uniform building code, U.B.C. standards, Uniform housing code, Uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, and the Uniform fire code, and: Accumulative supplement to the Uniform building code, U.B.C. standards, Uniform mechanical code, Uniform housing code, Uniform code for the abatement of dangerous buildings, Uniform sign code, and the Uniform fire code.  See ICBO website for updates. 
        EnvDesign KF5701.Z95.I573 latest REF
    • International Conference of Building Officials. Uniform building code. Los Angeles [etc.] International Conference of Building Officials. Published every 3 years. 1997 ed. last published. A new International building code will replace all current codes in use in the US and will be adopted in 2000. See ICBO website for updates.  
      • EnvDesign TH223.P3 Latest ed REF
    • Introduction to model codes. Falls Church, Va. : Council of American Buildings Officials, 1997.
      • EnvDesign KF5701.Z9.I6 1997
    • Mintz, Martin. Understanding building codes and standards in the United States. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : Technical Services Department, National Association of Home Builders of the United States, c1989. 
      • EnvDesign KF5701 .M56 1989 REF
    • San Francisco (Calif.) Building Code and Mechanical Code: incorporating by reference major elements of Uniform building code and Uniform... 1987 ed. Los Angeles, Calif.: Building News, inc., 1987--. 
      • EnvDesign KFX2351.A6.B8 1987 Latest REF
    • Scott, James G. Architectural building codes: a graphic reference. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1997. 
      • EnvDesign KF5701. S38 1997 REF
    • Simplus code finder for building and construction: building codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, mechanical codes, electrical codes, public works standards, by Dennis Phinney. Los Angeles, CA: BNI Publications, c1998. Using CSI Masterformat, indexes model US codes and common standards for drawings and specifications. Index to references and keyword index. Accompanied by computer disk database in EXCEL 97 for easier searching.
      • EnvDesign TH425.P5 1998 REF; computer disk on reserve
    • Uniform building code. California building code. Whittier, Calif.: International Conference of Building Officials. Incorporates the latest edition of the Uniform Building Code, with necessary California adjustments. Contains all of the additions, amendments and repeals affecting Title 24, part 2, California code of regulations.  
      • EnvDesign KFC813.A42 Latest edition RESERVE
    • Uniform building code. Code applications manual. Whittier, Calif. : International Conference of Building Officials, c1995--

    • Continues: Uniform building code. Application/interpretation manual. 
        EnvDesign KF5701.I5241 Latest on RESERVE
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      Cost Estimating--Handbooks and Manuals
      The following are basic guides to cost estimating in architecture/construction. Many of these guides include a section on cost fluctuations by region and major cities. 
       
    • Construction estimates : from take-off to bid /  3rd ed.  New York : McGraw-Hill,  c1995. 
      • Environ Dsgn TH435 .F72  1995
    • Estimating in building construction. Frank R. Dagostino.  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1999. 
      • ENVI TH435 .D18 1999; CD-ROM Permanent Reserve; Book in stacks // ENGI: TH435 .D18 1999 
    • Estimating and project management for building contractors. Michael Kitchens. New York:  American Society of  Civil Engineers, c1996.  
      • Engin TH435 .K495 1996
    • From concept to bid: successful estimating methods. John D. Bledsoe. Kingston, MA : R.S. Means Co., c1992. 
      • EnvDesign TH435 .B547 1992
    • R.S. Means series. Kingston, Mass: R.S. Means Co. This company produces a series of annual cost estimating guides. Titles change frequently, but these are among the most used. For complete list see back of latest volume. Latest copies on EnvDesign Reference. 

    •                   Assemblies cost data TH435.B86 REF 
                        Building construction cost data TH435.M4 REF 
                        Building construction cost data (Western ed.) TH435.M416 REF 
                        Electrical cost data TK435.M42 REF 
                        Facilities construction cost data TH435.M425 REF 
                        Interior cost data TH435.I576 REF 
                        Light commercial cost data TH4315. M43 
                        Means mechanical cost data TH435.M435 REF 
                        Open shop building construction cost data TH435.O52 REF 
                        Repair & remodeling cost data TH3411.R6a REF 
                        Residential cost data TH4815.8. M43 REF 
                        Site work & landscape cost data TH435.M437 REF 
                        Square foot costs TH435.M5 REF 
                        Residential construction costs. Chatsworth, CA: Saylor Publications, Inc., Title varies, annual. 
                        Has major cities cost relationship index, but uses San Francisco as base 100. 
                        EnvDesign  TH435.L74 latest ed REF 
    • Square foot estimating methods. Cox, Billy J. 2nd ed.Kingston, MA: Means, 1996. 
      • Environ Dsgn TH435 .C84 199
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      Technical Handbooks & Standards
    • Architecture sourcebook : a guide to resources on the practice of architecture / edited by Kathryn Wayne.  Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 1996. *See Chapter 17, p. 279-303, for an excellent and more thorough annotated list of core handbooks and manuals in the field, including lighting; timber, concrete, and steel construction; codes and standards; HVAC; accessibility; structural; programming, and other specializations.
      • EnvDesign NA2750.A12.A72 1996.  copy 1 Ref Desk
    • UCB's Kresge Engineering Library has a comprehensive collection of standards published by technical associations, professional societies and national standards bodies such as American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Underwriter's Laboratories (UL), etc. Check their website for indexes to and a description of their holdings.
    • ADA: a resource guide. Washington, D.C. : The American Institute of Architects, 1991. 
      • EnvDesign KF5709.3.H35.A33 1992 RESERVE
    • Allen, Edward. Architect's studio companion: rules of thumb for preliminary design. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, c1995. 
      • EnvDesign NA2750 .A556 1995 REF
    • Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of building construction materials and methods. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1990. 
      • EnvDesign TH145.A4171.1990 REF
    • American National Standard: accessible and usable buildings and facilities. Falls Church, VA: Council of American Building Officials, 1992. 
      • EnvDesign TH425.A571.1992
    • ASHRAE Handbook. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Standard series of technical data, these 3 basic ASHRAE handbooks are published quadrennially. Latest edition of each is shelved in REFERENCE, Alcove 2. Note that certain editions are only in the Engineering Library. 
      • EnvDesign TH7201.A452 REF
    • Fundamentals inch-pound edition TH7201.A461 REF; Fundamentals SI Engin TH7201 .A462 REF

    • Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning applicationsTH7201.A4423 REF
      Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems and equipment. Inch-pound ed
        Engin TH7201 .A4422
    • Ballast, David Kent. Architect's handbook of construction detailing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990. Ready-to-use information about critical building details to aid in the production of construction drawings, develop custom details, prepare specifications. Formulas and how to calculate them. 
      • EnvDesign TH2031.B35.1990 REF 
    • Ballast, David Kent. Architect's handbook of formulas, tables, and mathematical calculations. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. 
      • EnvDesign NA2750.B321.1988 REF
    • Ballast, David Kent. Interior construction & detailing for designers and architects. Belmont, CA: Professional Publications, c1994. 
      • EnvDesign TH2025.B35 1994 REF
    • Bisharat, Fred. Format for building detailing. San Mateo, Calif.: Western Book/Journal Press, 1990. 
      • EnvDesign NA2840.B57.1990 REF
    • Building systems reference guide. Ed. by Robert H. Perry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. Includes structural loads and framing systems, power systems, electrical distribution, and other building systems. Topics are discussed in detail with tabular and graphic data.
      • EnvDesign TA633.B851.1987
    • Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. Manual of standard practice ; prepared under the direction of the CRSI... 26th ed.[Schaumburg, Ill.]: The Institute ; c1997. 
      • EnvDesign TA683.42.C64 1997 REF
    • Dickinson, Duo. Expressive details: materials, selection, use. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1997. 
      • EnvDesign NA2840 .D53 1997
    • Dirr, William Peter. Most asked questions about architecture and building. Cincinnati: Arch-Tech Press, 1994. Questions and answers for topics such as building codes, structural design, building materials and methods, soils, etc. 
      • EnvDesign NA2500.D57.1994 Vol. 1 Non-Circulating
    • Environmental resource guide. Washington D.C.: American Institute of Architects, 1992 and 1996. Loose-leaf subscription service created by the AIA Committee on the Environment. Includes critical issues such site design and land use, energy, t