Environmental Design Library
Browser's Guide to Architecture:  the NA Classification
The University of California, Berkeley Libraries' collections are arranged according to a subject classification system devised by the Library of Congress.  Architectural materials are generally assigned to a section of call numbers beginning with the letters NA, although substantial related materials are found in TH (building and construction), NC (drawing and graphic arts), NK (interior architecture and design), GN (vernacular architecture), E-F (U.S. history, historic preservation), HT (city planning), K (architecture and law), LB (buildings for education), RA (hospital design), etc.  For a detailed listing see the Library of Congress Classification Outline (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html).

The following guide to the NA section will assist the student who wishes to browse this portion of the Environmental Design Library's architectural collection.  Note that browsing a collection as large as the Environmental Design Library has considerable limitations:  users will miss volumes checked out, in remote storage, in other libraries on campus, and in other classifications.  Remember also that architects will need to use many materials beyond those classed NA, and that classifications change over the years, so a thorough search of your subject will require checking the Library catalogs: Pathfinder, CDLWeb Melvyl Catalog,® telnet GLADIS, or telnet Melvyl.

If you need help, please be sure to consult an Environmental Design Library reference librarian., 210 Wurster Hall.

Compiled by Elizabeth D. Byrne, adapted from a guide by
Deborah Thompson-Wise, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Library. June, 2001.j

Architecture by Subject

Architects by Country

Architecture by Subject	Classification
Ancient and Classical	NA 210-349
Apartment Houses. Flats	NA 7860
Architects, U.S.	NA737
Architectural Congresses	NA 21
Architectural Decoration (by time period, countries, specific elements)	NA 3310-4050
Architectural Design	NA 2750-2794
Architectural Details (by specific items, e.g., stairs)	NA 2835-3079
Architectural Drawing	NA 2700-2749
Architectural Practice, Business	NA1996
Architectural Societies, Organizations	NA 10-20
Architecture and  Law	NA 135-150; see also K
Architecture and State (examination, licensing)	NA 100-199
Architecture and the Handicapped	NA 2545
Architecture as a Profession	NA 1995
Architecture of Special Countries	NA 701-1613
Architecture, U.S.	NA705-729
Architecture, U.S., by City	NA735
Architecture, U.S., by State	NA730
Baroque, Rococo	NA 590-599
Biographies, Collectives, and Directories	NA 40-60
Building Codes, California	KFC813-814
Building Codes, U.S.	KF5701; TH 223
Buildings, by Form, e.g., basilicas	NA6700-7010
Buildings, by Material, e.g., wood, masonry	NA4100-4145
Buildings, by Use, e.g., public buildings	NA4170-8480
Business Management for Architects	NA 1996
Byzantine	NA 370s
Churches. Religious Architecture, by country	NA5210-6113
Churches. Religious Architecture, by religion, building type	NA4590-5621
City Planning/Urban Design	NA9000-9430; see also HT
Climate and Architecture	NA 2541-2542
Collected Writings	NA 25-30
Collections of Plans and Designs (divided by country)	NA 7126
Collections of Plans, Architectural Sketchbooks	NA 2600-2635
Color in Architecture	NA 2795
Commercial Buildings (divided by building type)	NA 6210-6289
Competitions	NA 2335-2399
Construction	TH
Criticism	NA2599.5-2599.9
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias	NA 31
Domestic Architecture by Country	NA 7210-7476
Domestic Architecture, Houses, Dwellings	NA 7100-7880
Drawing (Technique)	NA2707-NA2708;  see also NC730s; T369
Drawings	NA2700-2749
Early Christian	NA 360s
Educational Buildings	NA 6590-6610  see also LB
18th Century	NA 625-644
Exhibitions	NA 2440-2469
Farm Architecture	NA 8200-8260
Gothic	NA 440-489, NA 610-619
Health Facilities Design	RA967
Historic Preservation	NA105, E159
History	NA190-1555.5
History, General Works	NA7100-7114
Hotels, Inns	NA 7800-7850
Hospital Design	RA967
House Plans	NA7110-7115
Houses	NA7100-7884; see also GT165; NA9051; TH4805
Housing	NA7550-7559
Industrial Architecture (by building type)	NA 6400-6589
International	NA 4180-4183
Islamic	NA 380s
Landscape Architecture	SBs
Library Design	Z679
Mausoleums, Cemeteries, Monuments	NA6115-6199
Medieval	NA 350-489
Military	NA 490
Minor Buildings, Gates, Fences, etc.	NA 8300-8480
Modern	NA 500-699
Museums	NA 2400-2429
National, State, Municipal (divided by building type)	NA 4195-4589
Neoclassicism	NA 600-609
19th Century	NA 645-679
Norman	NA 420
Orders of Architecture	NA 2810-2817
Periodicals & Yearbooks	NA 1-9
Public Buildings	NA 4170-7010
Religious Architecture of Special Countries	NA 5210-6113
Religious Buildings (by religion, subdivided by building type)	NA 4590-5095
Renaissance	NA 510-589
Rendering	NA2780
Restaurants	NA 7855
Romanesque	NA 390-419
School Buildings	NA6590-6610;  see also LB
Site Planning	NA2540.5; see also SB472
Study and Teaching	NA 2000-2320
Theory, Comprehensive Works, Outlines	NA 2500-2599
20th Century	NA 680-699
Urban Design	NA9000-9199; HT166-167
Villas (divided by countries)	NA 7580-7599
Women as Architects	NA 1997

 

Architects by Country
Country	Classification		Country	Classification
Austria	NA 1011.5		India	NA 1510
Australia	NA 1605		Israel	NA 1479
Belgium	NA 1173		Italy	NA 1123
Brazil	NA 859		Japan	NA 1559
Bulgaria	NA 1393		Mexico	NA 759
Canada	NA 749		Netherlands	NA 1153
China	NA 1549		New Zealand	NA 1608
Cuba	NA 805		Norway	NA 1273
Czechoslovakia	NA 1034.5		Poland	NA 1455.P63
Denmark	NA 1223		Romania	NA 1433
Egypt	NA 1585		Russia	NA 1197
Finland	NA 1455.F53		South Africa	NA 1595
Flanders	NA 1173		Soviet Union	NA 1197-1199
France	NA 1053		Spain	NA 1313
Germany	NA 1088		Sweden	NA 1293
Great Britain	NA 997		Switzerland	NA 1353
Greece	NA 1103		Turkey	NA 1373
Hungary	NA 1022.5		United States	NA 737
Iceland	NA 1253		Yugoslavia	NA 1453

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