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Find Articles
Full length journal, magazine and newspaper articles can be found in our online article collections.
Citations to articles can be found in:
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=AveryIndex&done=referer)
If a book or article cannot be found in PVAMU's resources, it can usually be borrowed from another library. Fill out the Interlibrary Loan form, and please note that it may take several weeks to receive the item.
Free Architectural E-journals
Architecture Week - http://architectureweek.com/
Architecture Magazine - http://www.architectmagazine.com/
Architectural Record - http://archrecord.construction.com/
Find Books
The Coleman Library has a large collection of books and other material which will help you find biographical information on architects and illustrations of their works. Some famous buildings (e.g., the Empire State Building) might have books devoted solely to their history and construction, but others will be found only in collections on a particular architect or style (e.g., skyscrapers). If you can't find what you need, ask at the Reference Desk or email us via Ask a Librarian on the library homepage.
SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (Oversize Z5945 .C649)
REF NA1 .A1 1973 Suppl.
(Note- the 1973 edition [incomplete] is on the third floor, and the 1984-88 supplements are in Reference)
- Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (REF NA31 .C864 2006)
- Dictionary of Architecture & Construction (REF NA31 .H32 2006)
- Architecture Exam Review (REF NA123 .B35 2005)
- The Dissertation: An Architecture Student's Handbook (REF NA2108 .B67 2006)
- Autocad 2006 for Architecture (REF NA2728 .J4386 2006)
- Actions of Architecture: Architects and Creative Users (REF NA1996 .H55 2003)
- Contemporary Architects (REF NA680 .C625 1994)
- The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture (REF NA687 .P43 2004)
- Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture (REF NA 31 B83 2002)
- 20th Century Architecture: A Reader's Guide (REF NA680 .P314 2000)
- International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture (REF NA 40.I48 1993)
2v set features 523 architects and 467 buildings and sites that have figured prominently in Western architectural history
- A History of American Architecture (REF NA705 .G35 1999)
- Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture (REF NA31 .B83 1998)
- Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (REF NA208 .E53 1997)
- Pocket Guide to the ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (REF KF5709.3.H35 P63 1997)
- Modern Architecture: A Critical History (NA500 .F75 1992) [not a reference book]
- Modern Architecture Since 1900 (NA680 .C87 1996) [not a reference book]
- Architecture After Modernism (NA682.P67 G49 1996) [not a reference book]
- Architecture Theory Since 1968 (NA680 .A728 1998) [not a reference book]
Try putting "architecture" itself as the subject term, and then exploring the 'note' that appears. Sometimes the heading is subdivided by location.
Ex: "Architecture - United States"
Useful Subject Headings:
| Building |
Historic buildings |
| Buildings |
Minimal architecture |
| Church architecture |
Structural engineering |
| Glass construction |
Sustainable architecture |
The easiest way to find books on individual architects is to use their name as a subject term, last name first. You can also try specific buildings"
Pei, I. M., 1917-
Botta, Mario, 1943-
Robie House (Chicago, Ill.)
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)
Codes, Standards, Specs & Testing
WEBSITES
American Memory Project (http://memory.loc.gov/) - click on Search, then the HABS/HAER and Gottscho and Schleisner Collections for photos, blueprints, etc.
ARCAT (http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/)
ARCAT provides building product information for architectural industries, including architects, spec writers, engineers, and contractors. Search by company/trade names or product type.
ArchNET (http://archnet.org/lobby/)
This resource focuses on architecture and planning issues and includes restoration, conservation, housing, landscape, and related concerns. Registration is required (free registration). Images from all times periods and most countries can be found in the Digital Library.
Architecture.com (http://www.architecture.com) - one of the world's most extensive architectural portals, courtesy of the Royal Institute of British Architects; features links to the best information on the Web on individual architects and their works
Architectural Record (http://archrecord.construction.com/) – information from architectural record
ArchINFORM (http://www.archinform.net/start.htm) - "This database includes over 13000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database."
Asian Historical Architecture (http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/)
This resource was used to be a class website for a professor of architecture at University of Virginia. It focuses on Asian architectures, a photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage. Here you can view nearly 10,000 photos of 669 sites in eighteen countries, with background information and virtual tours.
CATENA (http://catena.bgc.bard.edu/index.htm)
A searchable collection of historic and contemporary images of historic gardens and landscapes that include plans, engravings, paintings, and photographs along with historic documents and bibliography.
CENSUS of Antique of Art and Architecture known in the Renaissance
(http://www.census.de/census/home/view?set_language=en)
Registration is require (free),
Cyburbia (http://www.cyburbia.org/)
A portal site for urban planners and others interested in cities and the built environment contains a selective directory of Internet resources relevant to planning and urbanism. Cyburbia also includes information about mailing lists and newsgroups, and it hosts a very active bulletin board and image hosting gallery.
Digital Archive of American Architecture (http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/) - limited in scope, provides some images and explanatory material. No critical articles.
Digital Collection (http://content-dev.lib.washington.edu/index.html)
Created by University of Washington includes architecture of the Pacific Northwest database.
E-Architect (http://www.e-architect.com/)
The website for architects and architectural profession, latest job board postings available, and you can post your résumé. Good website for job seekers.
Great Buildings Collection (http://www.greatbuildings.com/) - search by name of building, name of architect, or a place for bibliographic and other information on world architecture
Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org) - one of the oldest of the subject guide sites; search on "architecture" for best results
National Organization of Minority Architects (http://www.noma.net/) - one of the largest professional organizations of African American architects in the U.S., with some project and contact information
NYPL (New York Public Library) Digital Gallery (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm)
NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 600,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and architecture images.
Joseph Urban Stage Design Models & Documents (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/rbml/urban/l)
Sketches, drawings and set models of New York theater and opera productions created from 1914 to 1933, from the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
PAB (Philadelphia Architects and Buildings) Project
(http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org)
Free, publicly searchable Internet database of architectural and historical information and images contains 35,000+ structures, mostly in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties. Free registration.
SPIRO (Slide and Photograph Image Retrieval Online) (http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/)
SPIRO is the visual online public access catalog to the 35mm slide collection of the Architecture Visual Resources Library (AVRL) at the University of California at Berkeley. The collection numbers over 250,000 slides and 20,000 photographs. SPIRO is freely available on the World Wide Web.
Society of Architectural Historians (http://www.sah.org/) –The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) promotes the study and preservation of built environment worldwide.
University at Buffalo Libraries Architecture Website (http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/infotree/resourcesbysubject.asp?subject=Architecture ) - lots of good links to imagebases, databases, building products, and biographies
University of Nevada at Las Vegas Libraries (http://library.nevada.edu/arch/) - good portal to lots of other useful websites; great pictures of Vegas architecture
WBDG (Whole Building Design Guide) (http://www.wbdg.org)
WORLD ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY SURVEY EXAMPLES
(http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Cities/wld/wcapts1.html)
Covering all time periods and cultures, this database - for each example - provides a handful of links directly to images, which open in a second window. You can also link from the building name directly to a second page focused on just that building, with more images and links to pertinent external websites.
WWW Starting Points for Architecture
(http://www.lib.usf.edu/ref/ifrank/guides/ archnet.html) - Good collection of web links, courtesy of the University of South Florida
Internet Search Engines
Subject Content by Chieko Sato, Reference and Instruction Librarian
Maintained by Karl Henson, Library Webmaster
Updated 6/7/2010 |