Architecture

Books written in English and Western European languages published between 1875 and 1980. From prehistoric through modern; European, Oriental, New World, Africa, and Oceania. Author-Title and Subject indexes.

See Chapter 9: "Architectural Research," Chapter 21: "Special References for Architects", and subject index: "Architects." See also: "Architecture," in Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It," by Lois S. Jones, 1999, pp. 180-184.

Bibliography of works, primarily books, organized chronologically within broad themes and sub-themes. Built environment is defined here as "the man-made context within which we live our lives--our towns and cities, places of work...". Vol. 1: Town Planning and Urbanism: Architecture; Gardens and Landscape Design. Vol 2: Environmental Technology; Constructional Engineering; Building and Materials. Vol. 3: Aesthetics; Decorative Art and Industrial Design; International Exhibitions and Collections; Recreational and Performing Arts. Vol. 4: Public Health; Municipal Services; Community Welfare.

Critical annotations. Over 1,600 titles from 57 countries organized by broad subject, e.g., "Building Types".

Special feature: Appendix of 19th-century Photography of Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture, pp. 635-670.

United States only. Organized by institutions.

The author reviews selected books on 20th-century architecture.

Periodicals and monographs from 1919-1960's with emphasis on Midwestern material.  Citations included in the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals.

Single alphabetical arrangement by author, title, subject.

Arranged by subject with author and subjects/places indexes.

Vol. 1: author catalogue of books and manuscripts; Vol. 2: alphabetical subject index.

"Plate book" editions of texts by architects from antiquity through the 18th century featuring woodcuts and engravings of ancient and contemporary monuments.

Architectural material extracted from all 35 volumes.

Coverage includes eastern and northern Europe with supplementary material on Turkey from 3000 BC through the 20th century. Well-illustrated with photographs and drawings. References limited to a list of books for further reading.

Descriptive guide presented in five walking tours. Includes annotated index of architects.

From 2000 B.C. to present; Europe and North America. Brief discussion of major trends, list of contemporary events and persons, index, glossary.

From antiquity through Neoclassicism and "after".

Thematic arrangement, e.g., Responses, Influences, Elements and Attributes, etc., of "individual essays written from different viewpoints". For a similar treatment, see also: THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE: CONCEPTS, THEMES & PRACTICES, by Paul-Alan Johnson (XNA 2500 J65 1994).

Photographs, essays, bibliographies, and sometimes plans of about 100 buildings.

Ancient to modern. Styles, periods, details, techniques, architects. Illustrated.

Vernacular as well as major monumental. Includes Middle East, North Africa, South-East Asia, India, East and West Africa.

Architectural elements. In French with separate indexes in German, Italian, English, ancient and modern Greek, and Latin.

Comprehensive, international, from antiquity to the 1960's. Drawings, photos, references. Includes biographies, building types, history, topography, geography, and ethnic groups.

Architectural design terms arranged alphabetically in English with corresponding words in the other four languages. Separate cross-referencing lists for French, Spanish, German, and Dutch. No definitions.

Brief definitions of basic architectural elements. Illustrated.

Comprehensive, e.g., architects, copper, hazardous materials, guimard. Vol. 5 indexes all volumes. Bibliographies.

International. Includes biographies, national developments, movements, groups, stylistic trends. Illustrated.  Entries include bibliographies for further reading.

Vol. 1: Western architecture from antiquity to present. Vol. 2: Asia, South America, Oceanic. Brief trilingual text in French, German, English. Color photographs. Excellent drawings, plans, elevations, sections, isometric projections.

Chapters on traditional characteristics, Beijing, Kanyu of the Gugong, temples, landscape gardens.

Short entries with references for further reading.

Census of 790 theatre structures and 123 unclassified buildings located in the Mediterranean and central Europe arranged by country in three volumes. Each entry provides a brief description, state of preservation, and measurements. In Italian, English, French, and German.

Roman to 20th century. Arranged by geographical section. Brief entries with maps and photographs.

Western architectural history. Vol. l: Architects (523). Biographical data, chronology of works, publications by and about, essay. Vol. 2: Architecture (467) buildings and sites. Building/site chronology, publications about, essay, plates and drawings.

Vol. 1: Americas; Vol. 2: Northern Europe; Vol. 3: Southern Europe; Vol. 4: Middle East and Africa; Vol. 5: Asia and Oceania. Arranged alphabetically by site. Entries include photo, essay, and brief bibliography.

630 contemporary (post-WWII) works. Arranged by region. Maps, bibliography, building chronology, list of architects and their buildings.

Short and long entries on persons, places, artistic terms, symbols, art historic periods.

International. Covers prehistory to the present. Includes entries on garden designers, styles, types, gardens in art, country overviews, etc.

Each volume in two parts: Introduction: cultures, religions, patrons and artists, etc.; and Gazetteer of Monuments by region and site.

International. Photographs, line drawings of plans, sections, and elevations with dimensions.

Western architecture organized by art historical period, then geographically. Separate section on non-Western architecture. Many photographs and drawings in color.

Newspapers and journals. Mainly American and English, 19th and 20th centuries. Obituaries of artists included until 1960 are not in the 2nd edition.

Essays followed by list of works in chronological order.

Arranged by book types, e.g., on the orders, carpenters' manuals, architectural engraving.

International. Arranged by architect (planner, engineer). Each entry includes biographical data; chronological list of works; publications by and about; brief description of style and noteworthy works; photographs of representative works. Some information and illustrations not repeated from earlier editions: 1st ed (1980) includes a number of pre-WWII architects; 2nd ed (1987).

Royal Institute of British Architects. Brief entries with publications, references, locations of unpublished material. Excludes lists of buildings.

From antiquity to birth dates by Dec. 31, 1930. Includes engineers, bridge builders, landscape architects, town planners. Each entry includes text, list of works, and bibliography. Building photographs, drawings, plans. Special features: list of published biographies (books); chronological table of contents from Imhotep (2635 B.C.) to Tigerman (1930 -); glossary of terms; index of buildings by commonly known names.

Brief biographical entries. Bibliographical headings include writings, biographical, assessment, bibliographical, and archival. Name and place indexes.

Europe, Americas, British Commonwealth, Japan. Building photographs.

Chapters on style, composition, materials, components, forms, e.g., doorways, interlaced arches.

American and British domestic architecture, from Tudor to Post-Modern. Analytical drawings, historic engravings, and photographs describing and detailing thirteen features: woodwork, metalwork, lighting, services, built-in furniture, staircases, kitchen stoves, fireplaces, floors, ceilings, walls, windows, and doors. Essays on American and British vernacular, brief biographies of architects and designers mentioned in text, glossary, directory of American and British suppliers.

Ancient to modern; 2100 line drawings of styles and details.

Citations to illustrations of 1800 works represented in 80 books.

Arranged by year from 1900 to 1989.

Arranged by architectural detail, e.g, beam, geometry, plaster. Detailed line drawings with features labeled and defined. Index of all terms represented.

References to 7200 architectural works reproduced in 100 books. Indexes: site, architect, type, work.