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Architecture

A guide to print and electronic resources available at The New School Libraries.

What is Reference?

A reference work is used in the preliminary stages of research. Subject-specific entries help the researcher gain context and gather sources.

Reference Databases for Art and Design

Bloomsbury Architecture Library
The leading source of information for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design, Bloomsbury Architecture Library offers access to a carefully curated collection of fully-searchable text and image content.
Bloomsbury Design Library
The Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad and expanding range of encyclopedias, reference works, e-books, images, and more.
Credo Reference Art
Credo Reference helps you start your art research with reference resources in art history, biographies of artists, and vast image collections from the Bridgeman Archives.
Grove Art Online
The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day.

Reference Books

The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice by American Institute of Architects
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781118668054
Publication Date: 2013-10-03
Architectural Graphic Standards by American Institute of Architects Staff; Dennis J. Hall; Nina M. Giglio
Call Number: TH2031 .A84257 2016
ISBN: 9781118909508
Publication Date: 2016-03-21
Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction by American Institute of Architects Staff; Dennis J. Hall (Editor); Nina M. Giglio
Call Number: TH2031 .A84254 2010
ISBN: 9780470395837
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards by Leonard J. Hopper
Call Number: SB472 .L363 2007
ISBN: 9780470067970
Publication Date: 2007-09-28
Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data, Network by Donald Watson (Editor); Michael J. Crosbie (Editor)
Call Number: TH151 .T55 2005
ISBN: 9781849723459
Publication Date: 2008-10-09

Construction by Harold B. Olin; H. Leslie Simmons
Call Number: TH 145 .S513 2001
ISBN: 9780471356400
Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D. K. Ching
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781118458341
Publication Date: 2014-02-17

Dictionary of Architecture and Construction by Cyril M. Harris
Call Number: NA31 .H32 2006
ISBN: 9780071452373
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture by James Stevens Curl
Call Number: NA31 .C864 2006
ISBN: 0192806300
Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering and Construction by Joseph A. Wilkes, editor-in-chief, Robert T. Packard, associate editor
Call Number: NA31 .E59 1988
ISBN: 0471807478
Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture by R. Stephen Sennott
Call Number: NA680 .E495 2004
ISBN: 1579582435
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World by Paul Oliver
Call Number: NA208 . E53 1997
ISBN: 0521564220
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture by Randall Van Vynckt, Suhail Butt, and Doreen Yarwood
Call Number: NA40 .I48 1993
ISBN: 9781558620889
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects by Adolf K Placzek
Call Number: NA40 .M25 1982
ISBN: 9780029250006

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