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Built Environments I (DESST 1006)

e-Research topic 22

Campus Critique

Selecting either the new University of Adelaide Maths Science Building Lower Campus Redevelopment or the Pertroleum Engineering Building opposite across the Union Theatre lawns, write a critique of one building shaped on the critiques of recent campus buildings by Peter Ward Australian, 12th December 2001.

REFERENCES

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Ward, Peter. "Building on brick and mortarboards", Australian, 12th December 2001, pages 28-29.

Loo, Steve, "Quiet monumentality", Architecture Australia, vol. 90, no. 4, July/August 2001, pages 82-84.

"New building brings the good oil to Adelaide University", City Messenger, 11th September 2002, page 8.

"Project Feature: The University of Adelaide: Lower Level Site Development", Architect South Australia, vol 13, no. 4, Spring 1999, pages11-18.

Books
Leach, Neil. The anaesthetics of architecture. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1999.
Main collection 720.1 L434a

Dober, Richard P. Campus architecture: building in the groves of academe. New York , McGraw-Hill, c1996.
Main collection 727.3 D633c

Riera Ojeda, Oscar. Campus & community: Moore Ruble Yudell: architecture & planning. Rockport, Mass., Rockport Publishers, c1997.
Main collection 727.3 R558c

Articles
Movement Notation
Tschumi, Bernard, "Illustrated Index: themes from the Manhattan Transcripts", AA files, no.4, July 1983, pages 65-74.

Critiques
Ward, Peter. "There's no place like Homebush", Australian, 26th July 1999, page 14.

"RADAR: Projects", Architecture Australia, vol. 90, no. 6, 2001, pages 26-27.

Web sites
RAIA Projects Gallery. Public Buildings - Education
Details of projects nominated for RAIA Awards.

ENCYCLOPAEDIAS and HANDBOOKS are useful sources for background information.

Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering & construction. Wiley, New York, 1990.
Reference collection 720.3 W682e
"Campus planning", vol.1, pages 527-539.

Ching, F. D. K. Visual dictionary of architecture. Wiley, New York, 1997.
Reference collection 720.3 C539v
Instead of an alphabetical listing, the information is clustered around basic aspects of architecture with words placed in their visual context. Included are fundamental terms relating to architectural design, history and technology.

The following handbooks present guidelines for architectural design over a range of activities, building types, and environments. These follow European or North American precedents, remember to check with Australian codes.

Architect's data. (Neufert) 3rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Science Publishers, 2000.
Reference collection 721.0212 N482a.3
"Educational and Research facilities" pages 307-321.

Metric handbook: planning and design data. 2nd ed. Oxford, Architectural Press, 1999.
Reference collection 721.0212 N532.2
"Fire", chapter 42.

Time-saver standards for landscape architecture: design and construction data. 2nd ed. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1998..
Reference collection 712.0212 H313t.2

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Use INDEXES and DATABASES to find what articles or papers have been written on your topic

These databases use Boolean operators, in most cases it is safe to use the words AND or OR (with brackets) but there may be other codes used for truncation, such as an asterisk *. Search notes are provided for each database but if you don't get the results you expect, please check with the Architecture Librarian, Kay Leverett.

The databases listed below cover information on aspects of architectural design and university buildings.

ARCH - indexes Australian architectural and design journals.   Articles on other university buildings may help you develop ideas for this topic. Click sample search for    universit* AND building*      click here for search notes
APA-FT - indexes a range of Australian journals in the social sciences, full text of articles provided from 1995 for some 200 journals. For search notes see ARCH
Australia/New Zealand reference centre- indexes articles and newspapers from Australia and New Zealand.      click here for search notes
BUILD - from the CSIRO, indexes journals, books and research reports on building and construction in Australia.   For search notes see ARCH
ENGINE - from the Institution of Engineers, Australia, indexes articles and papers published by the Institution.   For search notes see ARCH
ElectricLibrary - includes full text of major Australian newspapers, some general encyclopedias and journals.     click here for search notes
Avery Index - an international index for architectural and design journals. click here for search notes
EAI: Expanded Academic Index - covers a wide range of journals. Provides full text for many of the articles.     click here for search notes
LexisNexis - a huge international database; includes full text Australian newspapers.      click here for search notes

This is only a small selection of possible databases, if you don't find what you need here, please come and see me, Kay Leverett, Architecture Librarian, or contact me by phone (8303 4659) or email: kay.leverett@adelaide.edu.au