finding information about individual architects and firms
USE SPECIALIST DICTIONARIES and ENCYCLOPAEDIAS to find information
about an architect, landscape architect, designer or photographer. In most
cases these sources will include a list of references to the person's papers
and articles about the architect or photographer.
Contemporary architects. 3rd ed. 1994.
[2nd edition remains useful]
Reference collection 720.922 C761.3
For architects currently in practice, each entry includes a biography,
a list of constructed works and projects, an evaluative essay, a commentary
on their own work and ideas by the architect, a list of the architect's
writings and a list of books and articles about that architect�s work.
Contemporary designers. 3rd ed. 1997.
[earlier editions remain useful]
Reference collection 745.44922 C761.3
Includes architects having a reputation as designers in other fields
Contemporaryphotographers. 3rd ed. 1995.
[earlier editions remain useful]
Reference collection 770.922 C761.3
Each entry includes a biography, a list of exhibitions and collections,
an evaluative essay, a commentary by the photographer, and lists of books
and articles by and about that photographer.
Design encyclopedia. 1994.
Reference collection 745.203 B993d
Includes people and firms associated with design and decoration 'in
the last half of the 19th century to the present'.
Dictionnaire de l'architecture du XXe siecle. 1996.
Reference collection 720.3 M627d
Emphasis is on individual architects and firms, a useful source for
European architects of the 20th century. Text is in French, but many
references are in English and is well illustrated.
Dictionary of 20th century design. 1994.
Reference collection 709.04 P637d
Includes designers and critics.
Encyclopedia of architecture, design, engineering and construction.
5 volumes. 1989.
Reference collection 720.3 W682e [copy
also in ASA library]
Includes articles on notable architects and firms.
Encyclopedia of interior design. 2 volumes. 1997.
Reference collection 747 B216e
Includes architects known for their interior design.
International dictionary of architects and architecture.
2 volumes 1993.
Reference collection 720.9 V996i
volume 1 covers major architects in Western architecture
Macmillan encyclopedia of architects. 4 volumes.
1982.
Reference collection 720.922 M158
Historical survey of the life and works of architects who were dead
before 1980.
Dictionary of art. 34 volumes. 1996.
Reference collection 703 T948d
Includes individual architects, movements and themes in architecture.
USE THE LIBRARY'S CATALOGUE to find books about an architect,
photographer or firm.
Using Subject [telnet option 7], for the name of the person
or firm, eg
Morphosis
Coates, Nigel, 1949-
sub-headings can be added for more specificity, eg
Eisenman, Peter, -- 1932- -- Criticism and interpretation
Libeskind, Daniel, -- 1946- -- Exhibitions
Use Author�s name [telnet option 4] to find publications by
an architect that are in the Barr Smith Library. Note that there
may be variations in the presentation of the name, eg.
Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Lissitzky, Lasar Markowitsch, 1890-1941
see: Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941
Also, consider variant names of architectural firms as well as the names
of the principals, eg.
Venturi and Rauch
see also: Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown
Venturi, Robert
Venturi Scott Brown & Associates
USE CALL NUMBER to find books about architects.
The Dewey Decimal Classification system provides a suffix for individual
architects _092 and _0924 for older books, and for books about more than
one person or an architectural firm, _0922. The table below gives
examples of some of the Dewey numbers used in the Library. Books
at these call number ranges will be arranged alphabetically by the name
of the architect or firm.
| 712.092 |
work of landscape architects |
| 712.0922 |
work of landscape architecture firms |
| 712.0924 |
work of landscape architecture firms [old number] |
| 720.92 |
work of individual architects |
| 720.922 |
work of architectural firms |
| 720.924 |
work of individual architects [old number] |
| 727.6092 |
museum buildings designed by individual architects |
| 727.7092 |
art gallery buildings designed by individual architects |
| 728.092 |
houses designed by individual architects |
| 728.8092 |
large & elaborate private dwellings designed by individual
architects |
| 745.4492 |
industrial designers |
| 749.2 |
furniture designers |
| 770.92 |
photographers |
| 779.4 |
photographs of architectural subjects |
USE A DATABASE or INDEX to find what articles have been written
by or about an architect.
Architectural publications index. 1972-
Reference collection 7205 A657
Articles about the work of an individual architect or architectural
firm are listed under the subject heading Architects: followed by
country: and then the individual�s name, or the name of the firm,
eg.
Architects: France: Tschumi, Bernard
Architects: Netherlands: Koolhaas, Rem
Architects: United States: Diller & Scofidio
The Names index includes the names of architects, engineers,
designers, architectural firms, organisations, societies, and the authors
of articles, eg.
Foreign Office Architects A0169
H0199 P0003
refers to articles about this firm under the subject headings
for Architects:
for Hotels
for Parks
Click here for more information on search
techniques in API.
AVE:
Avery index to architectural periodicals. 1880-
Electronic database
Using Advanced Search select Author Word or Subject Word.
These are particularly useful as you do not need to know the exact form
of the name or subject heading used by the Avery Index,
Author Word - Type distinctive words from a person's
or an organisation's name in any order. eg.
james corner
future systems
Subject Word - Type a few distinctive words from a subject heading,
eg.
albert speer
metropolitan architecture office
Advanced Search allows two groups of search terms, from different
fields, to be combined with Boolean operators AND, OR, AND NOT.
Select the field for the search in each column, and select the desired
Boolean operator. This allows you to specify a building or theme
as well as an architect's name, eg.
Author Word peter eisenman
AND
Title Word house*
[the asterisk * is the truncation symbol which tells the system to find
house or houses]
To combine more than two search terms do a number of Advanced
searches then use HISTORY to display a list of your searches.
Click on the box next to the relevant set numbers, then click on SEND.
The AND operator is implied when sets are combined.
Click here for more notes on search techniques,
display and output options for AVE.
ARCH:
Australian architecture database. 1980-
Electronic database
Search Builder allows you to restrict terms to a specific field.
In ARCH this is a useful way to find articles about the work of
an individual architect or firm. Select the AR - Architect
field to restrict the search to words from an architect's name or from
the name of the firm, eg.
peter wilson
Click here for more notes on search techniques,
display and output options for ARCH.
INTERNET LINKS
Useful for links to free sites specialising in architecture are -
ADAM: gateway to art,
design, architecture & media information on the internet.
A searchable catalogue with links to some 2500 Internet resources.
The search engine allows for "stemming" which helps find words that are
similar to the search term, but have different endings; eg. a search on
'postmodern' will find postmodernism. Also offers a Browse
facility through subject headings under Architects A-Z.
Architecture
Links on the World Wide Web
Links to a wide range of web sites for architecture and related fileds.
Scan through the index under Architects or search using the Find
button of the web browser.
Cyburbia
Aims to provide a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant
to architecture, planning, urbanism and other topics related to the built
environment.
Cyburbia has two directories, Architecture Resource Directory
and Planning Resource Directory.
In the Architecture Resource Directory select from sites for - Famous
Architects; Firms and Practitioners - Architecture; Firms and
Practitioners - Landscape Architecture.
Great
buildings collection
"More than 800 great buildings from around the world and across history"
are illustrated at this web site which includes information about the architect.
Need more help? contact
the Architecture Librarian
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