Architecture

Find Books, DVDs, Maps, Music and more in the McGill WorldCat Catalogue.

Sources for Background Information

• 6,000 Years of Housing
  NA7125 S383 Blackader-Lauterman
• Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity (2nd ed.)
  NA 200 T7 2002 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref)
• Architectural Representation Handbook: Traditional and Digital Techniques for Graphic Communication
  NA2714 L37 2000 Blackader-Lauterman
• Architectural Theory
  NA2500 C3146 1999 Blackader-Lauterman
• The Complete Architecture Handbook
  NA200 N87 2006 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref)
• Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures: A Handbook
  folio TA403.6 C659 2005 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref)

• A History of Building Types
  NA4170 P48 Blackader-Lauterman

• A History of Western Architecture (3rd ed.)
  NA200 W412 2000 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref)

• National Building Code of Canada
  TH226 N3 2005 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref) v.1-2
• Sir Banister Fletcher’s a History of Architecture
  NA200 F63 1987 (Blackader-Lauterman Ref)
• World Atlas of Architecture
  folio NA200 W67 1984 Blackader-Lauterman

Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Glossaries

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus - Getty Research Institute
• Oxford Art Online
• Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
  NA31 H32 1993 (Ref)

• Encyclopedia of Architecture Design, Engineering & Construction
  NA31 E59 1988 (Ref) v. 1-5
• The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail
  NA2850 E445 2005 (Ref)
• The Encyclopedia of North American Architecture
  folio NA703 A53 2006 (Ref)

• Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World
  NA208 E53 1997 (Ref) v. 1-3

• Glossary of Architectural Terms
• A Glossary of House-Building Terms = Glossaire des termes de construction
  TH9 C4 1976 (Ref)

• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture
  NA40 I45 1991 (Ref)
• The Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture: City, Technology & Society in the Information Age
  NA680 M48 2003 (Ref)

Selected Internet Sites

• ArchINFORM: International Architecture Database
• ArchNet: Islamic Architecture Community
• Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), founded in 1979, is a Montreal-based research centre and museum. Consult the Institutional Overview and the Overview of the Collections for more.

• CSA, the Center for the Study of Architecture and Archaeology
• ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
• The Getty Research Institute A resource for students of Art and Architecture. Research tools such as the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT), Research Guides and Bibliographies, and the Photo Study Collection may be accessed from this site.
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

Other Resources

Architectural Graphic Standards

• Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction
  TH2031 A84254 2003 (Ref)
• Graphic Standards Details: Openings
  TH2261 G73 2005 (Ref)
• Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes
  TH2521 G69 2002 (Ref)
• Interior Graphic Standards
  TH2031 M34 2003
• Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards
  SB472 L363 2007 (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data
  TH151 T55 2005 (Ref) Print & CD-ROM version
• Time-Saver Standards for Building Types
  NA2760 D42 2001b (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning
  NK2110 T56 2001 (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture: Design and Construction Data
  SB475.9 S72 T55 1998 (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Construction Details
  SB475.9 S72 T55 1998 CD-ROM (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards for Residential Development
  NA9051 T55 1984 (Ref)
• Time-Saver Standards: Site Construction Details Manual
  TE177 D56 1999 (Ref)
• Ramsey/Sleeper Architectural Graphic Standards
  TH2031 R35 2000 (Ref)

Bibliographies

• Architecture: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks
  Limited to books in English and Western European languages published between 1875-1980 and accessible in US libraries (from the preface). General and comprehensive resources are found in the first two chapters; resources specific to particular architectural styles, periods, or geographical locations are listed within specific categories. Entries are annotated.
  Z5941 E38 1984 (Ref)
• Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture
  Annual union list of items catalogued in the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library, 1975 -1997. Items are organized alphabetically by author, title, and subject (i.e., the same work may be repeated)
  Z5939 B53X (Ref)
• A Bibliography on Vernacular Architecture
  Z5944 G7 H3 [1972] (Ref)
• Papers/American Association of Architecture Bibliographers
  Thirteen volumes containing bibliographies of bibliographies on selected architects, architectural styles, and locations. Check the subject headings in the Catalogue record (click on the title to see the full record); note that volume 11 of the series serves as the index to volumes 1-10.
  Z5941 A5 [1965-1979] (Ref) v. 1-13

Selected Series

Here are selected books that are published in series relating to architecture. To locate these series, copy the title from this list and then search under Keyword in Series in the Advanced Search screen.

• Architectural design profile
• Building Type Basics
• Classical America series in art and architecture
• Cahiers de la recherche architecturale
• Architectural documents
• Theoretical perspectives in architectural history and criticism
• Via
• Universale di architettura
• Architecture + recherches
• Prentice-Hall international series in architecture
• Architecture (Pierre Mardaga, éditeur)
• Architecture landscape urbanism
• Architectural design (Barcelona, Spain)
• The buildings of England
• Pevsner architectural guides
• Chicago architecture and urbanism
• Architext series
• Modern architecture and cultural identity
• Skira architecture library
• Zhongguo gu jian zhu da xi [dealing with Chinese architecture, gardens and temples]
• Saggi di architettura

Catalogues of Special Collections

• Avery's Choice: Five Centuries of Great Architectural Books
  Z5941 A94 1997 (Ref)
• Catalogue of the Avery Memorial Architecture Library
  Z5945 C652 1968 (Ref). Holdings searchable online via Columbia Libraries Online Catalog
• Catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints
  Z5945 B85 1994 (Ref); see description
• Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
  Z5944 F7W54 1993 (Ref) v. 1-3

Core and Additional Databases

Find journal articles using these Indexes and Databases:

• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (EBSCO) Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present.
• Architectural Index (Annual)
• RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue Online
  
• Art Full Text (EBSCO)
  Includes Architecture, Housing and Urban Planning. Indexes (from 1984) and abstracts (from 1994) articles from periodicals published throughout the world. May cross-search with Art Index, Art Retrospective (1929-1984) and Art Image Gallery
• Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA and Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA)
  Covers material published between 1975 and 2007. For material published after 2007 see the International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
  

Additional Indexes and Databases

• ARTstor (Image Database)
• International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
  Covers international scholarship within the following broad parameters: European art from late antiquity to the present, American art from the colonial era to the present, and global art since 1945; Visual arts in all media, plus decorative and applied arts, museum studies and conservation, archaeology and classical studies, antiques and architectural history, and related fields.
• Engineering Village
• Citation Databases:
• Web of Science (ISI)
• Scopus
• Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981 / Art et architecture au Canada: bibliographie et guide de la documentation jusqu'en 1981 in 2 volumes serves as "a reference guide to the most significant contributions to the literature of art and architecture in Canada published in Canada and abroad from 1825 to 1981" (from the Preface). In the first volume, numbered entries, which are accompanied by abstracts, are organized by subject, including historical period and and geographical location. The second volue contains an author and subject index to the numbered entries of the first volume. Use the first volume for general browsing and the second volume as a reference tool.
  Z5961 C3 L47 1991 (Ref)