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Architecture

Selected Library Resources for Architecture

architecture

Journal & Magazine Articles

Architecture: Design and History

Architecture: Engineering & Materials

Multi-Subject Resources

Reference Sources

Encyclopedias

Bibliographies

High-Resolution Images

Books, Videos and Multimedia

Other suggestions for searching Ignacio:

  • Search by Subject for the architect's name (last name first) to locate books ABOUT that person, including autobiographies, letters, etc.
  • You might also try Subject searches for terms such as Architecture History.

Browsing the Book Stacks

Architecture books are on the 3rd Floor South of Gleeson, in the NA section.

Very large books are called "Folios" and have their own section on the third floor which includes many architecture books.

Call number classifications for Architecture
Call Number Range Topic
NA1–9428 Architecture
NA1–60

General

NA100–130

Architecture and the state

NA190–1555.5

History
(most monographs on individual architects are included here)

NA1995

Architecture as a profession

NA2000–2320

Study and teaching. Research

NA2335–2360

Competitions

NA2400–2460

Museums. Exhibitions

NA2500–2599

General works

NA 2599.5–2599.9

Architectural criticism

NA2695–2793

Architectural drawing and design

NA2835–4050

Details and decoration

NA4100–8480

Special classes of buildings

NA4100–4145

Classed by material

NA4150–4160

Classed by form

NA4170–8480

Classed by use

NA4170–(7020)

Public buildings

NA4590–5621

Religious architecture

NA7100–7884

Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings

NA7910–8125

Clubhouses, guild houses, etc.

NA8200–8260

Farm architecture

NA8300–8480

Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc.

NA9000–9428

Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying

Dissertations and Theses


Architecture icon by Smalllike from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0).