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Architecture

This guide is intended for students who are doing research in architecture, either for classroom assignments, research papers, or exploring a career in architecture.

Books and eBooks - Architecture

Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to World Architecture, 5th ed
Visions of Mary: Art, Devotion, and Beauty at Chartres Cathedral
Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Invention of the Gothic
100 Ideas that Changed Architecture - eBook
Engineering Graphics: Tools for the Mind
Architectural Excellence: 500 Iconic Buildings - eBook
100 Years, 100 Buildings
International Yearbook of Futurism Studies - 2018
Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present
A Global History of Architecture
Architecture Matters
Modern Architecture: A Critical History
How Architecture Tells: 9 Realities Which Will Change the Way You See

Articles - Architecture

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This database has full-text academic articles in almost every subject, including quite a few peer-reviewed and scholarly journals. A good choice for almost any topic.

ArtStor (Ithaka)

A digital library of approximately 400,000 images from a wide range of cultures and time periods.

GreenFILE (Ebsco)

GreenFILE's collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects.

Credo Reference (Infobase)

Includes reference encyclopedias and handbooks, which feature easy-to-read overviews and background information on thousands of topics. Credo also features videos, illustrations, photographs, visual aids, and maps.

Films - Architecture

Architecture - Films on Demand

Watch award-winning documentaries and educational programs about architecture from all over the world and throughout time.

Architecture - Academic Video Online (AVON)

Educational programs from well-known producers like A&E, BBC, and PBS.

Internet Resources - Architecture

ArchDaily

ArchDaily

The world's most visited architecture platform

Architectural Record

Architectural Record

A top magazine for news and information on architecture and design.

Architecture.com (RIBA)

Architecture.com (RIBA)

Royal Institute of British Architects website includes exhibitions and displays, creative workshops, courses famous buildings, architects and architectural styles and movements

archINFORM

archINFORM

A database about worldwide architects and buildings from past to present with information of more than 81,000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners.

Historic American Buildings Survey

Historic American Buildings Survey

This Library of Congress collection includes The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), which document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes.

Building Background | History Detectives (PBS)

Building Background | History Detectives (PBS)

How to investigate the history of a building

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