Recommended
books |
j725
S213 Sandak, Cass R. Skyscrapers: An easy-read modern wonders
book. New York: Franklin Watts, 1984.
Covers skyscraper history and construction. Includes color pictures. |
j726 M117
Macaulay, David.Cathedral: The Story of It’s Construction.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
Describes how gothic cathedrals were constructed, using drawings. |
724 B249 Barford,
George. Understanding modern architecture. Worcester: Davis Publications,
1986.
Chapter 1 gives a brief history of architecture. Chapter 2 covers modern
building materials. |
720.973 S648
Smith, G.E. Kidder. A pictoral history of architecture in America.
New York: American Heritage, 1976.
This book has many black and white pictures of buildings in the United States.
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720 S848 Stevenson,
Neil. Architecture: DK annotated guides. New York: Dorling Kindersley,
1997.
Book has pictures of important buildings and describes specific parts of
these buildings.
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j720.9 S949
Sullivan, George. Understanding architecture. NY: Frederick Warne
&, 1971.
Discusses building construction. Many illustrations. |
720.9 A673
Cruickshank, Dan. Architecture the critics choice: 150 masterpieces
of western architecture. NY: Watson-Guptil, 2000.
This book is divided into categories: Classical, Early Christian, Romanesque,
Gothic, Renaissance, Palladian, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Machine Age, Fin
De Siecle, Modernism. |
Carley, Rachel. The Visual
dictionary of American domestic architecture. NY: Henry Holt, 1974.
This book has drawings of American homes, including Native American homes.
Parts of buildings are named. |
Selected
web resources |
Great
Buildings
This site has photos, drawings, and 3-D models of famous buildings.
You can search by architect, building or place name. |
Archkidtecture
(architecture for kids)
This site has a list of architectural words, and some information on architecture
as a career. |
|
Cities
and Buildings Database, University of Washington
Contains digital images of cities and buildings throughout the world. |
|
Glossary
of Medieval Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburg
Contains descriptions of terms and illustrations.
|
Asian
Historical Architecture
Contains photographs of historic Asian architecture from China, Taiwan,
Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. |
Digital
Archive of American Architecture, Boston College
You can search by architect, building name or style to find pictures and
some information. This site also has a large amount of information on
Frank Lloyd Wright.
|
Thais.it
Contains pictures of Islamic, Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Gothic, Byzantine,
and Romanesque architecture. |
Encyclopedia.com
If you are writing about an architect, try searching by his/her last name. |
| If you can't find what you need,
ask a librarian for help. |
Other
Sources
the library doesn't own these, but you may be able to borrow them from another
library |
Adam,
Robert. Buildings: how they work. Sterling Publications, 1995. |
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| Milo, Francesco. The story
of architecture. Peter Bedrick Books, 2001. |
| Courtenay-Thompson, Fiona. Visual
dictionary of buildings. (Eyewitness Books) Dorling Kindersley, 1993. |
| Wilkinson, Philip.
Buildings. (Eyewitness Books) Dorling Kindersley, 2000. |
| Johman, Carol A. Bridges:
amazing structures to design, build, and test. Williamson, 1999. |
| Cruickshank, Dan. Sir Banister
Fletcher's A history of architecture: centenary edition. Butterworth-Heineman,
1996. |
| Curl, James Stevens. A Dictionary
of architecture. Oxford, 2000. |
| Chollet, Lawrence B. Frank
O. Gehry. (Essentials Series) Abrams, 2001. |
| Burden, Ernest E. Illustrated
dictionary of architecture. McGraw-Hill, 2002. |
| Glancey, Jonathan. The story
of architecture. Dorling Kindersley, 2000. |
| Miller, Jake. On the job
with an architect: builder of the world. Barrons, 2001. |
| Severance, John B. Skyscrapers:
how American grew up. Holiday House, 2000. |
| Nicolson, Geoff. Frank Lloyd
Wright. (Headway guides for beginners). Headway, 2003. |
| Gebhard, David. Buildings
of Iowa. Oxford University Press, 1993. |
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