Architecture Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Historical, artistic, and biographical look into the world of architectural design and designers.
Call number areas to browse:
NA190-1613 (history)
NA2500-2790 (design) 
Keywords to search: buildings, architecture, architectural, architects
Subjects to search (Library of Congress): Architecture, subjects begining with Architectural e.g. Architectural design, or types of architecture e.g. Library architecture

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Encyclopedia of architecture (REF NA2520.G94 1982) 
Encyclopedia of American architecture (REF NA705.P3 1995) 
McMillan encyclopedia of architects (REF NA40.M25 1982)

Library Resources (r): 
America: History and Life  (citations & full text)
Arts & Humanities Search (citations & full text) 
Biography Reference Bank Full text!
Factiva includes full text of Architectural Record
Historical Abstracts  (citations & full text)

Internet Resources: 
ADAM lets you browse the Art, Design, Architecture, and Media gateway to Internet resources.

Architecture topical index to sites such as Feng Shui, ancient architecture, women architects, styles, etc. 

Architectural Research from UVA includes architecture & design, history & preservation, landscapes & gardens, urban & environmental planning.

Cities & Buildings Database (University of Washington Libraries) is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web

Frank Lloyd Wright, the Ken Burns PBS special.

Getty Vocabularies: Art and Architecture Thesaurus and Union List of Artists Name  Produced by the Getty Museum, contains 131 thousand art terms, and 120 thousand bibliographic records of artists.

Great Buildings Online includes 3D models.

International Architecture Database website has served as a valuable clearinghouse for thousands of architectural projects (both built and unrealized) since 1996. Currently, the database contains information on more than 13,000 projects, most from the 20th and 21st centuries. Visitors can begin by browsing the database by name, location, or keyword.

Society of Architectural Historians offers information and images. 

Architectural History Note: use the Internet links, some VCU links may not be accessible.