LibGuides: Architecture: Books

Library of Congress Classification of Books

Look for books under the call numbers beginning with NA

NA 210-349   Architecture, Ancient and Classical
NA 3310-4050   Architectural Decoration
NA 2750-2794   Architectural Design
NA 2810-4050   Architectural Details
NA 2695-2794   Architectural Drawing
NA 1-60   Architecture, General
NA 2400-2460   Architecture Museums
NA 9000-9430 City Planning/Urban Design
NA 6700 Museums, Exhibition Buildings
NA 9000-9199; Urban Design

Other relevant call number ranges:
TH   building and construction
NC drawing and graphic arts
NK interior architecture and design
GN   vernacular architecture
E-F U.S. history, historic preservation
HT   city planning and urban design
KF architecture and law
LB buildings for education
RA   hospital design
SB   Landscape Architecture

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Suggested Keywords

Architectural Design
Scale
Baroque
Landscape

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Architectural Drawings
Rooms and Spaces
Structural Elements

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Call Number: E-BOOK
ISBN: 0128168889
Publication Date: 2018-09-12
The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors by Geoffrey E. Braswell (Editor) The ancient Maya created one of the most studied and best-known civilizations of the Americas. Nevertheless, Maya civilization is often considered either within a vacuum, by sub-region and according to modern political borders, or with reference to the most important urban civilizations of central Mexico. Seldom if ever are the Maya and their Central American neighbors of El Salvador and Honduras considered together, despite the fact that they engaged in mutually beneficial trade, intermarried, and sometimes made war on each other. The Maya and Their Central American Neighbors seeks to fill this lacuna by presenting original research on the archaeology of the whole of the Maya area (from Yucatan to the Maya highlands of Guatemala), western Honduras, and El Salvador. With a focus on settlement pattern analyses, architectural studies, and ceramic analyses, this ground breaking book provides a broad view of this important relationship allowing readers to understand ancient perceptions about the natural and built environment, the role of power, the construction of historical narrative, trade and exchange, multiethnic interaction in pluralistic frontier zones, the origins of settled agricultural life, and the nature of systemic collapse.　
Call Number: F1435.3.P8 M38 2014
ISBN: 9780415744867
Publication Date: 2014-05-29
Understanding Architecture by Marco Bussagli This text examines the concept of freedom in the context of American labour history. Nine essays develop themes in this history which show that "liberty of contract" and "inalienable rights" form two contradictory traditions concerning freedom.
Call Number: NA200 .B8687 2004
ISBN: 0765680718
Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Icons of American Architecture by Donald Langmead What turns a building into an icon? What is it about some structures that makes their history and legend even more important than their original intended use, making them a part of American, and world, popular culture? Twenty four buildings and structures, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the White House, the Hotel del Coronado, and the Washington Monument are presented here, along with their roles in fiction, film, music, and the imagination of people worldwide. Approximately twenty five images are included in the set, along with sidebars featuring additional structures.
Call Number: NA705 .L35 2009
ISBN: 9780313342073
Publication Date: 2009-03-05
Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas by Rem Koolhaas (Artist); Ingrid Böck Dutch architect, architectural theorist and urban thinker Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) has been a protagonist of the international architectural avant-garde since the 1970s; his numerous worldwide awards include the Pritzker Prize in 2000 for his lifetime achievement. Through a series of essays, this book interprets his many buildings and projects by drawing on Koolhaas' own theoretical oeuvre of polemics, manifestos, interviews, books such as Delirious New York and his so-called "design patents." In these writings, Koolhaas articulates a design method that links theory and practice, whereby an idea is applied to several projects over a period of time, so that it can continuously evolve. This book not only orients this method within architectural history, but also shows how it repositions the function of the authors or the architects themselves.
Call Number: NA1153.K64 B63 2015
ISBN: 9783868592191
Publication Date: 2015-07-28
Hypernatural by Blair Satterfield (Artist); Michael Weinstock (Foreword by); Blaine Brownell (Editor); Marc Swackhamer (Editor) Despite the ever-growing sophistication of synthetic and digital tools, it's the natural world that captures the imaginations of today's vanguard designers. By looking to nature as a teacher rather than simply as a source for raw materials, pioneers in the emerging biomimicry movement are developing design methods and materials to create intelligent buildings that emulate life itself. InHypernatural architecture and material experts Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer present an international collection of forty-two case studies that illustrate astonishing new applications possible in this rapidly growing field, from Echoviren, a botanical pavilion that was designed to wilt into its surrounding redwood forest in Northern California, to the MIT Media Lab's Silk Pavilion, constructed by the threads of silkworms as they passed over scaffolding. Together, these projects show that by looking to nature, design can be a tool that makes our built environment more efficient, sustainable, and, most of all, livable.
Call Number: NA2542.35 .B79 2015
ISBN: 9781616892722
Publication Date: 2015-04-21
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Call Number: NA2542.35 .C64 2012
ISBN: 9780816673070
Publication Date: 2012-03-19
The Art of Urban Sketching by Gabriel Campanario The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits of working in this art form, this inspiring book shows how one can participate and experience this creative outlet through modern-day social networks and online activity. You'll find more than 600 beautiful, contemporary illustrations, as well as artists' profiles and extended captions where these urban sketchers share their stories, how they work, sketching tips, and the tools behind each drawing. With sketches and observations from more than 50 cities in more than 30 countries, The Art of Urban Sketching offers a visually arresting, storytelling take on urban life from different cultures and artistic styles, as well as insight into various drawing techniques and mediums.
Call Number: NC825.C57 C36 2012
ISBN: 9781592537259
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
The Garage by John A. Jakle; Keith A. Sculle The garage--whether used for automobile storage, parking, repair, or sales--has been an American commonplace for so long that it is surprising how little attention it has drawn from scholars tracing the country's architectural and cultural heritage. In this compellingly written and profusely illustrated book, John Jakle and Keith Sculle--two of the nation's foremost experts on "Roadside America"--bring their analytical acumen and meticulous research skills to bear on the remarkably rich history of this overlooked feature of the U.S. landscape.             Beginning with the days when only the wealthy could afford cars (and their chauffeurs doubled as mechanics), the authors show how blacksmiths and carriage repairmen quickly adapted to the increasing ubiquity of the automobile. Noting differences from region to region as well as between large cities and smaller population centers, they look at the growth of car dealerships, with their separation of service and sales floors, and the parallel rise of small, independent repair shops--businesses that have steadily disappeared from the national scene, though some of the buildings that once housed them have survived, refitted for other purposes. The domestic garage--first conceived as a detached structure, then integrated with the house itself--gets its own chapter. And throughout, the authors explore the various ways in which concerns with practicality, commerce, and aesthetics have dictated how garages were laid out and constructed and what services they offered.             A worthy complement to the authors' earlier collaborative studies of the gas station and the parking lot, The Garage will engage an eclectic audience of architectural and material-culture specialists, historic preservationists, antique car enthusiasts, local historians, and others fascinated by the impact of the automobile on early America and its legacy in the built environment of modern communities.
Call Number: TL153 .J269 2013
ISBN: 9781572339583
Publication Date: 2013-11-30