Architecture Subject Guide
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Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias and Guides
Research Guides
Encyclopedias and Glossaries
Dictionaries
Abstracts and Indexes
Bibliographies
Directories
Handbooks
Architecture research
Hamilton Main Reference NA2000 .A65 1992
Guide to the literature of art history
Hamilton Main Reference N380 .A7
Information sources in architecture and construction
Hamilton Main Reference TH216 .I55 1996
Contemporary architects
Hamilton Main Reference NA680 .C625 1994
Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA680 .E495 2004
Encyclopedia of architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .Y37 1986
Encyclopedia of architecture : design, engineering
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .E59 1988
Encyclopaedia of architectural terms
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .C87 1993
Encyclopedia of building technology
Hamilton Main Reference TH9 .E48 1988
Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world
Hamilton Main Reference NA208 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of world art
Hamilton Main Reference N31 .E533
Glossary of art, architecture, & design since 1945
Hamilton Main Reference N34 .W34 1992
Grove dictionary of art
Hamilton Main Reference N 31 .D53 1996
Also available Online
International dictionary of architects and architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA40 .I48 1993
McMillan encyclopedia of architects
Hamilton Main Reference NA 40 .M251
Dictionary of architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA31.C86 1999
Dictionary of architecture and construction
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .H32 2006
Dictionary of architectural and building technology
Hamilton Main Reference NA31.C63 1998
Illustrated dictionary of architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA31.B83 1998
International dictionary of architects and architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA40 .I48 1993
Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .F55 1998
Visual dictionary of architecture
Hamilton Main Reference NA31 .C44 1995
America: history and life
Hamilton Main Reference E171 .A458
Also available Online
American house designs : an index to popular and trade periodicals,
1850-1915
Hamilton Main Reference NA7207 .C85 1994
Architectural index
Hamilton Main Reference NA1 .A56
ArchiText Construction Index Online
Online
Art index
Hamilton Main Reference N1 .A79
Also available Online
Avery index to architectural periodicals
Hamilton Main Reference Z5945 .C653
Also available Online
Bibliography of the history of art
Hamilton Main Reference N1.A1 B52 [1989- ]
Housing abstracts
Hamilton Main Reference HD7285 .H63
Index to historic preservation periodicals
Hamilton Main Reference E159 .I52 1988
Re´pertoire d’art et d’arche´ologie
Hamilton Main Reference N2 .R47 [1965-1989]
continued by Bibliography of the history of art
RIBA British architectural library
Online
RILA, International repertory of the literature of art
Hamilton Main Reference N1.A1 R47 [1975-1989]
continued by Bibliography of the history of art
World architecture index : a guide to illustrations
Hamilton Main Reference NA202 .T4 1991
Architecture : a bibliographic guide to basic reference works,
histories, and handbooks
Hamilton Main Reference NA2520 .E37 1984
Architecture series: bibliography
Call number varies; please check Voyager catalog
Bibliographic guide to art and architecture
Hamilton Main Reference N7425 .N49
ACSA annual directory (Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture)
Hamilton Main Reference (College Guides) NA2103 .A82a
Architects of the United States of America
Hamilton Main Reference ( College Guides) NA712 .A73
Architecture, a directory of Hawaii AIA members and firms
Hamilton Main Reference NA54 .H3 A44a
Architecture schools, special programs
Hamilton Main Reference ( College Guides) NA2105.A1 A73 1991
Directory of international periodicals and newsletters on the built environment
Hamilton Main Reference NA1 .G7
Profile: the official directory of American institute of architects
Hamilton Main Reference NA53 .A39a
Schools of architecture recognised by the Royal Institute of British
Architects
Hamilton Main Reference ( College Guides) NA2185.A1 S36
Architect's handbook of professional practice
Hamilton Main Reference NA1996 .A726 2003
Green studio handbook : environmental strategies for schematic design
Hamilton Main Reference TH880 .K87 2007
Guidebook to sustainable design
Hamilton Main Reference NA2542.36 .M46 2006
Selected Journals for Architecture
The following is a selective list of periodicals for which
UHM Library has a current subscription. You also may do a journal title
search in the library catalog to find a specific periodical or by subject
to find periodicals on a topic, for example, 'architecture periodicals'.
Architectural Theory and Design
Landscape Architecture
Interior Design
Computer Architecture
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL THEORY AND DESIGN
AA Projects Review
Hamilton NA2310.G74 A74
ACSAnews - Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
Hamilton folio NA2000 .A77b f
AIAS News (American Institute of Architecture Students)
Hamilton NA2105 .A1 A22
AR (Architecture/research)
Hamilton NA2000 .A65
The Architects' Journal (AJ)
Hamilton NA1 .A55
Architects Trade Journal
Hamilton NA9 .A35
Architectura
Hamilton NA3 .A72
Architectural Design
Hamilton NA1 .A35
Architectural Digest
Hamilton NA1 .A38
Architectural Record
Hamilton NA1 .A6
Online
issues
Architectural Science Review
Hamilton NA1 .A744
Architecture
Hamilton NA2 .A825
Online
issues
Architecture Australia
Hamilton NA1 .A775
Online
issues
Architectural Research and Teaching
Hamilton NA1 .A68
The Architectural Review
Hamilton NA1 .A69
Architecture in Greece
Hamilton NA6 .A67
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Hamilton Main Reference Z5945 .C653 1973
Online
access
Building Design & Construction
Hamilton TH1 .M27
Online
issues
Built Environment Quarterly
Hamilton NA1 .B851 (CANCELLED AFTER 1995)
The Bulletin - National Institute for Architectural Education
Hamilton NA2340 .N37
The Canadian Architect
Hamilton NA1 .C29
Online
issues
Casabella
Hamilton NA4 .C3
Center
Hamilton NA705 .C4
Charette - The American Institute of Architecture Students
Hamilton NA 2108 . C437
Chora (Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture)
Hamilton NA1 .C46
Crit
Hamilton folio NA1 .T37
Design - incorporating Indian builder
Asia Collection NA1 .D45
Environment
Asia Collection HT169.P31 E58
Online
issues
Environment and Planning
Hamilton HT390 .E571
Online
issues
Hawaii Pacific Architecture
Hamilton NA1 .H385
Hookahua
Hawaiian Collection NA2300 .U54 .H66
Housing Abstracts
Hamilton Main Reference HD7285 .H63
House & Garden
Hamilton NA7100 .H61
The Indian Architect
Asia Collection NA1 .I46
Inland Architect
Hamilton NA772 .I54 (CANCELLED AFTER 1995)
Island Home
Hawaiian Collection NA1 .H395
JA Library (Japan Library)
Hamilton NA1558 .J33
The Japan Architect
Hamilton NA1550 .J34
Journal of Architectural Education
Hamilton NA1 .J77
Online
issues
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research
Hamilton NA1 .J68
Journal of Architectural Research
Hamilton NA1 .A68
Kaha kii
Hawaiian Collection NA1 .K34
Lotus International
Hamilton NA9 .L6
Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies
Hamilton NA1 .M37a
Modulus
Hamilton NA1 .M63
Oppositions
Hamilton NA1 .O65
P/A Plans (Progressive Architecture Plans)
Hamilton NA1 .P76
Perspectives on Vernacular Architecture
Hamilton NA7205 .P45
Places
Hamilton NA9000 .P52
Plan
Hamilton NA1 .S65
The Prairie School Review
Hamilton NA1 .P66
Pratt Journal of Architecture
Hamilton NA1 .P73
Progressive Architecture
Hamilton NA1 .P7 (Cancelled after 1995)
RIBA Journal (Royal Institute of British Architects)
Hamilton NA12 .R65
Sweet's Accessible Building Products
Hamilton Main Reference TH455 .S783 (Current Volume Reference)
SPA Journal of School of Planning and Architecture
Asia Collection NA9000 .U652
School of Architecture journal
Asia Collection NA1525.6 .S56
Theatre Design & Technology (TD&T)
Hamilton NA6821 .A1 T4
Western Building Design
Hamilton NA1 .W47
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Landscape
Hamilton IN PROCESS
Landscape Architecture
Hamilton SB469 .L3
Landscape Design
Hamilton SB469 .L33
Landscape Planning
Hamilton QH75.A1 L35
Landscape & Urban Planning
Hamilton QH75 .A1 L352
Online
issues
INTERIOR DESIGN
Domus
Hamilton N4 .D6
House Beautiful
Hamilton NA7100 .H65
Online
issues
Showhouse
Hawaiian Collection NK1700 .S56
Computer Architecture News
Hamilton QA76.9.A73 C6
Online
issues
About the Architecture Collection
The Architecture collection contains approximately 15,000 books and many current subscriptions to periodicals and other serials supporting interests in Architecture, as well as thousands of other books and journals in related fields. The collection reflects the focus of the School of Architecture, emphasizing architectural technology, environmental control systems, seismic design, computer applications, housing, community, and urban development in Southeast Asia, tropical vernacular architecture, and teaching architecture.
The department's interests in American, European, Asian, and Pacific architecture result in heavy use of the following subjects and collections: Amerian Studies, art, engineering, Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific studies, urban and regional planning, and the Hawaiian, Pacific, and Asia Collections.
Library Collection Policy Statement for Architecture
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Notes:
The number of books and serials were calculated by combining the title count
from the Library of Congress Classification areas NA1-9428. The figures
are based on the 1997 North American Title Count (University of Hawaii at
Manoa Library) and active serial subscriptions.
Last modified: February 4, 2008