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Biographical Resources

Brief Biographies of American Architects

American Architects who died between 1847 & 1947
- maintained by the Society of Architectural Historians
- transcribed from the American Art Annual by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

Chicago Architects Oral History Project

a record of the life experiences of architects who shaped the physical environment in Chicago and surrounding communities
- maintained by the Art Institute of Chicago

International Archive of Women in Architecture Biographical Database

document the women's involvement in architecture and landscape architecture, industrial and interior designer, and urban planning from around the world
- maintained by Virginia Tech

Master Architect List

contains brief biographies as well as images of selected projects
- maintained by Great Buildings Online

Pritzker Architectural Prize

contains biographies, citations from the Pritzker Jury and acceptance speeches of all Pritzker Architectural Prize Laureates

American architects : a survey of award-winning contemporaries and their notable works

Krantz, Les
NA736.K7 1989 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

American landscape architecture : designers and places

Tishler, William H.
SB470.53.A44 1989 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Avery obituary index of architects - 2nd ed.

Avery Library
Z5941.C64 1980 Q - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Biographical dictionary of American architects (deceased)

Withey, Henry F.
NA36.W5 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840 - 3rd ed.

Colvin, Howard Montagu
NA996.C6 1995 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Biographical dictionary of Philadelphia architects, 1700-1930

Tatman, Sandra L.
NA735.P5T28 1985 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Contemporary architects - 3rd ed.

Emanuel, Muriel
NA680.C625 1994 Q - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Contemporary designers - 2nd ed.

Naylor, Colin
NK1390.C66 1990 Q - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Dictionary of today's landscape designers

Nicolin, Pierluigi
SB469.37.N53 2003 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Directory of British architects, 1834-1900

Felstead, Alison
NA967.D57 1993 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Edwardian architecture : a biographical dictionary

Gray, A. Stuart
NA996.G7 1986 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Encyclopedia of architecture : design, engineering & construction

Wilkes, Joseph A.
NA31.E59 1988 v.1 - v.5 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Grüne Biographien : biographisches Handbuch zur Landschaftsarchitektur des 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland

Gröning, Gert
SB469.9.G76 1997 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

The Illustrated encyclopedia of architects and architecture

Sharp, Dennis
NA40.I45 1991 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

International dictionary of architects and architecture

Yarwood, Doreen
NA40.I45 1993 v.1 & v.2 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects

Placzek, Adolf K.
NA40.M25 1982 v.1, v.2, v.3 & v.4 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Makers of 20th century modern architecture : a bio-critical sourcebook

Johnson, Donald Leslie
NA680.J628 1997 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Master builders : a guide to famous American architects

Maddex, Diane
NA736.M37 1985 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Pioneers of American landscape design

Birnbaum, Charles A.
SB469.9.P56 2000 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Pioneers of CAD in architecture

Kemper, Alfred M.
NA2728.P56 1985 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

The oral history of modern architecture : interviews with the greatest architects of the twentieth century

Peter, John
NA680.P375 1994 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Three centuries of notable American architects

Thorndike, Joseph Jacobs
NA705.T5 Q - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Who's who in architecture : from 1400 to the present

Richards, J. M.
NA40.W48 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman

Who's who in interior design

Barons Who's Who (Firm)
NK2110.W56 1990/91 - Reference Collection -
Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library - 111 Stuckeman