Architectural History Reference Resources
This guide lists reference resources for architectural history, in addition to the sources listed in the Reference Resources for Art guide. For architecture after 1850 or from a design/build perspective, consult the resources available in the Architecture Library.
Bibliographies | Indexes | Encyclopedias | Dictionaries | Biographies | Surveys
Bibliographies
Architecture: A Bibliographic Guide to Basic Reference Works, Histories, and Handbooks.
Z5941.E38 1984 (Architecture, 207 Engineering Unit C - Reference Collection)
Indexes
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals 1930s-present
Burnham Index to Architectural Literature. 1919-1965.
Z5944.U5B87 (Architecture, 207 Engineering Unit C - Reference Collection)
Encyclopedias
Encarta Encyclopedia: Architecture
Encyclopedia of Interior Design.
NK1165.E48 1997 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World.
NA208.E53 1997 (Architecture, 207 Engineering Unit C - Reference Collection)
Dictionaries
Basic dictionaries, focused primarily or exclusively on Western art and including
biographical entries in addition to definitions of terms:
A Dictionary of Architecture.
NA31.C86 1999 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, 2nd Floor - Ready Reference)
The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture.
NA31.F55 1980 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Illustrated dictionaries:
Historic Architecture Sourcebook.
NA31.H56 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Illustrated Architecture
Dictionary
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture.
NA31.B83 2002 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional resources, with more focused coverage:
Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms.
NA260.C87 1992 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
Old-House Dictionary: An Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture, 1600-1940.
NA7205.P48 1989 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Sources
Try these first:
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture.
NA40.I45 1993 v.1 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects.
NA40.M25 1982 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Additional resources, with more focused coverage:
Avery Obituary Index of Architects and Artists.
Z5941.C64 Q (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased).
NA736.W5 1970 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Who's Who in Architecture: From 1400 to the Present.
NA40.W48 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Surveys
Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-modernism: The Western Tradition. Trachtenberg.
NA200.T7 1986 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 19th ed.
NA200.F63 1987 (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)
The World Atlas of Architecture.
NA200.W67 1984 Q (Arts & Humanities, Pattee, Stacks 2 - Reference Collection)