Biographical Resources: Architecture & Landscape Architecture

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 (book)
Krantz, Les

American Landscape Architecture : Designers and Places (book)
Tishler, William H.

Avery Obituary Index of Architects (book)
Avery Library

Biographical Dictionary of American Architects: Deceased (book)
Withey, Henry F.

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 (book)
Colvin, Howard Montagu

Biographical Dictionary of Philadelphia Architects, 1700-1930 (book)
Tatman, Sandra L.

Contemporary Architects (book)
Emanuel, Muriel

Contemporary Designers (book)
Naylor, Colin

Dictionary of Today's Landscape Designers (book)
Nicolin, Pierluigi

Directory of British Architects, 1834-1900 (book)
Felstead, Alison

Edwardian Architecture : a Biographical Dictionary (book)
Gray, A. Stuart

Encyclopedia of Architecture : Design, Engineering & Construction (book)
Wilkes, Joseph A.

Grüne Biographien : Biographisches Handbuch zur Landschaftsarchitektur des 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland (book)
Gröning, Gert

Historical Dictionary of Architecture (book)
Palmer, Allison Lee

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture (book)
Sharp, Dennis

International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture (book)
Yarwood, Doreen

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (book)
Placzek, Adolf K.

Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture : a Bio-Critical Sourcebook (book)
Johnson, Donald Leslie

Master Builders : a Guide to Famous American Architects (book)
Maddex, Diane

Pioneers of American Landscape Design (book)
Birnbaum, Charles A.

Pioneers of CAD in Architecture (book)
Kemper, Alfred M.

The Oral History of Modern Architecture : Interviews With the Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century (book)
Peter, John

Three Centuries of Notable American Architects (book)
Thorndike, Joseph Jacobs

Who's Who in Architecture : from 1400 to the Present (book)
Richards, J. M.

Who's Who in Interior Design (book)
Barons Who's Who (Firm)

For questions concerning this Subject Guide, contact:
Henry Pisciotta
or
Tim AumAn