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What is Architecture?

Architecture involves the style and methods of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures. This guide provides links to resources on architectural subjects from antiquity through the present day.

Subject Headings

Sustainable Architecture

Feminism and Architecture

Architecture--Philosophy

Water and Architecture

Symbolism in Architecture

Skyscrapers--New York--New York

Architecture, Baroque

Architecture, Medieval

Church Architecture--United States

Electronic Resources

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: Offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles published worldwide on architecture and design, archaeology, city planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation. 

 

Dictionary of Islamic ArchitecturePetersen's Dictionary of Islamic Architectural Terms, originally published in 1996; contains links to buildings and publications on ArchNet.

CAMEO: Conservation & Art Material Encyclopedia OnlineIncludes a materials database containing chemical, physical, visual, and analytical information on historic and contemporary materials used in the production and conservation of artistic, architectural, archaeological, and anthropological materials.

The Getty Research Institute: Art & Architecture ThesaurusThe four Getty vocabularies are intended to provide terminology and other information about the objects, artists, concepts, and places important to various disciplines that specialize in art, architecture, and material culture.

 

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