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• Fabricate 2017 (London: UCL Press, c2017), ed. by Achim Menges, Bob Sheil, Ruairi Glynn, and Marilena Skavara (PDF with commentary at UCL Press)

• 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Adobe 90 Preprints (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1990) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute/Getty Publication, c2011), ed. by Leslie Rainer, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Adobe 90 Preprints (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1990) (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute/Getty Publication, c2011), ed. by Leslie Rainer, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Fabricate 2017 (London: UCL Press, c2017), ed. by Achim Menges, Bob Sheil, Ruairi Glynn, and Marilena Skavara (PDF with commentary at UCL Press)

• Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design (1995), by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Mechanic's Companion (Philadelphia: P. Bell, 1853), by Peter Nicholson (multiple formats at Google)
• La Higiene Aplicada en las Construcciones (Alcantarillado, Agua Potable, Saneamiento, Calefacción, Ventilación, etc.) (3 volumes in Spanish; Santiago de Chile: Impr. Cervantes, 1909-1910), by Ricardo Larraín Bravo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Bungalow Book (New York: Macmillan, 1923), by Charles E. White (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pain's British Palladio: or, The Builder's General Assistant (London: I. and J. Taylor, 1788), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
• The Five Orders of Architecture (Norwood, MA: Norwood Press, c1889), by Vignola, trans. by Tommaso Juglaris and Warren S. Locke (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Five Orders of Architecture According to Giacoma Barozzio of Vignola, to Which Are Added the Greek Orders (second edition; New York: W. T. Comstock, 1896), by Vignola, ed. by Arthur Lyman Tuckerman (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Non-Computer Approach to the Critical Path Method for the Construction Industry (second edition; Stanford: Dept. of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1962), by John W. Fondahl (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Modern Builder's Guide (New York: Paine and Burgess, 1846), by Minard Lafever
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Technics and Architecture: The Development of Materials and Systems for Building (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1992), by Cecil D. Elliott (PDF files at MIT)

• Informes de la Construcción (partial serial archives)
• American Builder (1917-1969) (partial serial archives)
• Građevinar (partial serial archives)
• House and Home (partial serial archives)
• The Architectural Forum (partial serial archives)
• Construction Methods and Equipment (partial serial archives)
• The Contractor (partial serial archives)
• The Manufacturer and Builder (partial serial archives)
• The Builder (architecture journal, 19th and 20th centuries) (partial serial archives)
• Successful Construction Methods (full serial archives)
• Successful Methods (1919-1926) (full serial archives)
• American Carpenter and Builder (partial serial archives)
• The Architect (partial serial archives)
• The Architectural Magazine (1834-1839), ed. by J. C. Loudon (full serial archives)
• The Brickbuilder (full serial archives)
• The Building News and Engineering Journal (partial serial archives)
• Scientific American Building Monthly (partial serial archives)
• Cement Age (full serial archives)
• Deutsche Bauzeitung (partial serial archives)

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Structural Models for Architectural and Engineering Education (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963), by Peter Jan Pahl and Keto Soosaar (page images at HathiTrust)

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• Alcoa Structural Handbook: A Design Manual for Aluminum (revised edition; Pittsburgh: Aluminum Company of America, c1958), by Aluminum Company of America (page images at HathiTrust)

• Inspection and Other Strategies for Assuring Quality in Government Construction (1991), by National Research Council Building Research Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Materials of Engineering Construction: Civil Engineering 8 (UC extension correspondence course in 30 assignments; 1922), by Clement T. Wiskocil
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Construction Site Planning and Logistical Operations: Site-Focused Management for Builders (second edition; West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, c2025), ed. by Randy R. Rapp and Bradley L. Benhart (PDF files with commentary at Project MUSE)

• How to Build a California Adobe (Los Angeles: W. Ritchie Press and the Southwest Museum, c1948), by M. R. Harrington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications (1995), by National Research Council Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Brick and Tile Engineering: Handbook of Design (Washington: Structural Clay Products Institute, 1957), by Harry C. Plummer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Building Construction: Showing the Employment of Brickwork and Masonry in the Practical Construction of Buildings (2 volumes; London and Glasgow: W. Collins, Sons, and Co., 1877), by Robert Scott Burn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Plank-And-Beam Framing for Residential Buildings (c2003), by American Wood Council (PDF at awc.org)

• Seismic Design and Evaluation Guidelines for the Department of Energy High-Level Waste Storage Tanks and Appurtenances (1995), by K. K. Bandyopadhyay, A. Cornell, C. Constantino, R. Kennedy, C. Miller, and A. S. Veletsos (PDF at osti.gov)
• Advanced Design in Structural Steel (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1960), by John E. Lothers (page images at HathiTrust)

• Plastic Analysis of Structures (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959), by Philip Gibson Hodge (page images at HathiTrust)

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