Architecture
Here are entered works on the design and style of structures. Works on the process of construction are entered under Building. General works on structures or edifices are entered under Buildings.
This heading is subdivided by place for works on architecture indigenous to the place named, e.g. Architecture -- United States. The heading is qualified by a national qualifier for works on architecture of the type named in the qualifier but located in other places, e.g. Architecture, American -- India.
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Broader terms:Related terms:Narrower terms:- Architecture -- Arid regions
- Architecture -- Arizona
- Architecture -- Asia
- Architecture -- Asia, Central
- Architecture -- Austria
- Architecture -- Awards
- Architecture -- Belgium
- Architecture -- Bibliography
- Architecture -- British Columbia
- Architecture -- California
- Architecture -- Canada
- Architecture -- Central America
- Architecture -- China
- Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc.
- Architecture -- Congresses
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration
- Architecture -- Czech Republic
- Architecture -- Designs and plans
- Architecture -- Details
- Architecture -- Developing countries
- Architecture -- Dictionaries
- Architecture -- Documentation
- Architecture -- Early works to 1800
- Architecture -- Egypt
- Architecture -- Encyclopedias
- Architecture -- England
- Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
- Architecture -- Europe
- Architecture -- Exhibitions
- Architecture -- Florida
- Architecture -- France
- Architecture -- Georgia
- Architecture -- Germany
- Architecture -- Great Britain
- Architecture -- Greece
- Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Architecture -- History
- Architecture -- Human factors
- Architecture -- Illinois
- Architecture -- India
- Architecture -- Iran
- Architecture -- Iraq
- Architecture -- Ireland
- Architecture -- Islamic countries
- Architecture -- Italy
- Architecture -- Juvenile literature
- Architecture -- Lebanon
- Architecture -- Mexico
- Architecture -- Middle East
- Architecture -- Netherlands
- Architecture -- New England
- Architecture -- New Mexico
- Architecture -- New York (State)
- Architecture -- North Carolina
- Architecture -- Orders
- Architecture -- Pakistan
- Architecture -- Pennsylvania
- Architecture -- Periodicals
- Architecture -- Philosophy
- Architecture -- Poland
- Architecture -- Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
- Architecture -- Psychological aspects
- Architecture -- Rome
- Architecture -- Russia (Federation)
- Architecture -- Scotland
- Architecture -- Sketch-books
- Architecture -- Southern States
- Architecture -- Southwest, New
- Architecture -- Spain
- Architecture -- Study and teaching
- Architecture -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Architecture -- Technological innovations
- Architecture -- Thailand
- Architecture -- Tunisia
- Architecture -- Turkey
- Architecture -- United States
- Architecture -- Virginia
- Architecture -- Vocational guidance
- Architecture -- Washington (D.C.)
- Arches
- Architects -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Architectural practice
- Architecture and climate
- Architecture and society
- Architecture in literature
- Architecture, American
- Architecture, Ancient
- Architecture, Asian
- Architecture, Baroque
- Architecture, British
- Architecture, Byzantine
- Architecture, Chinese
- Architecture, Classical
- Architecture, Colonial
- Architecture, Domestic
- Architecture, Dutch
- Architecture, English
- Architecture, European
- Architecture, French
- Architecture, Gallo-Roman
- Architecture, Georgian
- Architecture, German
- Architecture, Gothic
- Architecture, Italian
- Architecture, Mameluke
- Architecture, Medieval
- Architecture, Modern
- Architecture, Ottoman
- Architecture, Postmodern
- Architecture, Renaissance
- Architecture, Roman
- Architecture, Romanesque
- Architecture, Scottish
- Architecture, Spanish
- Architecture, Spanish colonial
- Architecture, Turkish
- Barrier-free design
- Building laws
- Building materials
- Castles
- Cave architecture
- Classicism in architecture
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural
- Eclecticism in architecture
- Engineering law
- Exoticism in architecture
- Follies (Architecture)
- Grotesque in architecture
- Historic buildings
- Humanism in architecture
- Indian architecture
- Library architecture
- Liturgy and architecture
- Military architecture
- Monuments
- Nationalism and architecture
- Naval architecture
- Obelisks
- Organic architecture
- Regionalism in architecture
- Religious architecture
- Senses and sensation in architecture
- Spirituality in architecture
- Strains and stresses
- Structural engineering
- Sustainable architecture
- Symbolism in architecture
- Temples
- Underground architecture
- Subject headings -- Architecture
- Western architecture (Western countries)
- Buildings -- Design and construction
- Architecture, Western (Western countries)
- Building design
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Architecture at Rice University (partial serial archives)- In What Style Should We Build? The German Debate on Architectural Style (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), ed. by Wolfgang Herrmann, contrib. by Heinrich Hübsch, Rudolf Wiegmann, Carl Albert Rosenthal, Karl Bötticher, and Johann Heinrich Wolff (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- The Active Eye in Architecture (1977), by George Trevelyan (illustrated HTML with commentary at sirgeorgetrevelyan.org.uk)
- The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (1922), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (Gutenberg text)
- Architecture and Democracy (1918), by Claude Fayette Bragdon
- The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (Rochester, NY: Manas Press, 1910), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Cyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Descriptive, Typographical, Decorative, Theoretical and Mechanical (Home Cyclopedia #7, 2 volumes in 1; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), ed. by Robert Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Descriptive Handbook of Architecture (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, ca. 1905), by Martin A. Buckmaster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Six Lectures on Architecture (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1917), by Ralph Adams Cram, Thomas Hastings, and Claude Fayette Bragdon (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Architecture, Mysticism, and Myth (London: Percival and Co., 1892), by Ch. Letourneau (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Crown of Wild Olive (New York: H. M. Caldwell Co., n.d.), by John Ruskin
- Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan, by Klaus Herdeg (PDF files at archnet.org (scroll down in inset to "Associated documents" for chapter links and downloads))
- Beautiful Buildings in France and Belgium, Including Many Which Have Been Destroyed During the War (New York: Hubbell Pub. Co., c1916), by Charles Harrison Townsend (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- In What Style Should We Build? The German Debate on Architectural Style (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), ed. by Wolfgang Herrmann, contrib. by Heinrich Hübsch, Rudolf Wiegmann, Carl Albert Rosenthal, Karl Bötticher, and Johann Heinrich Wolff (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- Friedrich Gilly: Essays on Architecture, 1796-1799 (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1994), by Friedrich Gilly, trans. by David Britt, contrib. by Fritz Neumeyer (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- Congrès International des Architectes: Cinquième Session, Tenue à Paris du 29 Juillet au 4 Août 1900; Organisation, Compte Rendu et Notices (in French; Paris: Chaix, 1906)
- Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places (2 volumes; Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2007), contrib. by Robin Letellier, Werner Schmid, François LeBlanc, Rand Eppich, and Amel Chabbi
- Bicknell's Village Builder: Elevations and Plans for Cottages, Villas, Suburban Residences, Farm Houses, Stables and Carriage Houses, Store Fronts, School-Houses, Churches, Court-Houses, and a Model Jail; and Exterior and Interior Details for Public and Private Buildings (revised edition; New York: A. J. Bicknell and Co., 1872) (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Livre d'Architecture de Jacques Androuet, du Cerceau; Auquel Sont Contenues Diverses Ordonnances de Plants et Elevations de Bastiments pour Seigneurs, Gentilshommes, et Autres qui Voudront Bastir aux Champs (in French; Paris: J. Androuet, 1582), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
- Livre d'Architecture de Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant les Plans et Dessaings de Cinquante Bastimens Tous Differens (in French; Paris: B. Prévost, 1559), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
- Interiors Beautiful, and the Decoration of the Home (6th revised edition; Minneapolis: M.L. Keith, ca. 1922)
- The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, or, The Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture (London: S. Harding, 1756), by Batty Langley (page images at Wisconsin)
- Guide for Drawing the Acanthus, and Every Description of Ornamental Foliage (London: B. Quaritch, reprinted 1886), by James Page
- Second Livre d'Architecture par Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant Plusieurs et Diverses Ordonances de Cheminees, Lucarnes, Portes, Fonteines, Puis, et Pavillons, Pour Enrichir Tant le Dedans que le Dehors de Tous Edifices (in French; Paris: A. Wechel, 1561), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images with commentary at Architectura)
- New England Georgian Architecture: 55 Measured Drawings With Full Size Details (New York: Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1913), by Ralph Clarke Kingman (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Practical House Carpenter; or the Youth's Instructor (London: William Pain, 1792), by William Pain (page images at Wisconsin)
- Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects (London: Scott, Greenwood, and Co.; et al., 1904), by Augustine C. Passmore
- Andrea Palladio's Architecture, In Four Books: Containing a Dissertation on the Five Orders and ye Most Necessary Observations Relating to All Kinds of Building (revised by Hoppus; London: Printed for B. Cole and J. Wilcox, 1736), by Andrea Palladio and E. Hoppus, illust. by Inigo Jones
- De Re Aedificatoria (in Latin; Florence: N. di Lorenzo, 1485), by Leon Battista Alberti (page images with commentary at Architectura)
- Di Lucio Vitruuio Pollione De Architectura Libri Dece: Traducti de Latino in Vulgare Affigurati; Comentati e con Mirando Ordini Insigniti (in Italian; 1521), by Vitruvius Pollio, ed. by Cesare Cesariano (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Livre d'Architecture de Jacques Androuet, du Cerceau; Auquel Sont Contenues Diverses Ordonnances de Plants et Elevations de Bastiments pour Seigneurs, Gentilshommes, et Autres qui Voudront Bastir aux Champs (in French; Paris: J. Androuet, 1582), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
- Livre d'Architecture de Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant les Plans et Dessaings de Cinquante Bastimens Tous Differens (in French; Paris: B. Prévost, 1559), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images and PDF transcription with commentary at Architectura)
- 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)
- Second Livre d'Architecture par Jaques Androuet du Cerceau: Contenant Plusieurs et Diverses Ordonances de Cheminees, Lucarnes, Portes, Fonteines, Puis, et Pavillons, Pour Enrichir Tant le Dedans que le Dehors de Tous Edifices (in French; Paris: A. Wechel, 1561), by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (page images with commentary at Architectura)
- A Treatise of Architecture: With Remarks and Observations, Necessary for Young People Who Would Apply Themselves to That Noble Art (London: R. Ware, 1732), by Sébastien Le Clerc, trans. by Ephraim Chambers, illust. by John Sturt
- Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns after the Method of the Ancients (translated from the 1683 original; Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1993), by Claude Perrault, ed. by Alberto Pérez Gómez, trans. by Indra Kagis McEwen (PDF and page images with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- The Genius of Architecture; or, The Analogy of That Art with Our Sensations (Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, c1992), by Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières, trans. by David Britt, contrib. by Robin Middleton (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, in Ten Books, by Vitruvius Pollio, trans. by Joseph Gwilt (HTML at Chicago)
- Discours Historial de l'Antique et Illustre Cité de Nismes en la Gaule Narbonoise (in French; Lyon: G. Roville, 1559), by Jean Poldo d'Albenas (page images with commentary at Architectura)
- Useful Architecture (London: Robert Sayer, 1760), by William Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)
- The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion, and Builder's Assistant, for Rural Decorative Architecture (second edition; London: Robert Sayer, 1756), by William Halfpenny and John Halfpenny (page images at Wisconsin)
- The Iconographic Encyclopaedia of the Arts and Sciences: Translated from the German of the Bilder-Atlas (Iconographische Encyclopaedie), Revised and Enlarged by Eminent American Specialists (7 volulmes; Philadelphia: Iconographic Publishing House, c1885-1890), ed. by Daniel G. Brinton, John Foster Kirk, Allan Marquand, W. N. Lockington, William H. Wahl, Robert Grimshaw, John H. Cooper, E. A. Posselt, Louis H. Spellier, and Angelo Heilprin
- all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
- Volume I (Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II (Archaeology, History of culture): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III (Sculpture and painting): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume IV (Architecture): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume V (Constructive arts): multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume VI (Applied mechanics): multiple formats at archive.org
- Architecture in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Design, Deep Time, Science and Philosophy (Ann Arbor: Open Humanities Press, 2013), ed. by E. Turpin (HTML and PDF with commentary at Open Humanities Press)
- Displaying the Orient: Architecture of Islam at Nineteenth-Century World's Fairs (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Zeynep Çelik (HTML at UC Press)
- Beautiful Buildings in France and Belgium, Including Many Which Have Been Destroyed During the War (New York: Hubbell Pub. Co., c1916), by Charles Harrison Townsend (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Recueil d'Architecture Civile (architectural drawings from the vicinity of Paris, with some French text; Paris: Crapelet, 1812), by J. Ch. Krafft (page images at Wisconsin)
- Royal Palaces and Parks of France (Boston: L. C. Page and Co., 1910), by Francis Miltoun, illust. by Blanche McManus (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- Practice of Architecture: Containing the Five Orders of Architecture, and an Additional Column and Entablature, With All Their Elements and Details Explained and Illustrated, For the Use of Carpenters and Practical Men (Boston: The author; et al, 1833), by Asher Benjamin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Practice of Architecture: Containing the Five Orders of Architecture, and an Additional Column and Entablature, With All Their Elements and Details Explained and Illustrated, For the Use of Carpenters and Practical Men (fifth edition; Boston: J. P. Hill; et al., 1847), by Asher Benjamin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The State of Scholarly Publishing in the History of Art and Architecture (2006), by Larry McGill (HTML at Rice University Press)
- An Outline History of Architecture for Beginners and Students (New York: F. Stokes, 1893), by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages (new edition; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: William Heinemann, 1917), by Salomon Reinach, trans. by Florence Simmonds (PDF at djm.cc)
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