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Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
(Available only to UA Students, Faculty, & Staff)
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
Covers all areas of architecture including landscape architecture and planning.
Includes definitions for technical terms as well as information about important people, periods and styles.
Five volumes. Good coverage of the stated areas - design, engineering and construction - with recommendations for further reading.
- Volume 1. - Theories and principles
- Volume 2. - Cultures and habitats - Asia, East and Central Australasia and Oceania, Europe and Eurasia, Mediterranean and Southwest Asia
- Volume 3. - Cultures and habitats Latin America, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa
"A unique presentation of the history of architecture in the form of 5,000 lucid definitions of terms illustrated by 2,100 line drawings."
A reprint of the original published at the turn of the century, includes lengthy definitions.
Websites
A leading magazine of design and building online, providing news and features weekly on architecture and construction, digital media, architectural products, and building culture. You can set up a email newsletter and there is a student forum. Awards, conference notifications, jobs, books, equipment, and computer programs all to inform you.
Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. A valuable feature of this site is a short description of almost every site. (From UNLV Libraries)
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