Biographical Resources
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
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Call Number: 720.922 C726B2008ISBN: 9780300125085Publication Date: 2008-08-12*Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating] -
Biographical dictionary of American architects (deceased) byCall Number: 927.2 W77B1996Publication Date: 1996Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Also available online through HathiTrust
Consists of biographical information for nearly 2,000 architects living and working between c.140-1952 A.D. -
Contemporary Architects
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Call Number: Q. 720.922 C7671994ISBN: 1558621822Publication Date: 1994-12-01Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Contains 585 entries on architects and partnerships, engineers, theorists, and landscape architects. Each entry provides biographical information highlighting the subject's educational background, awards, honors, and major projects. -
Directory of British Architects, 1834-1913
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Call Number: 720.92241 D628ISBN: 0826449638Publication Date: 2001-07-01Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Two volumes containing over 11,200 entries, includes biographical information on all architects who practiced in Great Britain and former colonies between 1834-1914. -
Dizionario dell'architettura del XX secolo byCall Number: Q. 720.922 D648Publication Date: 2000Biographical dictionary of Italian architects in the 20th century
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English mediaeval architects; a biographical dictionary down to 1550, including master masons, carpenters, carvers, building contractors, and others responsible for design byCall Number: 927.2 H26EPublication Date: 1954Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Information on approximately 1,300 builders, and dates of buildings -
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects byCall Number: 720.922 M228ISBN: 0029250005Publication Date: 1982-12-01Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
This classic four-volume work includes biographies on architecs, deisgners, landscape architects from ancient times to the present. Entries include bibliographical references. -
Who's who in architecture : from 1400 to the present day byCall Number: 927.2 W622Publication Date: 1977Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Provides biographical resources for architects from around the world.
Historical Resources
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Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture
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Call Number: 720.9 F63H1996ISBN: 0750622679Publication Date: 1996-09-11Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
Describe major examples of world architecture with illustrations. Includes coverage of architecture from non-European regions and contains information about vernacular buildings and engineered structures and works by architects and engineers. -
Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture byCall Number: Q. 720.973 W936SISBN: 0442291906Publication Date: 1989-04-01Architecture & Art Closed Stacks [non-circulating]
Supplies basic information on architect, building name, location, and dates of completion for more than 500 popular buildings and complexes built between 1947-1987 in North America.
