Architecture and Building

RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Types of listings range from discussion groups to electronic publications to databases -- and of course a wide variety of websites. This is a selective guide. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included. For some topics just one or two sites with good links to the net resources in that topic are listed. Although the emphasis is on quality sites, sometimes sites that are currently not well-developed but show promise of being so are included.

This guide, started in 1993, is posted to the UNLV Libraries Architecture Studies Library page [/arch/rsrce/webresources/index.php]. Additions and corrections, as well as suggestions for categories, can be sent to Jeanne Brown (jeanne.brown@unlv.edu), head of the UNLV Architecture Studies Library. Permission is granted to use this material for non-commercial purposes, provided the author (Jeanne Brown) is credited.
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Resources for: Electronic Publications

Architect online | Architectural Design [http://www.architecturemag.com]
Some full text articles. January 1998 onward. 8/98, 6/08.

Architectural Record [http://archrecord.construction.com/]
Subscription info, some full-text articles, Green Architect section (inlcuding products, articles, continuing education opportunities), news. 10/99. 6/08.

Architectural Research Centers Consortium Journal [http://www.arccweb.org/journal/journalTable.htm]
Full-text articles. 5/04, 6/08.

Architectural West [http://www.architecturalwest.com/]
Some articles online. Subtitle: "The magazine of the Western Architect and Specifier." 12/02

ArchitectureWeek [http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/]
Online magazine, from the publishers of the Great Buildings Collection. "ArchitectureWeek covers new buildings as they open worldwide and a broad spectrum of design and technical issues. It showcases articles from well known journalists and experts in every aspect of architectural design, practice, building technology, and digital media." 6/00

Architronic [http://corbu2.caed.kent.edu/architronic/]
"produced by Kent State University Department of Architecture and Environmental Design, by sending a message to [ listserv@listserv.kent.edu ] : subscribe arcitron [name]. It appears three times per year, with irregular supplements. The most recent issue and the full archive are maintained at the Kent State web site. Elwin Robison's article tracing the history of Architronic is available at http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v7/n3/robi7n3.html

Architype Review [http://www.architypereview.com]
Architype Review seeks to advance the discussion of design within specific building typologies and explore the influence that type has on the design process. Architype’s primary goal is to honor those projects that are challenging the limits and redefining the norms of a certain building type. In addition, Architype promotes sustainable design and provides support to competitions and student travel abroad opportunities. Each volume/number covers a different building type. 10/06

Aridlands Newsletter [http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html]
Issues since 1994 available full text. Each issue has a theme. Issue 36 is on Desert Architecture. 7/98

art-public.com: Public Art Online Newsletter [http://www.sigap.net/art-public-com/english.php3]
Full-text articles (French, English, German)available only after entering a subscription. 5/01, 6/08.

Arts and Architecture [http://www.artsandarchitecture.com/]
"A&A was an avant garde magazine of international importance, covering modern art, music, literature and architecture" contains representative projects from all issues of the magazine 1945-1967, also complete presentions of all 35 Case Study Houses as originally published in A&A." Last accessed 12/07.

Blueprint Magazine [http://www.blueprintmagazine.co.uk/]
Established in 1983, this monthly periodical includes news and events, features about design and architecture, and information about competitions. The latest edition is online at http://www.getthatmag.com/digital/blueprint. 10/09

BuildingGreen.com [http://www.buildinggreen.com/]
"Information on green buildings, products, and technologies." 6/08.

Charette [http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ArchArch/Charette/index.html]
"Online access to Charette magazine (vols. 1-54, 1920-1974), an essential source for architectural research in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania. " Carnegie Mellon Architectural Archives. 4/03

City Review [http://www.thecityreview.com/home.html]
Devoted to New york, including its architecture and urban issues. 8/98, 6/08.

Commerce Business Daily [http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/index.html]
This site provides free access to the CBD. The CBD is in the category "Business Opportunities."

Design Intelligence [http://www.di.net/]
The business of design. Previews and sample articles only; full journal with subscription.

Design Studies: International Journal for Design Research in Engineering, Architecture, Products and Systems [http://www.designresearchsociety.org/joomla/content/view/29/55/]
"Design Studies is the only journal to approach the understanding of design from comparisons across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural design and planning, computer artefacts and systems design." 6/08

Digital Urban [http://digitalurban.blogspot.com/]
Written by Dr Andrew Hudson-Smith, aimed at examining the latest techniques to visualise the city scape via digital media it covers a lot of the work going on at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. 6/08

Echos du Patrimoine [http://www.skene.be/RW/RWECHO45/echo4501.htm]
Newsletter covering historic preservation in southern Belgium and Brussels, with good reviews of current publications. 7/00 [annotation courtesy of Al Willis]

EcoTecture:The Online Journal of Ecologic Design [http://www.ecotecture.com/]
News, features, reviews, online bookstore. 3/00

Engineering News-Record [http://www.enr.com]
Full-text of cover article. Online directory section includes search capability of their top 500 design firms.

Environmental Design and Construction [http://www.EDCmag.com/]
Some articles full-text online. You can also subscribe online to the free print subscription. 3/01

FacilitiesNet [http://www.facilitiesnet.com/bom/]
Current two years. 06/02

Frank R. Walker Company [http://www.frankrwalker.com/]
Online book ordering and online contents of concrete and masonry chapters of Building Estimator's Reference Book. 8/98

Friends of Schinkel [http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g126/peikx001]
Information on the society founded April 6, 1995, a newsletter, and (soon) a biography, chronology, bibliography and articles -- on Schinkel.

GreenClips [http://www.greenclips.com/]
http://listserv.energy.wsu.edu/greenclips/visit.html.
"GreenClips is a summary of environmental news (1994-2006). It has a special focus on sustainable design for buildings-green architecture-and related government and business issues." Ceased publishing April, 2008.

Habitat, the Newsletter of the CTI Centre for the Built Environment [http://cebe.cf.ac.uk/learning/habitat/HABITAT1/Contents.html]
Full text of articles, reviews, reports related to "teaching within the built environment disciplines." 7/98

Harvard Design Magazine [http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/]
Sample articles from current and back issues. Subscription information. 10/01

Healthcare Design [http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/]
Some articles available online, both from current and past issues. 4/05

Home Energy Magazine [http://www.homeenergy.org]
Issues from 1993 and 1994 online, with plans to add them back to volume 1, 1984.

Interiors & Sources [http://www.isdesignet.com/Magazine/tabid/3206/IssueID/403/Default.aspx]
Full-text current and back issues back to 2003. 3/09

International Journal of Design Computing [http://www.arch.usyd.edu.au/research/research_publications.shtml]
Links to a number of research publications including "The International Journal of Design Computing, which is a refereed journal that is published on the World Wide Web and will be archived by the University of Sydney Library. The objective of the journal is to promote research and technology transfer in design computing through the publication of interactive, multimedia journal articles within the general topic of design computing." 6/08

Internet Library of Early Journals [http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/]
Includes The Builder 1843-1852. Similar to reading microfilm, but online. 6/01

Intute [http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/ejournallist.pl?code=ejournal&sub=architecture&display=Architecture]
Electronic journal records for Architecture. 4/09

Journal of Design Communication [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JDC]
"A scholarly, refereed publication of the Design Communication Association." Covers the "disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, graphic design, and other related design disciplines." Fall 1998 and Spring 2000 issues posted, full-text. 2/01

Katarxis [http://luciensteil.tripod.com/katarxis/index.html]
Webzine on New Traditional Architecture and Urbanism. 4/03

LBL Center for Building Science News [http://eetd.lbl.gov/newsletter/CBS_NL/]
Full-text of the 1994 and 1995 issues of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab newsletter on energy.

Metropolis Magazine [http://www.metropolismag.com]
Some full-text articles starting from Dec. 1994 issues. Magazine section: monthly web picks (with links).

Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics Online [http://www.nexusjournal.com/]
"Nexus Network Journal is a peer-reviewed online research resource for studies in architecture and mathematics." 6/00

Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide [http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/]
Scholarly e-journal on 19th century visual culture, including architecture. Scheduled to be published three times per year, with issue one published spring 2002, under the auspices of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art. 7/02

PLAN [http://sap.mit.edu/resources/newsletter_plan/]
Newsletter of the MIT school of Architecture and Planning.

PLANETIZEN: Planning and Development News, Jobs, & Events [http://www.planetizen.com/]
In addition to what is indicated in the subtitle, includes full-text feature articles. 6/01

PlannersWeb [http://www.plannersweb.com]
Varied site, regularly updated and expanded. Includes articles from the Planning Commissioners Journal, planning links, sprawl resource guide (annotated guide to web resources, and list of articles), articles contributed to PlannersWeb, and more. 6/98

Planning Report: Insider's Guide to Managed Growth [http://www.planningreport.com/tpr/]
Although this is a subscription publication, there is much freely available online. focused on Southern California. 6/01

Provocations (1996-2005) [http://www.design-site.net/provoc.htm]
"An Online Journal of Architecture and Ideas." Full-text articles. Last accessed 7/08.

Specifier Magazine [http://www.specifier.com.au/]
12/06

Terrain: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments [http://www.terrain.org/]
Articles, editorials, essays, fiction, "UnSprawl" case studies. 3/01

Urban Reinventors [http://www.urbanreinventors.net/]
"An online urban journal, whose aim is to analyze political strategies of urban redevelopment implemented by entrepreneurial local administrations of western countries within the growth-oriented and competition-driven framework of urban governance of the contemporary city." 7/07, last accessed 7/08

varnelis.net [http://varnelis.net/]
SCI-arc faculty member Kazys Varnelis' page, composed of "news, criticism, analysis, and projects on contemporary architecture and urbanism." 12/01

Volume5 [http://www.volume5.com/]
Interviews, books reviews, and links [many of which are from %%buildingtrades.com%%]. Chat space and architecture events in LA. Run by architecture faculty. 7/02