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Bibliography of encyclopedias: architecture and architects

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This is a list of encyclopedias and encyclopedic/biographical dictionaries published on the subject of architecture and architects in any language. Entries are in the English language except where noted.

A

  • {{cite book|last1=Ambrose|first1=Gavin|last2=Harris|first2=Paul|last3=Stone|first3=Sally|title=The Visual Dictionary of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aml4RjvWaB4C|date=1 February 2008|publisher=AVA Publishing|isbn=978-2-940373-54-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Janice|title=The Encyclopedia of North American Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5CXPQAACAAJ|date=30 September 2006|publisher=Chartwell Books|isbn=978-0-7858-2091-8}}
  • Arany, Lynne, Archie Hobson. Little museums: Over 1,000 small and not-so-small American showplaces. H. Holt, 1998. {{ISBN|0805048235}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Arnold|first=Dieter|title=The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofan00arno|url-access=registration|date=20 January 2003|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-11488-0}}
  • Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Guide to architecture schools. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Press, 1998. ISSN 1097-2552.

B

  • {{cite book|last=Bails|first=Benito|title=Diccionario de arquitectura civil|url=https://archive.org/details/diccionariodear00bailgoog|year=1802|publisher=Viuda de Ibarra|language=Spanish}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ballast|first=David Kent|title=The Encyclopedia of Associations and Information Sources for Architects, Designers, and Engineers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MO_Lx1LlU0C|year=1998|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0035-6}}
  • Banham, Joanna, Leanda Shrimpton. Encyclopedia of interior design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. {{ISBN|1884964192}}.
  • Bannister, Fletcher. History of Architecture. Butterworth, 1987.
  • Birnbaum, Charles A., Robin S. Karson. Pioneers of American landscape design. McGraw Hill, 2000. {{ISBN|0071344209}}.
  • {{cite book|last1=Bloom|first1=Jonathan|last2=Blair|first2=Sheila|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-volume set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC|date=23 March 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-530991-1}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Broto|first1=Carles|last2=Camacho|first2=Monika|title=Visual Dictionary of Architecture & Construction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BMBfPQAACAAJ|date=10 July 2007|publisher=Linksbooks.net|isbn=978-84-96424-29-6}}
  • {{cite book|last=Bruyn|first=Gerd de|title=Die enzyklopädische Architektur: Zur Reformulierung einer Universalwissenschaft|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVc341X5T6UC|year=2008|publisher=transcript Verlag|language=German|isbn=978-3-89942-984-8}}
  • {{cite book|last=Bucher|first=Ward|title=Dictionary of Building Preservation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QA-MuOcjN4C|date=21 September 1996|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-471-14413-7}}
  • {{cite book|last=Burden|first=Ernest|title=Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/illustrateddicti00burd_0|url-access=registration|date=5 December 2001|publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-137529-0}}
  • {{cite book|last=Burden|first=Ernest E.|title=Illustrated Dictionary of Architectural Preservation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1kYAAAAIAAJ|date=20 January 2004|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=9780071428385 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Burden|first=Ernest E.|title=Illustrated dictionary of building design and construction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3lUAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-144506-1}}

C

  • {{cite book|last1=Calloway|first1=Stephen|last2=Cromley|first2=Elizabeth|last3=Powers|first3=Alan|title=The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bcXLgEACAAJ|date=31 May 2012|publisher=Firefly Books Limited|isbn=978-1-77085-086-6}}
  • Campbell, Gordon. The Grove encyclopedia of classical art and architecture. Oxford University Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780195300826}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Carey|first=Moya|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: A Comprehensive History of Islam's 1,400-Year Legacy of Art and Design, With 500 Color Photographs, Reproductions and Fine-Art Paintings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WcjQwAACAAJ|date=16 December 2010|publisher=Lorenz Books|isbn=978-0-7548-2087-1}}
  • {{cite book|last=Caves|first=Roger W.|title=Encyclopedia of the City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0xi4LPScjYC|date=12 July 2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25225-6}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Chappell|first1=David|last2=Powell-Smith|first2=Vincent|last3=Marshall|first3=Derek|author4=Cavender, Simon |title=Building Contract Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBRnbwfh36AC|date=12 May 2008|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-470-77994-1}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ching|first=Francis D. K.|title=A Visual Dictionary of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6I0oddgcj8C|date=6 September 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-64885-8}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Cisneros|first1=Alfredo Plazola|last2=Anguiano|first2=Alfredo Plazola|last3=Anguiano|first3=Guillermo Plazola|title=Enciclopedia de arquitectura Plazola|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PxAwAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Plazola Editores|isbn=978-968-7478-00-5|language=Spanish}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Coates|first1=Michael|last2=Brooker|first2=Graeme|last3=Stone|first3=Sally|title=The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1FRM12op_IC|date=1 December 2008|publisher=AVA Publishing|isbn=978-2-940373-80-2}}
  • Colvin, Howard Montagu. A biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600–1840. Yale University Press, 1995. {{ISBN|0300060912}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Cowan|first=Henry J.|title=Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbWmt5YEWk0C&pg=PR6|accessdate=19 September 2012|date=13 August 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-31234-9}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/A+Dictionary+of+Architecture+and+Landscape%C2%A0Architecture/publications.aspx?pageNumber=1 |title=Table of contents |work=A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |year=2000 |first1=James Stevens |last1=Curl |accessdate=December 6, 2014}}
  • {{cite book|last=Curl|first=James Stevens|title=A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42BlQgAACAAJ|date=1 May 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-860678-9}}
  • {{cite book|last=Curl|first=James Stevens|title=Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYVUAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Donhead|isbn=978-1-873394-04-5}}
  • Curl, James Stevens. Encyclopaedia of architectural terms. Donhead, 1997. {{ISBN|187339425X}}.

D

  • {{cite book|last1=Davies|first1=Nikolas|last2=Jokiniemi|first2=Erkki|title=Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=krlTS0XWkLwC|date=26 July 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-41025-3}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Davies|first1=Nikolas|last2=Jokiniemi|first2=Erkki|title=Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7PXEeoS88lQC|date=4 May 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-44406-7}}
  • {{cite book|last=Dhaky|first=Madhusudan A.|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture: North India, pt. 1. Foundations of North Indian Style c.250 B.C.-A.D. 1100 (Text and plates), pt. 2. Period of early maturity c.A.D. 700-900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E1dJAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=American Institute of Indian Studies|isbn=978-0-19-561537-1}}
  • National Museum of Denmark, [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/ Danske Kirker] (Danish Churches), freely searchable database providing [https://web.archive.org/web/20121002000921/http://www.kb.dk/da/materialer/kulturarv/institutioner/Nationalmuseet/DanmarksKirker.html extensive details] of about two thirds of Denmark's churches (57 volumes with over 37,000 pages). Contains accounts from [http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/record/2000031110139 issues] published between 1933 and the present covering different regions of Denmark, available online or usually also in [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/bogvaerket/udgivne-kirker/ book form]. {{in lang|da}}

E

  • Emanuel, Muriel. Contemporary architects. St. James Press, 1994. {{ISBN|1558621822}}.Guide to Reference: Biography
  • {{cite book|last=Emilio|first=Garroni|title=Diccionario de arquitectura: voz creatividad|year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWTEdEjElGoC|publisher=Nobuko|isbn=978-987-584-120-8|language=Spanish}}
  • Encyclopedia of World Architecture.. Facts on File, 1977.Kister, 1994, p. 326.

F

  • {{cite book|last=Fee|first=Chen Voon|title=The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZOVQgAACAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Archipelago Press|isbn=978-981-3018-43-3}}
  • {{cite book|title=La Enciclopedia de Cuba: Arquitectura. Artes plásticas. Música|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EUUAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Enciclopedia y Clásicos Cubanos| isbn=9788435900973 |language=Spanish}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Felstead|first1=Alison|last2=Franklin|first2=Jonathan|title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 1 (A-K)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHii4haIULEC|date=20 December 2001|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8264-5513-0}}
  • Fleming, John, Hugh Honour, Nikolaus Pevsner. The Penguin dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. Penguin, 1999. {{ISBN|014051323X}}.Guide to Reference: Art and Architecture

G

  • Gaither, Carl C., Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Andrew Slocombe. Practically speaking: A dictionary of quotations on engineering, technology, and architecture. Institute of Physics, 1999. {{ISBN|0750305940}}.
  • {{cite book|last1=Goad|first1=Philip|last2=Willis|first2=Julie|title=The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ieFZwEACAAJ|date=31 October 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-88857-8}}
  • Guedes, Pedro. Encyclopedia of Architectural Terminology: An Encyclopedic Survey of Changing Forms, Materials, and Concepts. McGraw-Hill, 1979.Kister, 1994, p. 325.
  • {{cite book|last=Guedes|first=Pedro|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architecture and Technological Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixFIAQAAIAAJ|date=19 July 1979|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-333-26766-0}}
  • {{cite book|last=Guthrie|first=John Patten|title=Interior Designers Portable Handbook 3/E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G03c4IJnFZoC|date=12 January 2012|publisher=McGraw-Hill Prof Med/Tech|isbn=978-0-07-178207-4}}

H

  • Harris, Cyril M. American architecture: An illustrated encyclopedia. W.W. Norton, 1998. {{ISBN|0393730298}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Harvey|first=John|title=English mediaeval architects: a biographical dictionary down to 1550. Supplement to the revised edition of 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNBHAQAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Pinhorns|isbn=9780901262240 }}

I

  • International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. St. James Press, 1993.

J

  • Johnson, Donald Leslie, Donald Langmead. Makers of 20th century modern architecture: A bio-critical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1997. {{ISBN|0313293538}}.

L

  • {{cite book|last1=Langmead|first1=Donald|last2=Garnaut|first2=Christine|title=Encyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofar0000lang|url-access=registration|date=1 December 2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-112-0}}
  • Lester, Walter. American Shelter: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Home. Overlook Press, 1981.Kister, 1994, p. 324.

M

  • {{cite book|last=Marrs|first=Texe|title=Mysterious Monuments: Encyclopedia of Secret Illuminati Designs, Masonic Architecture, and Occult Places|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzkmOAAACAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Rivercrest Industries|isbn=978-1-930004-46-7}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Maclean|first1=James H.|last2=Scott|first2=John S.|title=The Penguin Dictionary of Building|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iyRSAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-051239-7}}
  • {{cite book|last=McLeod|first=Virginia|title=Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architect|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlGWRAAACAAJ|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Laurence King Publishers|isbn=978-1-85669-692-0}}
  • Meister, Michael W., Madhusudan A. Dhaky American Institute of Indian Studies. Encyclopedia of Indian temple architecture. Philadelphia: American Institute of Indian Studies; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983–. {{ISBN|0812278402}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Midant |first=Jean-Paul|title=Diccionario Akal de la Arquitectura del siglo XX|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_5ljmsoKNQC|date=5 February 2004|publisher=Ediciones Akal|isbn=978-84-460-1747-9|language=Spanish}}
  • {{cite book|last=Moavenzadeh|first=Fred|title=Concise Encyclopedia of Building and Construction Materials|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiJaEAUj258C|date=14 March 1990|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-13248-0}}

O

  • {{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ls3YAAAAMAAJ|date=27 November 1997|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-56422-9}}

P

  • {{cite book|last1=Packard|first1=Robert T.|last2=Korab|first2=Balthazar|last3=Hunt|first3=William Dudley|title=Encyclopedia of American architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofam00hunt|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-048010-0}}
  • {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Allison Lee|title=The A to Z of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rKbblKGVEsC|date=30 September 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6895-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Allison Lee|title=Historical Dictionary Of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHR9sHRfQ_0C|date=28 September 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5821-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Allison Lee|title=Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUNJlCuRJL8C|date=1 February 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6195-4}}
  • {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Allison Lee|title=Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yNBJQHT9LcC|date=10 June 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7222-6}}
  • {{cite book|last=Parker|first=John Henry|title=A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_eXqC2sx4kC|date=17 June 2004|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-43302-8}}
  • {{cite book|last=Pehnt|first=Wolfgang|title=Encyclopedia of modern architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofm000pehn|url-access=registration|year=1964|publisher=H. N. Abrams}}
  • Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. Penguin USA, 1991.
  • Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge, 1996. {{ISBN|0415060842}}.
  • {{cite book|last=Petersen|first=Andrew|title=Dictionary of Islamic Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gVQj7bW0W9MC|date=11 March 2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-20387-3}}
  • {{cite book|last=Placzek|first=Adolf K.|title=Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2kYAAAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Free Press|isbn=978-0-02-925000-6}}
  • {{cite book|author=Architectural Publication Society|title=The Dictionary of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJJZAAAAYAAJ|year=1887|publisher=T. Richards}}

Q

  • {{cite book|last=Quincy|first=Quatremere De|title=Diccionario de arquitectura: voces teóricas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xO6Es-FtXsMC|publisher=Nobuko|isbn=978-987-584-119-2|language=Spanish}}

R

  • {{cite book|last1=Runco|first1=Mark A.|last2=Pritzker|first2=Steven R.|title=Encyclopedia of Creativity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpc7CJH1-s8C&pg=PA80|year=1999|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-12-227076-5}}

S

  • {{cite book|last=Saylor|first=Henry H.|title=Dictionary of Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YIhZQkLdV5gC|date=9 February 1994|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-75601-9}}
  • Schimmelman, Janice Gayle. Architectural books in early America: Architectural treaties and building handbooks available in American libraries and bookstores through 1800. Oak Knoll Press, 1999. {{ISBN|188471899X}}.
  • {{cite encyclopedia |title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture |editor-first1=Stephen |editor-last1=Sennott |location=New York |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |year=2004|isbn=1579582435 |id={{ISBN|978-1579582432}}}}
  • Shoemaker, Candice A., Chicago Botanic Garden. Encyclopedia of gardens: History and design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. {{ISBN|1579581730}}.
  • {{cite book|last1=Sillig|first1=Julius|last2=Williams|first2=Henry W.|last3=Barker|first3=Edmund Henry|title=Dictionary of the artists of antiquity: architects, carvers, engravers, modellers, painters, sculptors, statuaries, and workers in bronze, gold, ivory, and silver, with three chronological tables|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofarti00sill|accessdate=19 September 2012|year=1837|publisher=Black and Armstrong}}
  • {{cite book|last=Stilling|first=Niels Peter|title=Politikens bog om Danmarks kirker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XR-zQwAACAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Politikens Forlag|isbn=978-87-567-7226-6|language=da}}
  • Sturgis, Russell (1905). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building. New York: Macmillan. [https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofarc01stur#page/n7/mode/2up Vol. 1 (A–E)], [https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofarch02stur#page/n10/mode/1up Vol. 2 (F–N)], [https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofar03stur#page/n6/mode/1up Vol. 3 (O–Z)] at the Internet Archive.

T

  • {{cite book|last1=Tatman|first1=Sandra L.|last2=Moss|first2=Roger W.|title=Biographical dictionary of Philadelphia architects, 1700-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5dUAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-0437-6}}
  • Taylor, Patrick. The Oxford companion to the garden. Oxford University Press, 2006. {{ISBN|9780198662556}}.

W

  • {{cite book|last=Walker|first=Les|title=American Homes: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvypNeXHcnwC|year=1981|publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal|isbn=978-1-57912-252-2}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ware|first=Dora|title=A Short Dictionary of British Architects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oNUAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Allen & Unwin}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Wells|first1=John E.|last2=Dalton|first2=Robert E.|title=The Virginia architects, 1835-1955: a biographical dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K0NIAQAAIAAJ|date=1 May 1997|publisher=New South Architectural Press|isbn=978-1-882595-02-0}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Wilkes|first1=Joseph A.|last2=Packard|first2=Robert T.|title=Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering & Construction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5m_zAAAAMAAJ|date=March 1990|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-471-63351-8}} Kister, 1994, p. 325-326.
  • Wilson, Dreck Spurlock. African-American architects: A biographical dictionary, 1865–1945. Routledge, 2004. {{ISBN|0415929598}}.

Y

  • {{cite book|last=Yarwood|first=Doreen|author-link=Doreen Yarwood|title=Encyclopedia of Architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofar0000yarw|url-access=registration|year=1986|publisher=Facts on File}}
  • Yarwood, Doreen, Suhail Butt, Randall Van Vynckt. International dictionary of architects and architecture. St. James Press, 1993. {{ISBN|1558620893}}.

Z

  • {{cite book|last=Zirpolo|first=Lilian H.|title=Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio0000zirp|url-access=registration|date=30 August 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6155-8}}

See also

Citations

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References

  • Guide to Reference. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141208213424/http://www.guidetoreference.org/HomePage.aspx] American Library Association. Retrieved 5 December 2014. (subscription required).
  • Kister, Kenneth F. (1994). Kister's Best Encyclopedias (2nd ed.). Phoenix: Oryx. {{ISBN|0-89774-744-5}}.

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