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This guide presents resources on various aspects of architecture including history, theory, design and technology.
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NEW Database Resources

Vendor: ASTM International 

Description: Electronic edition of nearly every ASTM book, paper, or chapter from nearly every piece of work published by ASTM. The new ASTM Digital Library provides over 30,000 papers and chapters and more than 400,000 pages of information.
 
Vendor: Syracuse University Library

Description: Archivision is a core architecture collection representing major Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th & 19th Century and Modern sites. The collection also includes gardens & parks, city skylines, cityscape, and drawn images.  
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Faculty Publications








Brown, Lori. Feminist Practices. London: Ashgate, 2011. (NA2543.F45 F46 2011)


Bédard, Jean-François. Decorative Games: Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work of Gilles Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). Newark, DE: University of Delaware, 2011 (NK1449.Z9 O6633 2011)

 

Lonsway, Brian. Making Leisure Work: Architecture and the Experience Economy. New York: Routledge, 2009  (NA 2543.R43.L66 2009) 

 

Massey, Jonathan. Crystal and Arabesque: Claude Bragdon, ornament and Modern Architecture. Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009 (NA 737.B65. M37 2009)

 

Syracuse University Library Mobile Website

Syracuse University Library launched its mobile website.  Optimized for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry smartphones, the website offers quick, convenient access to core library information sources, including hours, contact information, and locations.  No extra application is necessary; simply go to http://m.library.syr.edu/ from your smartphone.

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                 Search the library catalog, WorldCat, JSTOR, and mobile versions of a number of Library databases

                Find the locations of all SU libraries and collections

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                View library events

 The mobile website will continue to grow and develop based on your feedback.  Use the “Give us your feedback” link to convey your ideas and suggestions.

 

School of Architecture Lecture Series

In the Reading Room, we currently have a rotating display of suggested readings on this semester's guest lecturers.  See the linked document for a complete list of books and articles on these featured architects:

Tuesday 1/31 - James and Hayes Slade (Slade Architecture)

Tuesday 2/7 - Shimon Attie

Tuesday 2/14 - Suzanne Tick

Tuesday 2/21 - Hitoshi Abe (Atelier Hitoshi Abe // Chair of UCLA Dept. of Architecture and Urban Design)

Tuesday 3/20 - Calvin Tsao & Zack McKown (Tsao McKown Architects)

Tuesday 3/27 - D. Grahame Shane (Professor, Cooper Union)

Tuesday 4/3 - Alan Berger (Associate Professor, MIT Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning // Director, P-REX)

Thursday 4/5 - Teddy Cruz (Estudio Teddy Cruz // Associate Professor, UCSD)

 

New Books

Adjaye, David. African Metropolitan Architecture. v.1-7. New York: Rizzoli, 2011.

Reserve - NA9273 .A45 2012

Benes, Mirka and Michael G. Lee, eds. Clio in the Italian Garden: Twenty-First Century Studies in Historical Methods and Theoretical Practices. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2011.

            SB457.85 C59 2011

Bergman, David. Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.

NK1520 B48 2012

Bjarke Ingels Group: Projects 2001-2010. Hong Kong: Design Media Publishers, 2011.

            NA1211 B52 2011

Burden, Ernest E. Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Reserve - NA31 .B83 2012

Charlesworth, Esther and Rob Adams. The EcoEdge: Urgent Design Challenges in Building Sustainable Cities. New York: Routledge, 2011.

            NA9053 E58 E26 2011

Muir, Prescott. It By Bit. San Rafael, CA: ORO Editions, 2011.

            NA737.M76 A4 2011

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa. Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.

NA737 R57 P45 2011

Porter, Tom. Will Alsop: The Noise. New York: Routledge, 2011

            NA997 A58 P67 2011

Powell, Kenneth. 21st Century London: The New Architecture. New York: Merrell, 2011.

            NA970 P69 2011

Shephard, Judy and Retail Design International.  Retail Spaces: Small Stores Under 250 m2. New York: RSD Publishers, 2011.

            NA6220 .S54 2011

Various Authors. Design Document Series. Seoul, Korea: DAMDI, 2003-2011

On Reserve - Various Call Numbers

Viñoly, Rafael. Rafael Viñoly Architects. New York: Prestel, 2011.

NA737 V56 J64 2011


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SUrface

SURFACE stands for the Syracuse University Research Facility and Collaborative Environment; in other words, it is an online database of scholarly, professional, and creative output from Syracuse University.  Materials available under architecture include articles and other items such as book chapters published by faculty, theses and thesis prep. submissions that have received a grade of B+ or better, as well as other publications and research on a variety of topics.  

 

Featured Article

Henderson, Susan R.
Romerstadt: the modern garden city
Planning Perspectives
Vol. 25, No. 3, July 2010,
pp.323-346

 

Recent articles- suggested readings

Borg, Amelia and Timothy Moore. “The Act of Disconnection: Just because I do not send a message within a matter of minutes does not mean I am dead.” Volume, v.28, p.148-151

Jarzombek, Mark. The Metaphysics of Permanence: Curating Critical Impossibilities.” Log, Winter 2011, v.21, p.125-136

Miara, Jim. “Detroit: The New Paradigm.” Urban Land, July/August 2011, v.70, n.5/6, p.75-80.

Rocker, Ingeborg M. “Apropos Parametricism: If, in what style should we build?” Log, Winter 2011, v.21, p.89-100

Zardini, Mirko. “(Against) the Greenwashing of Architecture.” New Geographies, v.2: Landscapes of Energy, p.139-147 

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