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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.
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Ambrose, Gavin; Harris, Paul; Stone, Sally (1 February 2008).
The Visual Dictionary of Architecture . AVA Publishing.
ISBN
978-2-940373-54-3 .
Anderson, Janice (30 September 2006).
The Encyclopedia of North American Architecture . 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 .
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Arnold, Dieter (20 January 2003).
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture . 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.
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B
Bails, Benito (1802).
Diccionario de arquitectura civil (in Spanish). Viuda de Ibarra.
Ballast, David Kent (1998).
The Encyclopedia of Associations and Information Sources for Architects, Designers, and Engineers . M.E. Sharpe.
ISBN
978-0-7656-0035-6 .
Banham, Joanna, Leanda Shrimpton. Encyclopedia of interior design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997.
ISBN
1884964192 .
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Bannister, Fletcher. History of Architecture. Butterworth, 1987.
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Birnbaum, Charles A., Robin S. Karson. Pioneers of American landscape design. McGraw Hill, 2000.
ISBN
0071344209 .
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Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (23 March 2009).
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-volume set . Oxford University Press.
ISBN
978-0-19-530991-1 .
Broto, Carles; Camacho, Monika (10 July 2007).
Visual Dictionary of Architecture & Construction . Linksbooks.net.
ISBN
978-84-96424-29-6 .
Bruyn, Gerd de (2008).
Die enzyklopädische Architektur: Zur Reformulierung einer Universalwissenschaft (in German). transcript Verlag.
ISBN
978-3-89942-984-8 .
Bucher, Ward (21 September 1996).
Dictionary of Building Preservation . Wiley.
ISBN
978-0-471-14413-7 .
Burden, Ernest (5 December 2001).
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture . McGraw-Hill Professional.
ISBN
978-0-07-137529-0 .
Burden, Ernest E. (20 January 2004).
Illustrated Dictionary of Architectural Preservation . McGraw-Hill.
ISBN
9780071428385 .
Burden, Ernest E. (2005).
Illustrated dictionary of building design and construction . McGraw-Hill.
ISBN
978-0-07-144506-1 .
C
Calloway, Stephen; Cromley, Elizabeth; Powers, Alan (31 May 2012).
The Elements of Style: An Encyclopedia of Domestic Architectural Detail . 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 .
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Carey, Moya (16 December 2010).
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 . Lorenz Books.
ISBN
978-0-7548-2087-1 .
Caves, Roger W. (12 July 2005).
Encyclopedia of the City . Taylor & Francis.
ISBN
978-0-415-25225-6 .
Chappell, David; Powell-Smith, Vincent; Marshall, Derek; Cavender, Simon (12 May 2008).
Building Contract Dictionary . Wiley.
ISBN
978-0-470-77994-1 .
Ching, Francis D. K. (6 September 2011).
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture . John Wiley & Sons.
ISBN
978-0-470-64885-8 .
Cisneros, Alfredo Plazola; Anguiano, Alfredo Plazola; Anguiano, Guillermo Plazola (1998).
Enciclopedia de arquitectura Plazola (in Spanish). Plazola Editores.
ISBN
978-968-7478-00-5 .
Coates, Michael; Brooker, Graeme; Stone, Sally (1 December 2008).
The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design . 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 .
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Cowan, Henry J. (13 August 2004).
Dictionary of Architectural and Building Technology . Taylor & Francis.
ISBN
978-0-415-31234-9 . Retrieved 19 September 2012 .
Curl, James Stevens (2000).
"Table of contents" . A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture . Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014 .
Curl, James Stevens (1 May 2007).
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture . Oxford University Press, USA.
ISBN
978-0-19-860678-9 .
Curl, James Stevens (1 January 1993).
Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms . Donhead.
ISBN
978-1-873394-04-5 .
Curl, James Stevens. Encyclopaedia of architectural terms. Donhead, 1997.
ISBN
187339425X .
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D
Davies, Nikolas; Jokiniemi, Erkki (26 July 2012).
Dictionary of Architecture and Building Construction . Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-136-41025-3 .
Davies, Nikolas; Jokiniemi, Erkki (4 May 2012).
Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary . Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-136-44406-7 .
Dhaky, Madhusudan A. (1983).
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 . American Institute of Indian Studies.
ISBN
978-0-19-561537-1 .
National Museum of Denmark,
Danske Kirker (Danish Churches), freely searchable database providing
extensive details of about two thirds of Denmark's churches (57 volumes with over 37,000 pages). Contains accounts from
issues published between 1933 and the present covering different regions of Denmark, available online or usually also in
book form . (in Danish)
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F
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 .
[1]
Goad, Philip; Willis, Julie (31 October 2011).
The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture . 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.
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Guedes, Pedro (19 July 1979).
The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architecture and Technological Change . Macmillan.
ISBN
978-0-333-26766-0 .
Guthrie, John Patten (12 January 2012).
Interior Designers Portable Handbook 3/E . McGraw-Hill Prof Med/Tech.
ISBN
978-0-07-178207-4 .
H
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International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. St. James Press, 1993.
[2]
J
Johnson, Donald Leslie, Donald Langmead. Makers of 20th century modern architecture: A bio-critical sourcebook. Greenwood Press, 1997.
ISBN
0313293538 .
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M
Marrs, Texe (2008).
Mysterious Monuments: Encyclopedia of Secret Illuminati Designs, Masonic Architecture, and Occult Places . Rivercrest Industries.
ISBN
978-1-930004-46-7 .
Maclean, James H.; Scott, John S. (1993).
The Penguin Dictionary of Building . Penguin.
ISBN
978-0-14-051239-7 .
McLeod, Virginia (1 September 2010).
Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architect . 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 .
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Midant, Jean-Paul (5 February 2004).
Diccionario Akal de la Arquitectura del siglo XX (in Spanish).
Ediciones Akal .
ISBN
978-84-460-1747-9 .
Moavenzadeh, Fred (14 March 1990).
Concise Encyclopedia of Building and Construction Materials . MIT Press.
ISBN
978-0-262-13248-0 .
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Packard, Robert T.; Korab, Balthazar; Hunt, William Dudley (1980).
Encyclopedia of American architecture . McGraw-Hill.
ISBN
978-0-07-048010-0 .
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Palmer, Allison Lee (30 September 2009).
The A to Z of Architecture . Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6895-3 .
Palmer, Allison Lee (28 September 2008).
Historical Dictionary Of Architecture . Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
978-0-8108-5821-3 .
Palmer, Allison Lee (1 February 2011).
Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture . Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6195-4 .
Palmer, Allison Lee (10 June 2011).
Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture . Scarecrow Press.
ISBN
978-0-8108-7222-6 .
Parker, John Henry (17 June 2004).
A Concise Dictionary of Architectural Terms . Courier Dover Publications.
ISBN
978-0-486-43302-8 .
Pehnt, Wolfgang (1964).
Encyclopedia of modern architecture . H. N. Abrams.
Penguin Dictionary of Architecture. Penguin USA, 1991.
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Petersen, Andrew. Dictionary of Islamic architecture. Routledge, 1996.
ISBN
0415060842 .
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Petersen, Andrew (11 March 2002).
Dictionary of Islamic Architecture . Taylor & Francis.
ISBN
978-0-203-20387-3 .
Placzek, Adolf K. (1982).
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects . Free Press.
ISBN
978-0-02-925000-6 .
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Architectural Publication Society (1887).
The Dictionary of Architecture . T. Richards.
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Saylor, Henry H. (9 February 1994).
Dictionary of Architecture . 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 .
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Sennott, Stephen, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture . New York: Fitzroy Dearborn.
ISBN
1579582435 .
ISBN
978-1579582432 .
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Shoemaker, Candice A., Chicago Botanic Garden. Encyclopedia of gardens: History and design. Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
ISBN
1579581730 .
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Sillig, Julius; Williams, Henry W.; Barker, Edmund Henry (1837).
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 . Black and Armstrong. Retrieved 19 September 2012 .
Stilling, Niels Peter (2004).
Politikens bog om Danmarks kirker (in Danish). Politikens Forlag.
ISBN
978-87-567-7226-6 .
Sturgis, Russell (1905). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building . New York: Macmillan.
Vol. 1 (A–E) ,
Vol. 2 (F–N) ,
Vol. 3 (O–Z) at the Internet Archive.
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Walker, Les (1981).
American Homes: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Domestic Architecture . Black Dog & Leventhal.
ISBN
978-1-57912-252-2 .
Ware, Dora (1967).
A Short Dictionary of British Architects . Allen & Unwin.
Wells, John E.; Dalton, Robert E. (1 May 1997).
The Virginia architects, 1835-1955: a biographical dictionary . New South Architectural Press.
ISBN
978-1-882595-02-0 .
Wilkes, Joseph A.; Packard, Robert T. (March 1990).
Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering & Construction . Wiley.
ISBN
978-0-471-63351-8 .
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Wilson, Dreck Spurlock. African-American architects: A biographical dictionary, 1865–1945. Routledge, 2004.
ISBN
0415929598 .
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References
Guide to Reference.
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Kister, Kenneth F. (1994). Kister's Best Encyclopedias (2nd ed.). Phoenix: Oryx.
ISBN
0-89774-744-5 .