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Architectural Construction and Design

Last Updated: 4-Mar-2013

This guide has been created as a starting point for research in Architectural Construction and Design. For interested students, Stanford has a student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. http://www.asce.org/

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Kathleen Gust
Engineering Librarian for Outreach Instruction and Electronic Resources
Engineering Library (Terman)
(650) 723-8877
Katharine A Keller
Reference Librarian/VRC Cataloger
Art & Architecture Library
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Subjects

Architecture
Civil engineering

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Art @ Engineering Books

Art @ Engineering is a collaborative program between the Art and Architecture Library and the Terman Engineering Library.  A selection of new books from the Art and Architecture Library collection are available for browsing or check-out from the Terman Engineering Library.  The selection changes every two weeks.  Books can be returned to any Stanford University Library branch.

Books and Handbooks

Selected print and electronic books on Architectural construction and design.  Print materials may be shelved at either the Art and Architecture Library or the Terman Engineering Library.  Be sure to check which location is correct when looking for print items.

ACI manual of concrete practice.
Detroit, Mich. : American Concrete Institute,
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TA439 .A24 2012:PT.7
The "bible" of concrete.
Architectural glass concepts.
Seattle, Wash. : AGC Magazine, 2007-
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » TH1560 .A73 V. 5:NO.2 2012
A full color annual of amazing uses for architectural glass.
Building construction handbook [electronic resource] / R. Chudley and R. Greeno.
8th ed. Amsterdam ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2010.
Construction project management : an integrated approach / Peter Fewings.
2nd ed. London ; New York, NY : Rouledge, 2013.
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » TH438 .F48 2013
Designing with models : a studio guide to architectural process models / Criss B. Mills.
3rd ed. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2011.
Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NA2790 .M5 2011
Green architecture now! = Grüne Architektur heute! = L'architecture verte d'aujourd'hui! 2 / Philip Jodidio.
Cologne : Taschen, c2012.
Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NA2542.36 .J63 2012
How to estimate with RSMeans data : basic skills for building construction / RSMeans and Saleh A. Mubarak ; Barbara Balboni, technical editor.
4th ed. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012.
Engineering Library (Terman) » Stacks » TH435 .H88697 2012
RSMeans databooks help you figure out the cost of the building before you build it. This book tells you how to use them.
Interior designer's portable handbook : first-step rules of thumb for the design of interiors / Pat Guthrie.
3rd ed. New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, c2012.
Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NK2115 .G86 2012
Means building construction cost data.
Kingston, MA : R.S. Means Co., c1991-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TH435 .B82 50TH 1992
This is only one of many RSMeans databooks in the Stanford University Libraries.
Modeling risk management in sustainable construction [electronic resource] / Desheng Dash Wu, editor.
Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, c2011.
RSMeans illustrated construction dictionary [electronic resource] : the complete source of construction terms and concepts / [production manager/editor, Andrea Silah ; production manager, Michael Kokernak].
4th ed., unabridged. Kingston, MA : R.S. Means Co., 2010.
The whole building handbook : how to design healthy, efficient and sustainable buildings / Varis Bokalders and Maria Block.
London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
Art & Architecture Library » Stacks » NA2542.36 .B6513 2010

E-journals

ACI structural journal.
Detroit, MI : American Concrete Institute, 1987-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TA680 .A5153 V.105 2008
Construction management and economics.
London : E. & F.N. Spon, 1983-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » TH1 .C59 V.22:NO.5-10 2004
ENR.
[New York, McGraw-Hill]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 620.5 .E575 V.261:NO.11-20 2008:OCT-DEC
Environmental building news.
Brattleboro, VT : West River Communications, c1992-
Engineering Library (Terman) » Engineering Library (Terman) display (latest 3 issues only) » (No call number)
Journal of structural engineering.
New York, N.Y. : American Society of Civil Engineers, c1983-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 620.6 .A512P V.133:NO.9-12 2007
Magazine of concrete research.
London.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 620.8505 .M189 V.60:NO.6-10 2008
The structural design of tall and special buildings [electronic resource].
[Chichester, U.K.] : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., c2003-

Online Resources

ASCE research library [electronic resource].
Reston, VA : ASCE Publications, 2004-
American Society of Civil Engineers Digital Library of journal articles and conference papers.
ARTSTOR [electronic resource].
New York : ARTstor
A good source of architectural images.
Avery index to architectural periodicals [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : CSA Illumina [distributor]
BuildingGreen.com [electronic resource].
Brattleboro, VT : BuildingGreen.
Case studies, in-depth articles and green products listings.
Design and applied arts index [electronic resource] : DAAI.
[England] : Design Documentation
Visual Resources Center's Imagebase [electronic resource].
[Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Visual Resources Center]
Another great source of images.
Sage urban studies abstracts.
[Beverly Hills] : Sage Publications.
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » HT101 .S2 V.35 2007