Interior Architecture

This guide lists basic resources for finding information in interior architecture. For further assistance, contact Ed Teague, subject specialist for architectural areas.

Starting Your Research

Dictionaries and encyclopedias are good starting places for research. Their content ranges from basic facts to scholarly articles. Representative titles -- online and print -- are listed below. The print (i.e., paper) titles have links that lead to the library catalog record. The online titles link directly to the resource.

Online encyclopedias/dictionaries:

Grove Art Online, the most extensive art and architecture encyclopedia, accesses scholarly articles which are usually supplemented with bibliographies. Provides links to images.
The Oxford Reference Online collection provides full-text of

Print encyclopedias/dictionaries (linked to the UO Catalog)

Contemporary Architects [NA680 .C625 1994]
An example of a specialized biographical encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia of Interior Design . [NK1165 .E48 1997 v.1-2]
Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture 5th ed. [NA31 .F55 1998]
Standard, one-volume compendium.

Finding books

UO Library Catalog Find books and other cataloged materials owned by the UO Libraries through keyword, subject, title, and author searching in this database.
Summit Summit is the catalog of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of regional libraries whose members include UO, Oregon State University, Portland State University, and others.
WorldCat. This database records library holdings from around the world.

Finding articles

Top indexes for finding articles on architecture are listed below. Use an index to find articles in journals, newspapers, or magazines. Most key indexes are available as databases. Once you have retrieved an article citation, you'll need to verify that UO has the journal that holds the article. You can do this by searching the UO Catalog (below) then by clicking the FindText button which appears along with most citations. More about: FindText.

Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals.
Indexes more than 2,000 periodicals published worldwide on architecture, city planning, interior design and historic preservation. Coverage is from the 1930s (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s) to the present.
RIBA Library Catalogue.
Freely available catalog of the Royal Institute of British Architects Library includes an index to 300 architectural periodicals. A less comprehensive alternative to the Avery Index

Finding Web resources

Several excellent gateways/portals to architectural Web resources have been created to identify the best sites among thousands available. Among the best:

American Society of Interior Designers provides listings of designers, resources, special sections on design for aged, universal design, sustainable design.
Architecture.com.
Web portal, 'all about architecture', maintained by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The online periodical ArchitectureWeek provides, in addition to architectural news, information about competitions, conferences, links to images, product info, and a searchable index to architectural firms.

Finding people and associations

ProFile is an online searchable directory of architectural firms which provides, in addition to basic address information, details about the firm's principals and projects and website links when available.
Others:
- The American Society of Interior Designers, American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the American Planning Association websites provide extensive information for professionals in these disciplines. Sources include member directories, newsletters, job ads, product directories, links to chapter websites.
- AIA regional associations:
  - Oregon: AIA Portland and AIA Southwestern Oregon (includes Eugene).
  - Washington: AIA Seattle
- Blue Book of Building and Construction provides a directory of architects and builders by region, and much more.
- The Oregon Board of Architect Examiners provides searchable databases of registered firms and architects.

Finding Images, Plans

Some sources for plans and images of architecture:

ARTstor, a database of over 500,000 art & archtitecture images
Art & Architecture Images (UO's collection of digital images)
Digital Images of Architecture . Rich resources provides links to image sites worldwide.
Great Buildings Collection Online Good core collection of images with reference information.
Grove Dictionary of Art provides online access to hundreds of building images linked from articles.
Sears Home Archive. From 1908–1940, Sears, Roebuck and Company sold more than 100,000 homes through their mail-order Modern Homes program.

Finding building codes

State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Fire and Life Safety Code. [KFo 2859 .A3 1997]
International Building Codes. (Link leads to keyword search screen; enter 'submit search' for a list of titles in the UO Libraries).
Eugene City Code. [K3538 .I586 1998] Includes Chapter 9, Land Use Code.
Portland City Code
Oregon Building Codes Division . Lists current code standards used by various programs of Oregon's Building Code Division.
ADA.gov - Operated by the U.S. Department of Justice, this Web site focus on legal and reguatory issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) but also contains information about standards, codes and technical assistance for federal, state and local application.

Finding graphic standards

Architectural Graphic Standards. TH2031 .R35 2000
Interior Graphic Standards. TH2031 .M34 2003
Time Saver Standards for Building Types. NA2760 .D42 2001
Time Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning. NK2110 .T48 2001
Consult Graphic and Design Standards to identify a variety of standards by topic.

Maintained by: Ed Teague, ehteague@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 03/01/2007