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Materials in our libraries are shelved according to the LC Classification system.

Common call numbers for this subject are:

NA 2700 (architectural drawing and design)
T 385 (computer design software: AutoCAD, Photoshop, etc.)
TA 174 (engineering and mechanical design)
TA 345-349 (CAD/CAE)
TH (construction)

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Alloys: American sculpture and architecture at midcentury by Marin R. Sullivan
Call Number: HLC NB212.5 .M63 S85 2022

ISBN: 9780691215778

Publication Date: 2022-03-22

A fresh consideration of sculpture's relationship to architectural design and functionality following World War II, Alloys highlights the affinities between the two fields and the ways their connections remain with us today.
Ando. Complete Works 1975-Today. 2023 Edition by Philip Jodidio; Tadao Ando (Illustrator)
Call Number: HLC NA1559 .A5 J63 2023

ISBN: 9783836589567

Publication Date: 2023-11-07

Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.
Architectural Digest At 100: a century of style by Architectural Digest; Amy Astley (Introduction by); Anna Wintour (Foreword by)
Call Number: NA680 .A73 2019

ISBN: 9781419733338

Publication Date: 2019-10-08

Architectural Digest at 100 celebrates the best from the pages of the international design authority.
Artificial Intelligence in Performance-Driven Design by Narjes Abbasabadi (Editor); Mehdi Ashayeri (Editor)
ISBN: 9781394172061

Publication Date: 2024-05-21

A definitive, interdisciplinary reference to using artificial intelligence technology and data-driven methodologies for sustainable design, explores the application of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically machine learning (ML), for performance modeling within the built environment.
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Editors
Call Number: HLC NA682.B7 A85 2020

ISBN: 9781838661908

Publication Date: 2020-11-18

A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular style.
Contemporary Brick Buildings by Philip Jodidio
Call Number: HLC NA4120 .J63 2024

ISBN: 9783836592598

Publication Date: 2025-01-16

Of all building materials in the world, brick is one of the most enduring and ubiquitous. Traces of brickmaking date back to 7500 BC and fired brick first made its appearance in about 3500 BC. Since then, the trusty brick has shown amazing resilience and remains one of the mainstays of contemporary architecture.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: transforming the American mind by Ayad Rahmani
Call Number: HLC NA737 .W7 R25 2023

ISBN: 9780807179802

Publication Date: 2023-09-27

Wright believed that architecture was not first and foremost a matter of accommodating spatial needs, but a tool to restore intellectual and artistic freedom, too often lost in the process of modernization.
Oasis: modern desert homes around the world by iO Tillett Wright; Casey Dunn (Photographer)
Call Number: HLC NA7117 .A74 W75 2020

ISBN: 9780525575153

Publication Date: 2020-11-10

From renovated Airstreams to sprawling, modern stucco, desert has become the new beachfront.
The Other Modern Movement: architecture, 1920-1970 by Kenneth Frampton
Call Number: HLC NA682 .M63 F73 2021

ISBN: 9780300238891

Publication Date: 2022-01-25

Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete.
Pacific Natural at Home by Jenni Kayne; Vincent Van Duysen (Foreword by)
Call Number: HLC NK2004.15 .K39 2021

ISBN: 9780847869640

Publication Date: 2021-10-12

The book introduces the homes by location, spanning varied landscapes and design characteristics: houses by the ocean, desert-style spaces, mountain homes, and abodes in the city.
Principles of computer-aided design by Crelin, Joy
Call Number: EBOOK

ISBN: 9781637000984

Publication Date: 2022

Explores the use of computers in the design process of many products and applications.
Prior Art: patents and the nature of invention in architecture by Peter H. Christensen
Call Number: HLC NA2755 .C49 2024

ISBN: 9780262048958

Publication Date: 2024-05-07

A groundbreaking text on the history of the use of patents in architecture.