Research Help
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Library Service Desk Ground floor, AUS Library |
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06 5152277 |
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researchhelp@aus.edu |
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Open during library hours |
For help during academic calendar weekends, final exams & semester breaks, email: researchhelp@aus.edu
Modified hours for Ramadan & summer semester
In many cases, the architect's website will include projects with photos, plans and drawings. They may also include a bibliography of works (books and journal articles) where the building has been featured. You can check these sources in WorldCat or the architecture databases Avery and Art & Architecture Source to see if the library has access.
In some cases, there may be a book devoted to the study of a specific building. However, only a small percentage of buildings have been studied or written about in such detail. However, many books on 20th & 21st century architecture and architects have floor plans and drawings of completed works and projects. Use WorldCat to locate books on the building, project or architect and include the keyword "plans" (see examples below).
Google Books Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. Then search WorldCat to see if your results are available in the AUS Library.
20th-Century World Architecture by 
1000x European Architecture by 
Atlas of World Architecture by 
Atlas of World Architecture by 
Floor Plan Manual by 
Industrial Buildings by 
Key buildings of the 20th century : plans, sections and elevations by 
Key Houses of the Twentieth Century by 
Key Urban Housing of the Twentieth Century by 
Modern Architecture A to Z by 
The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture by 
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture by 
Precedents in Architecture by 
Research and Technology Buildings: a Design Manual by 
Typology+ : innovative residential architecture by Photos, plans and drawings can be found in the library collection of print and online journals. Most of these are indexed in the architecture databases Avery and Art & Architecture Source (not WorldCat). You need to search in these databases to locate the relevant material in architecture journals and databases or refer to a list of key journals from the Journals and Magazines box on the left hand column of this guide.
Many of the key architecture journals, where you will find illustrative material, are only available in print. The library has a wide selection of architecture journals in the Silent Study Room on the 2nd floor. While current issues of all journals are for library use only, older issues may be borrowed.