Architecture, urban planning

Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources on the subjects of architecture and urban planning

New acquisitions

List of titles on the subjects (last and current month)

Journals

List of titles on the subjects

Digital textbooks

List of titles on the subjects

Databases
A selection of the main databases
- Urbadoc – Access to various European bibliographical databases on urban and regional planning
- Baugedächtnis Schweiz Online – Access to full-text versions of various Swiss journals in the fields of architecture and engineering sciences
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals – Reference to articles in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, archaeology, architectural conservation and interior architecture
- JSTOR – Focus on humanities and social and natural sciences
- Art Full Text – From 1984 onwards, references to and abstracts of articles in international journals
Additional databases

Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- SIA Standards – Reference work on Swiss standards for construction and building, maintained by the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA)
- VSS Standards – Standards in the field of transport technology, maintained by the Swiss Association of Road and Transportation Experts (VSS)
- Neufert Bauentwurfslehre (Neufert Architects’ Data) – A classic work containing the basic principles, standards and regulations governing the layout, construction, design, space requirement and dimensions for buildings, rooms and furnishings
- archINFORM – Projects, architectural practices, biographies of architects and references to literature, with special focus on the 20th century
- nextroom – Database of information about buildings in text and illustrations, references to specialist literature on contemporary architecture
- Oxford Art Online – Combines the comprehensive resources of Grove Art Online and Oxford Art Reference in a single database
- Lexikon der Weltarchitektur – Comprehensive reference work on terminology, individuals and buildings
- Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts – Reference work on Architects, buildings, trends, connections
- Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture – Buildings, architects, engineers, towns and cities, technologies, planning
Additional reference works

Specialist information
- architecture.com – Information from the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA
- Architekturforum.ch – Swiss platform for jobs and placements, events, competitions, specialist information
- architekturmeldungen.de – Latest news concerning architecture from various sources
- Raumplanung Schweiz (spatial planning in Switzerland) – Specialist portal for art and architecture, information on image databases, search engines, discussion forums, mailing lists, etc.
- A Daily Dose of Architecture – Information blog

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