Architecture Periodical Databases
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
a comprehensive listing of journal and magazine articles published worldwide on architecture, adaptive reuse, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. A list of what types of architectural images contained in each article is included in article descriptions. The "physical description" limiter allows users to search for articles containing a specific image type (detail drawrings, site plans, etc.). Some full text.
Art & Architecture Source
covers a broad range of design-related subjects including architecture, interior design, fine arts, and commercial art. Includes the full-text of nearly 650 journals.
El Croquis Digital Library
Contains detailed plans for many buildings and structures across the world. Each issue of El Croquis is usually dedicated to a single architect or studio, so we recommend you try searching within this database using the architect or studio's name. WU Library also has many issues of El Croquis in print. Explore the print collection here.
ArtSTOR (now incorporated into JSTOR)
Offers photos and plans/drawings of buildings..
Multi-Disciplinary Databases Containing Some Architecture & Interior Design Periodicals
Best for design criticism, theory, and history. Avery Index and Art & Architecture Source tend to be more useful for precedent (case study) research, but definitely try JSTOR for that purpose as well!
Looking for a particular article?
Try plugging the title of the article into the WU library catalog search field in quotes.
Or, use our journals portal to search for the journal/magazine by title and then navigate to the specific article you're looking for.
Want to know if WU Libraries subscribe to a certain journal or magazine?
use our journals portal to search for the journal/magazine by title or International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
Still can't find your article?
If WU Libraries doesn't subscribe to the journal that contains the article you're looking for, it's likely that we'll be able to get it for you through our interlibrary loan service.