Library: AASL Core Reference List: Biographical

Biographical Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Essential

Also Essential: biographical dictionaries and directories providing regional coverage, as appropriate to your curriculum and context.

Amsoneit, Wolfgang, Dirk Meyhöffer, and Philip Jodidio. Contemporary European Architects. 5 vols. New York: Taschen, 1991-97.
Colvin, Howard. Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. 4th ed. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008.
Directory, African-American Architects. 2nd ed. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati Center for the Study of the Practice of Architecture, 1991-(1996).
Serial.
Emanuel, Muriel, ed. Contemporary Architects. 3rd ed. New York: St. James Press, 1994.
4th ed. due in 2014.
Emanuel, Muriel and Dennis Sharp, eds. Contemporary Architects. 1st ed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
International Directory of Architecture and Design. Senlis, France: DID S.A.R.L., 1992- .
Serial, biennial.
Jodidio, Philip. Contemporary American Architects. 4 vols. Cologne: Taschen, 1993-98.
Linked record for monographic serial does not encompass volume 4 (ISBN: 9783822874264).
Kahn, Hasan-Uddin. Contemporary Asian Architects. New York: Taschen, 1995.
Krantz, Les. American Architects: A Survey of Award-Winning Contemporaries and Their Notable Works. New York: Facts on File, 1989.
Kühl, Isabel, Kristina Lowis, and Sabine Thiel-Siling. 50 Architects You Should Know. New ed. New York: Prestel, 2009.
Morgan, Ann Lee and Colin Naylor, eds. Contemporary Architects. 2nd ed. Chicago: St. James Press, 1987.
Placzek, Adolf K. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. 4 vols. New York: Free Press, 1982.
Richards, J. M. Who's Who in Architecture: From 1400 to the Present. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
Sharp, Dennis. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1991.
Travis, Jack, ed. African-American Architects in Current Practice. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991.
Wilkes, Joseph A., and Robert T. Packard. Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering, and Construction. 5 vols. New York: Wiley, 1988-89.
Wilson, Dreck Spurlock, ed. African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Yarwood, Doreen and Suhail Butt. International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. Vol. 1, Architects. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993.

Biographical Dictionaries & Encyclopedias - Supplementary

Gwilt, Joseph, and Wyatt Papworth. Encyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical. Rev. ed. New York: Crown, 1982.
Revision of 1867 edition includes "alterations and considerable additions."
Harvey, John and Arthur Oswald. English Mediaeval Architects: A Biographical Dictionary down to 1550. Rev. ed. Gloucester: A. Sutton, 1987.
Maddex, Diane. Master Builders: A Guide to Famous American Architects. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1985.
Myers, Bernard Samuel. Encyclopedia of World Art. 17 vols. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959-87.
Pehnt, Wolfgang. Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1964.
Richards, J. M. Who's Who in Architecture: From 1400 to the Present. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
Sturgis, Russell. Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical and Descriptive. 3 vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1966.
Reprint of 1901 edition "by Russell Sturgis and many architects, painters, engineers, and other expert writers, American and foreign."
Ware, Dora. A Short Dictionary of British Architects. London: Allen & Unwin, 1967.
Wilkes, Joseph A. and Robert T. Packard. Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering, and Construction. 5 vols. New York: Wiley, 1988-90.
Withey, Henry F. and Elsie Rathburn Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1996.
"Originally published: Los Angeles: New Age Pub., c1956."

Directories & Indexes - Essential

Directories & Indexes - Supplementary

American Hospital Association. Directory of Planning, Design, Construction and Other Service Providers for Health Facilities. Chicago: American Society for Healthcare Engineering, 2006-.

Free or Open Access Resources

"Find an Architect." American Institute of Architects. Accessed June 2, 2014. http://architectfinder.aia.org/frmLandingPage.aspx
Free online database. Locate U.S. or international architecture firms by location or by firm name. Provides contact information.
"International Archive of Women in Architecture." Virginia Tech University Libraries. Accessed June 2, 2014. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA.
"Philadelphia Architects and Buildings." Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Accessed June 2, 2014. http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab.
Part of the American Architects and Buildings database; searchable by building, architect, or location within the city.
"Reed Construction Data--Companies." Reed Construction Data. Accessed June 2, 2014. http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/Companies.
Formerly known as "SmartBuilding Index." Free online directory. Commercial construction companies, architects, engineers & designers. Search by company, location, and/or specialty.