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Architecture: Books & e-Books

Useful Shelfmarks

Books about the same subject are assigned the same shelfmark number. You'll find the number on the spine of each book. Here is a selection of shelfmarks for Architecture:

Architecture - General 720

Architecture: History 720.9

Architecture: Law 344.1037872

Architecture: Modern 724.6

Architecture: Theory 720.1

Architecture and Environment 720.47 

Building Construction  690

Construction project management 624.0684

Contract administration  692.8

Landscape Architecture 712

Planning and design data  721.0212

Urban design  711.4

Many technical and regulatory publications are available online only via Construction Information Service.- follow link

Ebook collections

Library Search is generally the best starting point for finding ebooks in any discipline. However you may find these collections useful to explore. 

More books on construction and architecture - regulatory and technical

Please note - many publications are available online only via Construction Information Service, and cannot be found by Library Search or the Library Catalogue. Make sure you find all the material you need by following the link below: 

New Books

Transform!: designing the future of energy

Energy is the central driving force of our society; Energy is political; Energy is invisible. But all buildings, infrastructure and products with which energy is generated, distributed and used are designed.

Building inclusion: a practical guide to equity, diversity and inclusion in architecture and the built environment

This text is a manual to support and provide essential guidance to the architectural profession on key issues of EDI.

Tropical modernism: architecture and independence

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Patrick Gwynne

A comprehensive and intimate study of the high modernist Patrick Gwynne, his architecture and interiors.

The therapeutic power of the Maggie's Centre: experience, design and wellbeing, where architecture meets neuroscience

This work explores the many ways in which the therapeutic environment of the Maggie's Centre is achieved.