Course Research Guide48-100: Architecture Studio
Research Tips
- Know what you are looking for. Many architects, buildings, and locations are known by multiple names. Terms like <house> <residence> <villa> <casa> may be used inconsistantly. Be certain that you are spelling your search terms correctly in the most-appropriate language. Try name variations.
- Choose your search terms carefully, and try different combinations. Search using the most distinctive words and leave out common words. Try connecting words with <and>.
- Expand your search strategy. For example, try searching by the name of a building. Then try searching for broader or related topics such as the name of the architect, the building's city or country, its building type, its time period, etc. For additional insight research a building's client, its setting, its materials, etc. This information will help you to better understand a building within its context.
- Look for clues to additional sources. As you find and use each source, look for additional keywords that you might not have thought of, examine lists of projects and back-of-the-book indexes, and look for citations in bibliographies and footnotes. Carefully record all of your sources (see Citations).
- Use Library Catalogs to look for books. See especially Carnegie Mellon's Cameo. Note that not many buildings have entire books written about them, and a library catalog may or may not mention a building if it is part of a book with a broader topic.
- Use Article Databases to look for articles. See especially the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (use WebVPN for access if you are on wireless or off campus) and/or the RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue Online. Articles often provide the best information about individual buildings.
- Use Reference Resources to look for basic information about prominent buildings and architects. See especially Encyclopedias and Collections.
- Many buildings and architects are searchable on the free Web. Note that information on the Web must be evaluated carefully. Many web sites are compiled by students or fans, and architects' own sites are self-promotional. So you may have to look elsewhere for in-depth information, critical evaluation, and specific drawings and other images.
- Drawings and other images may be found in the sources mentioned above. Try also Images of Architecture and More.
- Ask for assistance
Research Tips
- Search for books on Le Corbusier and his houses using Cameo, Carnegie Mellon's library catalog.
- Browse for books on Le Corbusier in various locations on the fourth floor of Hunt Library at NA1053 .J4
NA = Architecture
1053 = France
.J4 = ‘J’ for Jeanneret-Gris, Charles Edouard [Le Corbusier is a pseudonym]- Explore books on twentieth-century houses that may include works by Le Corbusier.
- Search for articles on Le Corbusier and his houses using the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (use WebVPN for access if you are on wireless or off campus).
Reference Resources
- Benton, Tim. The Villas of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, 1920-1930. Basel: Birkhauser, 2007
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA1053 .J4 B38 2007- Davies, Colin. Key Houses of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections and Elevations. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA7126 .D38 2006- Dunster, David. Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century. New York: Rizzoli, 1985. vol 1.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA680 .D86 1985- Gans, Deborah. The Le Corbusier Guide. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA1053 .J4 A4 2006- Kurrent, Friedrich. Raummodelle. Boston; Birkha¨user, 1999
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA7125 .R3813 1999- Le Corbusier 1887-1965: 40 Wohnha¨user, Bauten und Projekte von Le Corbusier, Studienarbeiten an der Technischen Universita¨t Mu¨nchen = 40 houses, buildings and projects by Le Corbusier, scale models from the Technological University in Munich. Salzburg: Verlag Anton Pustet, 1997
HUNT DESK-4-NOF 720.8 J43JAAU- Le Corbusier Archive. New York: Garland, 1982-1984. 32 vols.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2707 .L4 A4 1982D- Le Corbusier. [Oeuvre complete]. 1929-1970. 8 vols.
HUNT STACKS-4 NA1053 .J4 B64
HUNT DESK-4-NON 724.944 J43
There are some volumes in STACKS-4. You will have to ask at the Arts Reference Desk to see the other volumes.v. 1. 1910-1929
v. 2. 1929-1934
v. 3. 1934-1938
v. 4. 1938-1946
v. 5. 1946-1952
v. 6. 1952-1957
v. 7. 1957-1965
v. 8. Last works- Le Corbusier, une encyclopedie. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1987
HUNT FA-REF-4 N6853 .J4 A4 1987- Ru Korubyujie no zen j*utaku = Le Corbusier: Houses. Tokyo: TOTO shuppan, 2000.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA1053 .J4 R8 2001- Weston, Richard. Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century: Plans, Sections, and Elevations. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.
HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2705 .W44 2004
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