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Architects: print reference

International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture (Print, 2 volumes)
Biographical information also appears in Biography in Context. Features detailed entries on 523 architects and 467 buildings and sites that have figured prominently in Western architectural history. The set includes over 1,100 photographs and floor plans, and geographic, building, and architect indexes.
Contemporary Architects (Print)
Biographical information also appears in Biography in Context
Comprehensive profiles of the most significant architects of the 20th century. Biographical details of each architect/partnership, listings of works & projects, major exhibitions, bibliography, a personal statement, & an evaluative essay. Illustrated.

Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture (Oxford Reference)
Richly-illustrated volume "offers...up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history.....Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments.
Oxford Companion to Architecture (Oxford Reference)
Contains over 1500 A-Z entries covering all aspects of architecture, from architects, building types, and movements and styles to materials, aspects of design, and definition. Particularly strong in its coverage of architecture around the world, and of modern and vernacular architecture.

Grove Art Online (Oxford Art Online) This link opens in a new window
Online access to definitive reference works encompassing all aspects of visual culture; includes biographical and subject entries with bibliographies for further research and searchable images made available through Oxford's partnerships with museums, galleries, and other arts organizations.
Oxford Reference: Art & Architecture This link opens in a new window
Search facts and definitions found in dictionary and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference Online contains facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.