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Subject Headings Used in Online Catalog

Architecture  Revised 2003

Prepared by Loraine Baratti
& Janette Rozene, Associate Professor, Cataloging Department

The Library uses Library of Congress Subject Headings in StyleCat   Online Catalog
For an outline of the Library of Congress Classification and the corresponding subject headings,  click here.

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Subject Headings

Air-supported structures
Apartment houses
Apartment houses, Cooperative
Apartments
     --Remodeling for other use
Architect-designed houses
Architects
     --In-service training
     --Legal status, laws, etc.
     --Malpractice
     See also: Women architects
Architects and housing developers
Architects and patrons
Architectural acoustics
Architectural contracts
Architectural design
     --Data processing
Architectural firms
Architectural inscriptions
Architectural ironwork
Architectural metal-work
Architectural models
Architectural photography
Architectural practice
Architectural practice, International
Architectural services marketing
Architectural technicians
Architectural woodwork
Architecture
     --Aesthetics
     --Competitions
     --Compositions, proportion, etc.
     --Conservation and restoration
     --Business community participation
     --Details --Salvaging
     --Environmental aspects
     --Exhibitions
     --Graphic methods
     --Guidebooks
     --History
     --Human factors
     --Language
     --Mutilation, defacement, etc.
     --Orders
     --Philosophy
     --Psychological aspects
     --Research
     --Sketchbooks
     --Terminology
     See also ethnic groups subdivided by
–Architecture such as: Pueblo Indians –Architecture
Architecture and climate
Architecture and energy conservation
Architecture and history
Architecture and literature
Architecture and society
Architecture and solar radiation
Architecture and state
Architecture and the aged
Architecture and the handicapped
Architecture and the physically handicapped
Architecture and women
Art museum architecture
Artists and architects
Building
     --Details
     --Estimates
Building, Adobe
Building, Brick
Building, Fireproof
Building, Iron and steel
Building, Stone
Building, Wooden
Building fittings
Building materials
Building sites
Building stones
Buildings
     --Conservation and restoration
     --Designs and plans
     --Energy conservation
     --Environmental engineering
     --Remodeling for other uses
     --Repair and reconstruction
     --Specifications
Buildings, Portable
Buildings, Prefabricated
See also: Prefabricated houses
Capitols
Carpentry
Cast-iron fronts (Architecture)
Church architecture
City planning
Classicism in architecture
Cobblestone buildings
Color in architecture
Columns, Corinthian
Columns, Doric
Columns, Ionic
Communication in architectural design
Construction contracts
Construction industry
Contractors’ operations
Contracts for work and labor
Crime prevention and architectural design
Daylighting
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Dwellings
     --Access for the physically handicapped
     --Energy conservation
     --Lighting
     --Maintenance and repair
     --Psychological aspects
     --Remodeling
     See also headings such as:
Upper classes –Dwellings.
Earth sheltered houses
Eclecticism in architecture
Environmental engineering
Ethnic architecture
Exoticism in architecture
Experimental houses
Façades
Fascism and architecture
Feng-shui
     See also: Harmony (Aesthetics)
Fire resistant materials
Flexible structures
Follies (Architecture)
Foundations
Framing (Building)
Geodesic domes
Glass construction
Graffito architecture
Grotesque in architecture
Historic buildings
     --Conservation and restoration
     --Guidebooks
     --Maintenance and repair
     --Remodeling for other use
     See also subdivided by place.
Homesites
House construction
Industrialized building
Interior architecture
Library architecture
Light in architecture
Lighting, Architectural and decorative
Lost architecture
Megastructures
Mirrors in architecture
Missions
Modular construction
Modular coordination (Architecture)
Museum architecture
Museum buildings
National socialism and architecture
Open spaces –Social aspects
Organic architecture
Pavements, Mosaic
Personal space
Plastering
Plasterwork, Decorative
Public architecture
Regionalism in architecture
Reinforced concrete construction
Sandstone buildings
Schools of architecture –Directories
Skyscrapers
Socialist realism and architecture
Solar buildings
Space (Architecture)
Stair building
     See also: Staircases; Stairs.
Structural engineering
Stucco
Sustainable architecture –Forecasting
Swimming pools
Symbolism in architecture
Synagogue architecture
Theater architecture
Tile construction
Urban beautification
Usonian houses
Vernacular architecture
Walls
     See also: Interior walls.
Windows
     See also: Lattice windows, Metal windows.
Woodwork

 

Architecture may be subdivided by style or time period such as:

Ancient
Anglo-Saxon
Baroque
Buddhist
Byzantine
Carolingian
Classical
Colonial
Domestic
--Shingle style
--Stick style
Edwardian
Elizabethan
Etruscan
Georgian
Gothic
Indic
Islamic
Jacobean
Medieval
Modern
--17th-18th centuries
--19th century
--20th century
Oriental
Postmodern
Primitive
Queen Anne
Regency
Renaissance
Rococo
Romanesque
Shaker
Spanish Colonial
Tropical
Tudor
Victorian
 

See also:
Architectural drawing
Architectural rendering
Architecture
--Designs and plans
--Presentation drawings
Blueprints
Computer-aided design
Entourage (Architectural rendering)
Measured drawing
Mechanical drawing
Perspective
Ratio and proportion
Structural design
Structural drawing
 

See also structures such as: Adobe houses; Arts facilities; Atrium buildings; Condominiums; Country homes; Department stores; Half-timbered houses; High-rise apartment buildings; Hotels; Log cabins; Office buildings; Shopping malls; Stores, Retail; Vacation homes, etc.

See also details such as: Atriums; Bas-relief; Basements; Canopies, Architectural; Ceilings; Chimneys; Decks (Architectural, Domestic); Domes; Doors; Doorways; Floors; Gargoyles; Moldings; Porches; Roofs; Roofs, Suspension; Rotundas; Shingles; Towers; Vaults (Architecture); etc.

See also landscaping headings such as: Fountains, Garden cities, Garden structures, Greenhouses, Landscape architects, Landscape architectural drawings, Landscape architecture, Landscape design, Landscape gardening, Patios, Plazas, Water gardens, etc.

See also headings such as: Municipal lighting, Pedestrian areas, Street lighting.

See also architects or architectural firms such as:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
–Contributions in architecture
SITE, Inc.
Wright, Frank Lloyd

See also specific buildings such as:
Avery Library
Empire State Building
Fallingwater (Pa.)
Flatiron Buiding

See also organizations such as:
New York Landmarks Conservancy