Research Guides: ARC 2017: Research Methods: Case Studies

Resources for Case Studies

Building Types Online - The database is based on Birkhäuser's high international standing in professional architecture books, on the knowledge of the authors and editors who are leading experts in their fields, as well as on the technical quality of the illustrations. Facilitates research on building typology and architectural design assignments. Includes architectural drawings and case studies published in Birkhauser publications.
El Croquis Series - International architecture magazine that devotes each issue to an in-depth look of into one architect or firms work and designs. Available in print and digitally.

Books on Case Studies and Precedents

Precedents in Architecture by Roger H. Clark; Michael Pause
Precedents in Architecture, Fourth Edition provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that illuminates the works of leading architects and aids architects and designers in creating their own designs. Thirty-eight leading architects are represented in this updated edition through an analysis of more than 100 buildings that are assessed using a diagrammatic technique applicable to any building.
Ten Canonical Buildings: 1950-2000 by Peter Eisenman; Andrew Heid (Editor); Ariane Lourie (Editor); Stan Allen (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
Peter Eisenman, renowned for his own controversial and influential body of work, looks at ten leading architects of the twentieth century and their theoretical positions, technological innovations, and design contributions.
Case Study Houses by Elizabeth A. T. Smith; Peter Gössel (Editor)
Modernist experimental homes. Prototypes for everyone The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom.
Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 To 1990 by Eamonn Canniffe; Peter Blundell Jones
Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence and role have been overlooked by conventional histories of the subject, is discussed. The case study structure allows each example to be discussed and used as a springboard to explore different theoretical approaches.

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Call Number	Topic
NA737	American Architects and Firms
NA738-NA1555.5	Non-American Architects Firms
NA4100-8480	Buildings by Typology

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