New Journal titles

We now have electronic access to two new titles available from Bloomsbury Publishing and listed in Library Search:

The journal of Home Cultures is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere, its artefacts, spaces and relations, across timeframes and cultures. 'Home' is a highly fluid and contested site of human existence that reflects and reifies identities and values. In this context Home Cultures explores the relationship between body and building, consumption, material culture, the meaning of home, moving cultures and social consequences of planning and architecture.

The Senses & Society journal provides a crucial forum for the exploration of this vital new area of inquiry. Peer-reviewed and international, it brings together ground-breaking work in the humanities and social sciences and incorporates cutting-edge developments in art, design, and architecture. Every volume contains something for and about each of the senses, both singly and in all sorts of novel configurations.

The Senses & Society Journal

Home Culture Journal





Help with locating architectural information in print journals

We have a wealth of information relating to architects and their projects and buildings, a lot of this information is held within our print collection of architectural related journals on the third floor of the library.  Unless you have been given a specific reference to where information has been published it can be difficult to trace this information via Library Search, as information in print journals that are not available electronically are not indexed.

I usually use and suggest the RIBA catalogue for tracing this type of content, as they do index their print journal collection.  You can then cross reference with the journal titles that we hold to find the relevant information.  I have created a short clip to demonstrate how you can use the RIBA catalogue to this effect:

Time for some re-growth and regeneration

The library has been going through a regenerative phase over the Summer and we can't wait to unveil it for you all to enjoy.  Thank you for bearing with us, it won't be long now...

Why don't you take the opportunity to improve your research skills by attending some of our sessions scheduled throughout semester one.  Topics include using Library Search to improve your marks, Referencing skills and a new addition delivered by our very knowledgeable Archive's team on using the Archive for architectural research. More details on sessions can be found here:
http://www.randrskills.signupsheet.com/

Architectus OER

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Architectus provides a recognised Open Educational Resources (known as OERs) for teaching and learning purposes in Architecture and the Built Environment – including digital primary sourced drawings, concept designs, construction plans amongst other valuable digitised resources now available to the wider teaching and learning community under an open Creative Commons licensing model.

The resource is searchable in several ways – by Practice, project/building type, by date or asset category (incorporating the five stage RIBA plan of work).

You can read more about the resource from this blog http://architectus.bcu.ac.uk/blog

Try out the resource for yourself here http://architectus.bcu.ac.uk/practices

NBS TV Video

A new development ready for the academic year is that NBS (National Building Specifications), have made NBS TV free to air for the rest of the year!

It may be a good source for background research before delving into journals and books; it is an innovative way of research from reliable sources.

Click below for an example of the type of programmes available:

BIM and construction law - NBS TV video

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)

We have recently subscribe to the Box of Broadcasts resource or BoB for short, an off-air recording and media archive service. It has a TV scheduling service that allows users to record TV and radio programmes to be broadcast as well as retrieving programmes from a selected list of channels. Once programmes are recorded they can be streamed in flash and accessed online.


The archive currently offers over 45,000 TV and radio programmes covering all genres, with an archive of recorded programmes available indefinitely to users. Other features include the ability to create clips and playlists and then share with others.

You can access BoB via Library Search by typing the title into the Book, journals and more tab and then clicking on the link, you will be able to access off site in the UK using the institutional login.

Watch an overview below:

New E-book titles

Here are the lastest titles available in electronic format which can be accessed anywhere, anytime anyplace...

Planning in the USA: policies, issues, and processes (3rd ed.) / Barry Cullingworth and Roger W. Caves


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203890943

Urban Data Management Symposium (25th : 2007 : Stuttgart, Germany) Urban and regional data management : UDMS annual 2007 : proceedings of the Urban Data Management Society Symposium 2007 : Stuttgart, Germany, 10-12 October 2007 / editors, Volker Coors ... [et al.]


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203931042

Lessons for the Big Society: planning, regeneration and the politics of community participation / by Bryan Fanning, Denis Dillon


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781409420699

Alcohol, drinking, drunkeness : (dis)orderly spaces / Mark Jayne, Gill Valentine, Sarah L. Holloway


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781409423300

Multi-owned housing : law, power and practice / edited by Sarah Blandy, Ann Dupuis, Jennifer Dixon


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781409408956

Architecture and revolution : contemporary perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Neil Leach


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203208335

Architecture and revolution : contemporary perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Neil Leach


https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203208335



Architect's drawings : a selection of sketches by world famous architects through history / Kendra Schank Smith

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780080454658



Twenty buildings every architect should understand / Simon Unwin

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203849392



Ethics for the built environment / Peter Fewings

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203926901



Building services handbook : incorporating current building & construction regulations (6th ed.) / Fred Hall and Roger Greeno

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780080969831



Ethics and the built environment / edited by Warwick Fox

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203130513



Politics, planning and homes in a world city / Duncan Bowie

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203855577



Public places - urban spaces : the dimensions of urban design (2nd ed.) / Mathew Carmona ... [et al.]

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781856179041



Urban and regional planning (5th ed.) / Peter Hall and Mark Tewdwr-Jones

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203861424



Public and private spaces of the city / Ali Madanipour

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780203402856



Urban planning in Europe : international competition, national systems and planning projects / Peter Newman and Andy Thornley

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Spatial planning and urban development : critical perspectives / Pier Carlo Palermo, Davide Ponzini

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9789048188703



Online research methods in urban and planning studies : design and outcomes / Carlos Nunes Silva [editor]

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9781466600751



Naked city : the death and life of authentic urban places / Sharon Zukin

https://www.dawsonera.com/guard/protected/dawson.jsp?name=https://idp.wmin.ac.uk/entity&dest=http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/AbstractView/S9780199741892

Postmodernism

I recently visited the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A which encompassed all the arts including architecture including Charles Jencks's writings and theories on postmodernism.

Displayed as part of the exhibition for the New wave period in the 1980's were copies of the publication Domus which was a important method to deliver news about what was happening at that stage of the movement.  We subscribe to Domus in the library where print copies can be found dating from 1963 to current day so if you are interested in reading more about the movement as it was percieved then why not take a browse of the 1980's range (if you are not sure where/how to locate please let me know).

In relation to this there is also a recent article in The Architectural Review, Vol 1377, November 2011 pgs 112-117 "Reassessing Postmodernism is the movement still relevant 50 years on?" by Colin Fournier - we also subscribe to this journal in print.

Image credit: Em Mires

Historypin

Historypin is a non for profit website which allows online communities to build collections and gather information relating to themes around geographic locations and time periods.

There are tours in which you can look at the history and timeline of places and buildings amongst other themes for example:
A tour through London's historic theatreland
A tour through historic Edinburgh
A tour of Beverly Hills

You can sign in to Historypin automatically with a googlemail account and it is free to browse, view and add your own collections.

http://www.historypin.com/

AA Bookshop sale!

Research resources

View the following online visual presentation to find out more about the essential resources available for you during your studies here at Westminster.

Online tutorials of Library Search can also be accessed from the library homepage, and will give you a good overview of its key features.

New Architecture e-books

Smart materials and new technologies for architecture and design professionals by Michelle D. Addington

Tooling by Benjamin Aranda

Space time play computer games, architecture and urbanism - the next level by Steffen Friedrich Von Borries

All of these titles can be found by searching in Library Search

New architecture e-books

Writing spaces discourses of architecture, urbanism and the built environment 1960-2000 by Greig C. Crysler

How to get your research published in journals by Abby Day

Lighting modern buildings by Derek Phillips

Emergence of the interior architecture, modernity, domesticity by Charles Rice

Towards a new architect the guide for architecture students by Yasmin Shariff

Expressive form a conceptual approach to computational design by Kostas Terzidis

Design of lighting by Peter Tregenza

Procuring innovative architecture by Leon Van Schaik

Adorno on popular culture by Robert W. Witkin

Emerging architecture

The RIBA emerging architecture lecture series 2011 kicks off next month with talks from winning and commended architects from the twelth Architectural Review awards:

Tuesday 8th February - 6.30pm
Architects Atelier Ryo Abe + Samdeep Padora & Associates

Tuesday 15th February - 6.30pm
Carmody Groarke + Arquitecturia

Tuesday 22nd February - 6.30pm
NHDRO + Suriya Umpansiriratana

www.architecture.com/emerging

Marylebone Library also subscribes to the Journal Architectural Review and it can be located on the ground floor of the Library shelved on the back wall opposite the counter area.

Open House London

The architectural showcase that is Open House London will open doors to hundreds of building across London on the 18th and 19th of September.

It is FREE and provides the opportunity to explore not only the buildings but also the issues relating to buildings such as climate change, role of architects and design of homes to name a few.

You can order the listings guide from their website and also browse a summary list of bookable buildngs.

Blueprint Big Breakfasts

Photograph courtesy of Suat Eman


As part of the London Festival of Architecture, Blueprint the journal are hosting a week of big breakfast events commencing tomorrow with Ken Livingstone as the key speaker. The breakfast's themselves promise to be "hearty" and hosted at Smith's of Smithfields or the Luxe.

More details can be found here

Architectural Association Independent Radio

Why not listen in to one of the broadcasts on the Architectural Association's Independent Radio station run by AA staff & students past & present.

You can listen online or subscribe to the podcasts to keep updated and entertained on the go, documentaries, interviews, music and inspirations are just some of the content available.

Jeremy Till at the V&A

As part of the V&A's 'Listen to Leading Thinkers and Designers' the Dean of Architecture here at UoW Jeremy Till will be talking on Tuesday 22nd June 7pm-8pm, so a date to put in your diary!

The theme is architecture and locality, cost is £8 & £6 concession you can book over the phone on o2o 7942 2211

There are also some other talks that are 'Closer look at Architecture' that may also be of interest, follow the link above to view all related.

Journal title highlight of the month

I thought it may be useful to draw to your attention some of the journal titles that you may find of interest and valuable in your research and study.

The journal title I have chosen this month is The Journal of Architecture it is jointly published by the RIBA & Routledge. There are a range of issues which have a range of themes and subjects including individual architects, design theory, architectural culture, sustainability, everyday building and many more. There are also book and exhibition reviews included regularly.

You can access the title via infoLinx, select the tab 'Find e-Journal' and type the title into the search box at the top and use 'Go' to retrieve the list of matching results. Remember that if you are accessing the title off campus select the i button to check whether you will need a username & password to access.

Personally I find this title a great resource especially when researching subjects which have a historical context such as architectural movements which continue to influence contemporary developments.

Whitechapel built environment talks

There will be a series of talks/events planned later on this summer at the Whitechapel Gallery, which are related to aspects of the built environment:

Sunday 30th May, 3pm - Screening: Goudvis Robbrecht en Daem (free)

Thursday June 3rd, 7pm - William Mann on Robbrecht and Daem: pacing through architecture (free)

Thursday 10th June, 7pm - Panel discussion: restless cities (£7/£5 con)

Saturday 19th June, 3pm - Chris Dyson & Ed McKeon on architecture & music (free)

Monday 21st June, 7pm - Urban projects: Paul Robbrecht