Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all Season's Greetings, hope you have a good break and I look forward to seeing you in 2012!

The library will close tomorrow 24th December at midday and re-open on Tuesday 3rd January.

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/

Digimap YouTube channel

Digimap now has its own YouTubechannel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/EDINADigimap


If you are new to using mapping tools then you can find some good introductory clips on this channel.  We will also be running some drop-in sessions on using Digimap in the Marylebone Library training room, located on the ground floor in the North area of the library. Dates and times as follows:

Monday 14th November 1-2 pm
Tuesday 15th November 1-2 pm
Wednesday 16th November 1-2 pm
Thursday 17th November 1-2 pm
Friday 18th November 1-2 pm

New E-book titles

Here are the latetest new E-book titles to be made available:


Building construction handbook¬ (8th ed.) / R. Chudley and R. Greeno

Designing the city of reason¬: foundations and frameworks / Ali Madanipour

Planning for retail development¬: a critical view of the British experience / Clifford Guy

Building competences for spatial planners¬: methods and techniques for performing tasks with efficiency / Anastássios Perdicoúlis

Accessing other libraries

Watch this short video clip that the library staff have created giving you instructions for accessing resources at other institution's libraries. There are over 170 educational institutions that belong to the scheme, numerous of which are based in London and the South East.

Looking for images?

Having trouble sourcing quality images to inspire and inform design projects and course work?

Try accessing the following two web resources:

e-architect.co.uk

e-architect is one of the world's largest architecture websites with over 14,000 pages. e-architect is run by Adrian Welch and Isabelle Lomholt. Adrian and Isabelle both trained as architects but their strong interest in architecture led them to focus their energies on an online architectural resource rather than practicing. e-architect.co.uk features building news, events, competitions, photos, jobs, awards and products. It features a range of building types from houses to skyscrapers, plus major landscape and interior projects.

Buildings on flickr
Building magazine has created a flickr site where members can add their photographs, some fantastic images covering a range of buildings both UK and internationally. Coverage can also be quite modern due to its currency as a group.

Library Search
Listed under E-Resources in Library Search, you can select an images & multimedia category from E-Resources by type drop-down menu. The following are useful for sourcing images:
VADS (Visual Arts Data Service)
English Heritage Viewfinder
RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue Online (RIBApix)

Image credit: Turner Gallery, Margate by Em Mires