Ed. Hall Library: Interior Design: Bibliography: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

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The following is a selected list of books. Please search the library catalog for book location and related titles.
Prepared by Leslie Goldstein and Maria Isabel Fernandes, June 1999.

Codes & Standards I Dictionaries I Directories I Encyclopedias I Guides & Handbooks I History I Period Styles I Interior Designers I Theory I Topics: I Building & Interior Systems I Business & Professional Practice I Color I Lighting I Furniture I Materials I Flooring & Floor Coverings I Universal Design I Project Types: I Healthcare I Hospitality I Office Design I Residential I Visual Communication Methods: I Drawing, Drafting & CAD I Modeling I Journals I Indexes & Online Resources
CODES & STANDARDS:
Ref F5701.A4 1990		An Architect’s Guide to Building Codes & Standards 2 ^nded., Washington, DC: AIA, c.1990
Reserve Ref KF5709.3.H35 B37 1991		Barrier-Free Design: The Law: Selected Federal, New York State & New York City Accessibility Laws 5 ^thed., Jackson Heights, NY: Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, c.1991
Reserve Ref NA2708.R49		Interior Graphic & Design Standards Reznikoff, S. C. New York : Whitney Library of Design, c.1986
Ref TH431.R485 1989		Specifications for Commercial Interiors Reznikoff, S. C. Rev. ed., NY: Whitney Library of Design, c.1989
Ref NK2110.D35		Time-saver Standards for Interior Design & Space Planning de Chiara, Joseph, ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c.1991
DICTIONARIES:
Ref NK1704.J6		A Concise Dictionary of Interior Design Jones, Frederic H. Los Altos, California: Crisp Publications, c.1990
Ref NK1370.B93		The Design Encyclopedia Byars, Mel New York: Wiley, c.1994
Ref N31.D5		Dictionary of Art Turner, Jane, ed. New York : Grove’s Dictionaries, c.1996 URL: http://www.groveart.com
Ref NK2205.D5		Dictionary of Furniture Boyce, Charles, ed. NY: Facts on File Inc., c.1985
Ref NK30.F54		Dictionary of the Decorative Arts Fleming, John. New York : Harper & Row, c.1977
Ref NK1165.J47		The Facts on File Dictionary of Design & Designers Jervis, Simon. New York : Facts on File, c.1984
DIRECTORIES:
Ref NK2206.A57		The Antiques Directory. Furniture Edited by Judith & Martin Miller. Boston, Mass: G.K. Hall, c.1985.
Ref NK1166.C66		Contemporary Designers Edited by Ann Lee Morgan Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., c.1984
Ref NK1405.C5		The Index of American Design Christensen, Erwin Ottomar. NY: MacMillan, c.1950
Ref NA2850.I68		International Interior Design Bullivant, Lucy. New York : Abbeville Press, c.1993
Ref NK1705.M56 1998		The Style Sourcebook Miller, Judith. New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, c.1998
Ref K2004.2.W48 (latest ed.)		Who’s Who in Interior Design Laguna Beach, Calif.: Barons Who’s Who, c.1988.
Ref NK1174.M36		Women in Design: A Contemporary View McQuiston, Liz. NY: Rizzoli, 1988.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS:
Ref NK1370.B93		The Design Encyclopedia Byars, Mel. NY: Wiley, c.1994.
Ref NA2850.E44		The Elements of Style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details, from 1485 to the Present NY: Simon & Schuster, c.1991.
Ref NK30.B6		An Encyclopedia of Antiques Bond, Harold Lewis. Detroit : Gale Research Co., c.1975, c.1937.
Ref K1530.R32 1988		The Encyclopedia of Ornament Racinet, A. NY: Portland House: Distributed by Crown Publishers, c.1988.
Ref NK1390.J85		The Thames & Hudson Encyclopedia of 20 ^thCentury Design & Designers Julier,Guy. NY: Thames & Hudson, c.1993
Ref NK2235.S68 1989		Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture Payne, Christopher ed. NY: Harper & Row, 1989.
GUIDES & HANDBOOKS:
Ref TA166.W57 1992		Human Factors Design Handbook Woodson, Wesley E. 2 ^nded., NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1992
Ref NK 1705.L48		Interior Design Sourcebook: A Guide to Resources on the History & Practice of Interior Design Lewis, Susan A. Detroit: Omnigraphics, c.1998.
Ref TH 445.P8L54		Life Safety Code Handbook 7 ^thed., Boston: National Fire Protection Association, c.1997.
HISTORY:
NK 2002.R64 1978		American Interior Design: The Traditions & Development of Domestic Design from Colonial Times to the Present Rogers, Meyric Reynold. NY: Bonanza Books, 1978.
NK 1860.T49		Authentic Décor: The Domestic Interior, 1620-1920 Thornton, Peter. NY: Viking, c.1984.
NA 2850.B4		Craftsmen & Interior Decoration in England 1660-1820 Beard, Geoffrey W. NY: Holmes & Meier, 1986.
NK 1980.B3		The Decorative Thirties Battersby, Martin. London: Herbert Press, 1988.
NK 1370.F47		A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present: A Survey of the Modern Style Ferebee, Ann. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold ,c.1970.
NK 1710.B57		History of Interior Design & Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe Blakemore, Robbie G. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1997.
NA 324.M32		Houses, Villas, & Palaces in the Roman World McKay, Alexander Gordon. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, c.1998.
NK 1980.T37		Interior Design in the 20 ^thCentury Tate, Allen & Smith, Ray C. NY: Harper & Row, 1986.
NK 1986.O73F4		Postwar Interior Design: 1945-1960 Fehrman, Cherie & Kenneth. NY: Van Nostrand Renhold, c.1987.
NK 1390.W59		Twentieth-Century Design Woodham, Jonathan M. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, c.1997.
NK 1390.W6		Twentieth-Century Ornament Woodham, Jonathan M. NY: Rizzoli, c.1990.
PERIOD STYLES:
NA 707.S3		Colonial Interiors Sale, Edith Dabney. New York, N.Y.: W. Helburn Inc. , c.1930.
NA640.C73 1997		Georgian House Style: An Architectural & Interior Design Sourcebook Cranfield, Ingrid. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, c.1997.
NK 928.P375 1996		Regency Style Parissien, Steven. London: Phaidon P. , c.1992.
NK 2049.P37S33 1995		The Rococo Interior: Decoration & Social Spaces in Early Eighteenth-Century Paris Scott, Katie New Haven: Yale University Press, c.1995.
NK 975.C45 1990		Russian Imperial Style Cerwinske, Laura. NY: Wing Books, c.1990.
NK 2115.5.V53 B36 1995		Victorian Interior Style Banham, Joanna. London: Studio Editions, c.1995.
NK 1510.N39		What is Modern Interior Design? Kaufman, Edgar NY: Museum of Modern Art, c.1953.
INTERIOR DESIGNERS:
NK 1412.E18K57		Charles & Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century Kirkham, Pat. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c.1995.
NK 2399.K58L37		Knoll Design Larrabee, Eric. NY: H.N. Abrams, c.1981.
NK 1535.S72S7		Starck Starck, Philippe. London: Taschen, c.1996.
NA 7205.L56		The Wright Style: The Interiors of Frank Lloyd Wright Lind, Carla. London: Thames & Hudson, 1922.
THEORY:
NK2110.W5 1978		The Decoration of Houses Wharton, Edith & Ogden Cadman Jr. NY: Scribner, 1907.
NA7125.R9 1987		Home: A Short History of an Idea Rybczynski, Witold. NY: Viking Penguim, 1986.
NK1980.B73 1980		Interior Views Brown, Erica. London: Thames & Hudson, 1980.
N6450.P4 1975		Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius Pevsner, Nikolaus. NY: Museum of Modern Art, c.1949.
NK1510.N39		What is Modern Interior Design? Kaufman, Edgar. NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1953.
TOPICS I BUILDINGS & INTERIOR SYSTEMS:
Ref TJ163.3.E28		E-Source Technology Atlas Series Boulder, Colo. , USA: E Source, c.1993.
NA2850.V45 1994		Fundamentals: Detailing Fundamentals for Interior Design Veitch, Ronald M. Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers, c.1994.
NK2110.P55 1995		Interior Design Pile, John F. NY: Abrams, 1988.
TA403.R525 1992		Materials & Components of Interior Design Riggs, J. Rosemary. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, c.1992.
TOPICS I BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:
NK2116.A85 1992		ASID, American Society of Interior Designers Professional Practice Manual Thompson, Jo Ann Ashers, ed. NY: Whitney Library of Design, c.1992.
Ref NK2002.K57		The Interior Design Business Handbook Knackstedt, Mary V. New York: Whitney Library of Design, c.1998.
NK2116.2.P57 1994		Professional Practice for Interior Designers Piotrowski, Christine M. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1994
TOPICS I COLOR:
NK2115.5.C6P46 1997		Color in Interior Design Pile, John F. New York ; McGraw-Hill, c.1997.
NK2113.5.D66		Color Rendering; A guide for Interior Designers & Architects: Concept, Exploration, Process Dong, Wei. NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1997.
Ref ND1488.D47		Designer’s Guide to Color San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1984.
NK2115.5.C6P65		Interior Color by Design: A Design Tool for Architects, Interior Designers & Homeowners Poore, Jonathan Rockport, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, c.1994.
NK1548.H66 1995		Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers Holtzschue, Linda. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1995.
NK2115.5.C6H34 1978		The Use of Color in Interiors Halse, Albert D 2 ^nded. NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1978
TOPICS I LIGHTING:
NK2115.5.L5G67		Detailing Light: Integrated Lighting Solutions for Residential & Contract Design Gorman, Jean. NY: Whitney Library of Design, c.1995.
TK4256.L47 1996		The Lighting Pattern Book for Homes Leslie, Russsell P 2 ^nded. NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1996.
Reserve TK4175.G67 1995		Interior Lighting for Designers Gordon, Gary 3 ^rded. NY: J.Wiley, c.1995.
TOPICS I FURNITURE:
NA707.A55		The Antiques Book of American Interiors: Colonial & Federal Styles Elisabeth Donaghy, compiler NY: Crown, 1980.
NK2230.A7		The Book of Furniture & Decoration: Period & Modern Aronson, Joseph. NY: Crown Publishers, 1941.
NK2270.L82 1979		Furniture: A Concise History Lucie-Smith, Edward. London: Thames & Hudson, 1985.
NK2135.H7M8 1971		Household Furniture & Interior Decoration Executed from Designs by Thomas Hope Hope, Thomas. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807.
NK2395.M545 1997		Modern Furniture Designs, 1950-1980s: An International Review of Modern Furniture Atgen, PA: Shiffer Pub., c.1997.
NK1710.C6		Period Furnishings: An Encyclopedia of Historic Decorations & Furnishings Clifford, C.R. NY: Hall Pub Co 1949.
NK2395.H34 1996		Sourcebook of Modern Furniture Habegger, Jerryll 2 ^nded., NY: W.W Norton, c.1996.
NK775.L36		Victoriana Latham, Jean. NY: Stein & Day 1971.
TOPICS I MATERIALS:
NK2115.5 D73B2		The Basic Textbook of Window Fashions: The Official Textbook of the Window Fashions Certification Brezette, JoAnn. St.Paul, MN: G & W McNamara Publishing, c.1992.
TS1767.L37		Fabrics for Interiors: A Guide for Architects, Designers, & Consumers Larsen, Lenor. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1975.
Ref TS1309.F34 1979		Fairchild’s Dictionary of Textiles Wingate, Isabel B 6 ^thed., NY: Fairchild Publications, c.1979.
NK9500.M45 1991		Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European & American Patterns for Printed Fabrics Meller, Susan. NY: Harry N Abrams, c.1991.
TOPICS I FLOORING & FLOOR COVERINGS:
TH 2521.W56 1997		Floors Wilhide, Elizabeth. NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, c.1997.
NK 2115.5.F55 V66 1988		Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings: A Guide to Selecting Reproductions von Rosenstiel, Helene. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, c.1988.
NK 2808.E44 1998		Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide Eiland, Murray L 4 ^thed., Boston: Little, Brown, c.1998.
TOPICS I UNIVERSAL DESIGN:
Ref NK2545 A1 A25 1996		Accessible Design Review Guide: An ADAAG Guide for Designing & Specifying Spaces, Buildings & Sites New York: McGraw-Hill, c.1996.
TX315.R37		Housing Interiors for the Disabled & Elderly Raschko, Bettyann Boetticher. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1982.
NA2545.P5 N85		Universal Design: Creative Solutions for ADA Compliance Null, Roberta L. Belmont, Calif.:Professional Publications, c.1996.
PROJECT TYPES I HEALTHCARE:
RA967.H45 1997		Healthcare Design Marberry, Sara O, ed. NY: Wiley, c.1997.
RA967.B87		Hospitable Design for Healthcare & Senior Communities Bush-Brown, Albert. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1992.
RA967 M3		Hospital Interior Architecture: Creating Healing Environment for Special Patient Populations Malkin, Jain. New York, NK: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1991.
PROJECT TYPES I HOSPITALITY:
TX911.3.M27 D598		Restaurants that Work Dorf, Martin E. NY: Whitney Library of Design, c.1992.
TX653.C73 1990		The Shape of Food Preparation Spaces Crane, Dixon. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c.1990.
PROJECT TYPES I OFFICE DESIGN:
NA6230.T45		The New Office: Designs for Corporations, People & Technology Tetlow, Karin.
NA6232.B73		Office Design Brandt, Peter B. NY: Whitney Library of Design, c.1992.
PROJECT TYPES I RESIDENTIAL:
NK2110.G478 1984		The Complete Book of Home Design Gilliatt, Mary 2 ^ndU.S ed. Boston: Little, Brown, c.1984.
NA7205.W46 1995		Housing by Lifestyle: The Component Method of Residential Design Wentling, James W 2 ^nded. NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1995.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION METHODS I DRAWING, DRAFTING & CAD:
NA2728.K66		Architectural Modeling & Rendering with AutoCad R13 & R14 Kolarevic, Branko. NY: Wiley, c.1998.
NA2728.D66		Computer Visualization: An Integrated Approach for Interior Design & Architecture Dong, Wei. NY: McGraw-Hill, c.1998.
NA2780.D53		Drawing Interior Architecture Diekman, Norman NY: Whitney Library of Design, 1983.
NA2708.J66 1986		Interior Architecture: Drafting & Perspective Jones, Frederic. Menlo Park, Calif.: Crisp Publications, 1986.
NC750.P6		Perspective for Interior Designers Pile, John F. NY: Whitney Library of Design, 1985.
VISUAL COMMUNICATION METHODS I MODELING:
NA2790.B82		Building Architectural & Interior Design Models Fast! Buckles, G Matthew. Rancho Cucamonga, CA: Belpine Pub., Co., c.1991.
NA2790.K87 1994		Making Interior Models Kurabayashi, Susumu. Tokyo: Gurafikkusha, c.1994.
INTERIOR DESIGN JOURNALS:
ABITARE
L'AMBIENTE CUCINA
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST
CASABELLA
CASUAL LIVING
COUNTRY LIVING
DESIGN ISSUES
DOMUS
ELLE DECORATION
FINE HOMEBUILDING
FINE WOODWORKING
FURNITURE HISTORY
GA HOUSES
HOSPITALITY DESIGN
ID:MAGAZINE OF INTERNATIONAL DESIGN
INTERIOR DESIGN
INTERIORS
INTERIORS & SOURCES
INTERNI
ISSUES IN ARCHITECTURE ART & DESIGN
JOURNAL OF DESIGN HISTORY
JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE & PROPAGANDA ARTS
LIGHTING DIMENSIONS
MD:MOEBEL INTERIOR DESIGN
MODO
PRESERVATION
SD:SPACE DESIGN
WORLD INTERIORS
INDEXES & ONLINE RESOURCES:
Art Index (CD-ROM, Hardcopy) A very good starting place where art & architecture subjects are easily searched. The index began in 1929 The CD-ROM covers 1984-present. The years 1929 - 1994 are available as books. Also available on First Search database.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (CD-ROM) A broad, excellent and heavily used architecture & design index. Covers over 700 journals. Includes architectural design, history and practice, awards and prizes, city planning, interior design, historic preservation and landscape architecture. First produced in 1934 at Columbia University, & published in 1973. CD-ROM updated quarterly.
Design & Applied Arts Index A comprehensive international index to current & design-related journals. Coverage includes industrial design, vehicle design, architecture, interior design, furniture design, textile design, retail design, theater design and design for the disabled. Access by architect, building type, project, project location and persons/teams. Interior design included. Begun 1988, updated annually. Holdings begin 1989.