Architecture, urban planning

These databases (selection) support you in your studies and research:

• external page RSWB®plus – Search the RSWB® and ICONDA®Bibliographic databases, which contain bibliographic references of publications on spatial planning, urban planning, housing and construction
• external page Urbadoc – Access to various European bibliographical databases on urban and regional planning
• external page Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals – Reference to articles in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, archaeology, architectural conservation and interior architecture
• external page JSTOR – Focus on humanities and social and natural sciences
• external page Art & architecture source – Full-text access to over 600 journals and 220 books, and a collection of more than 36,000 images from the fields of art history, art, design, architectural history and theory
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Analog or digital, the most important reference books are available for you:

• SIA Standards – Reference work on Swiss standards for construction and building, maintained by the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA)
• VSS Standards – Standards in the field of transport technology, maintained by the Swiss Association of Road and Transportation Experts (VSS)
• Neufert Bauentwurfslehre (Neufert Architects’ Data) – A classic work containing the basic principles, standards and regulations governing the layout, construction, design, space requirement and dimensions for buildings, rooms and furnishings
• external page archINFORM – Projects, architectural practices, biographies of architects and references to literature, with special focus on the twentieth century
• external page nextroom – Database of information about buildings in text and illustrations, references to specialist literature on contemporary architecture
• external page Oxford Art Online – Combines the comprehensive resources of Grove Art Online and Oxford Art Reference in a single database
• Lexikon der Weltarchitektur – Comprehensive reference work on terminology, individuals and buildings
• Hatje-Lexikon der Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts – Reference work on architects, buildings, trends, connections
• Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture – Buildings, architects, engineers, towns and cities, technologies, planning

• external page MATERIAL ARCHIV – Freely accessible material database with information on background, processing and technical details
• Geodata, maps – Information about the collection of up-to-date and historical maps and geodata of the ETH Library
• external page architecture.com – Information from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• external page Architekturforum.ch – Swiss platform for jobs and placements, events, competitions, specialist information
• external page architekturmeldungen.de – Latest news concerning architecture from various sources
• external page A Daily Dose of Architecture – Information blog