Research Guides
These are the guidelines by which materials are purchased for the Architecture Collections of the UW Libraries (Seattle Campus).
For questions or more information, please contact Head, Built Environments Library (alanmich@uw.edu).
The UW Libraries is committed to providing convenient and timely access to collections and information resources that are outstanding with respect to their quality, depth, diversity, format and currency to support the research and teaching missions of the University of Washington.
Architecture combines art and science to provide safe, utilitarian, and, psychologically satisfying enclosures, protecting a range of human activities from the elements. The architect reinterprets shifting conceptions of beauty using contemporary technologies to conceive, build, support and sheath new forms of shelter. At its best, architecture, like art, provokes the user to reconsider her or his place vis-à-vis the natural world and with prevailing conventions and expectations.
Library of Congress Classification (LC):
BF:Psychology
D: History
F: Local History of the Americas
GV: Recreation Leisure
HD: Industries
HE: Transportation and Communication
HT: Communities
KF: United States Law
LD: United States Education
N: Visual Arts
NA: Architecture
NK: Decorative Arts
SB: Horticulture
T: Technology
TA: Civil Engineering
TD: Environmental Technology
TH: Building Construction
TJ: Mechanical Engineering and Machinery
TR: Photography
WX: Hospital Administration
Z: Bibliography and Library Science