Architecture and Interior Design
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Top Databases
- Art and Architecture Complete
- Use this resource to search for journal articles, e-books and images. Links to the full text are provided, where available.
- British Architectural Library Catalogue
- use this resource to find out what journal articles and books have been published on your subject
- Construction Information Service
- a comprehensive source of technical information much of which can be viewed online.
Top Journals
- Architects Journal
- Building Design
- Architectural Review
- is available in the Library
- A+U
- is available in the Library
- Frame
- is available in the Library
- Elle Decoration
- is available in the Library
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Oxford Art Online
- gives you encyclopaedic information on all aspects of the visual arts. It includes links to images and other useful features such as timelines.
- Credo Reference
- try out a concept map search to see how your topic links to others.
Websites & Sources of Data
- Design Addict
- Search for designers and examples of their work, contribute to the blog and a range of forums and use the directory of links to find out more.
- EAAE Periodicals databases
- European Association for Architectural Education has produced this list of journal titles relating to Architecture. Useful guide for researchers on where to publish.
- Intute
- helps you to find good quality websites in your subject area.
Resources in the Library
- Display Space
- If you want to display your work here, please contact Greta Friggens in the Library.
- Large Format Printing
- Large format colour printing is available in the Map Library
Theses / Dissertations
Some examples of dissertations from architecture and interior design are available on the Second Floor of the Library. Some are also available on the Dissertations database.
Audio, Images & Video
- ARTstor
- An online collection of over a million visual arts images.
- JISC Media Hub
- Search, view, and download thousands of video, image and audio resources from many different collections covering news, documentaries, popular culture and much more
- RIBApix
- architectural images from the RIBA.
Newspapers
- Nexis UK
- Search for and read international newspaper articles from 1980s/90s to the present.
Meet the Subject Team

Lizzie Wildgoose
Assistant Faculty Librarian
lizzie.wildgoose@port.ac.uk (023) 9284 3452
Greta Friggens
Faculty Librarian
greta.friggens@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3456
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Where is my Subject in the Library?
- Second Floor:
- Architecture – 720s
- Interior architecture - 720.288
- Interior Design – 747
- Planning – 711
- Landscape architecture – 712
- Ground Floor:
- Civil Engineering - 624
- Building Technology – 690s
