Guides: Architecture Research: Open Access Architecture

Selected OA Research Sources

Building Research Information Knowledgebase (BRIK)
Find peer-reviewed research projects and case studies in all facets of building.
Digital Network Commons: Architecture
Browse by discipline for free, full-text scholarly articles.
Open Access Architectural Content
Megalist of open access institutional repositories in North America with architectural content.
Philadelphia Architects + Buildings
Find projects and buildings, architects, engineers and contractors, and images.
SAH Archipedia
Find histories, photographs, and maps for over 20,000 structures and places.
Structurae
Discover the diversity of civil, structural and bridge engineering.
USModernist
Find digitized major U.S. 20th century architecture magazines.

A+BE : Architecture and the Built Environment
Publishes dissertations in architecture and urbanism.
ACE : Architecture, City and Environment
Articles are in usually in either Spanish or English.
Architecture_MPS
Read scholarly papers on the social and political interpretation of the built environment.
Architectural Histories
Articles analyze architecture and the built environment from a historical perspective.
Berkeley Planning Journal
Published by graduate students in the Department of City and Regional Planning.
Buildings
Find research on building science, building engineering and architecture.
DEARQ : Journal of Architecture
Find research in Spanish and English on architecture and urbanism.
Interaction Design and Architecture(s)
Learn about the future of technology-mediated experiences.
Journal of Settlements + Spatial Planning
Published in English, from Babeş-Bolyai University in Romania.
Urbanism Architecture Constructions
Access articles on all aspects of studying the human habitat.