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Pidgeon Digital Database of Architectural Talks
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Pidgeon Digital Database of Architecture Talks
The original collection was created by Monica Pidgeon, famed editor of Architectural Design, in 1979. This took the form of a series of tape/slide talks, each consisting of an audio-cassette, and corresponding time-coded colour slides. Monica wanted to widen the horizons of students of architecture and design by giving them the opportunity to share the thinking of world leading members of the profession to whom they might not otherwise have access. She believed that being able to hear the actual voices of the designers of buildings, and listen to their ideas in their own words was extremely important.
Architectural Design
Monica joined forces with Stephen Albert and World Microfilms who successfully published and distributed the collection worldwide for over 25 years under the banner of "The Pidgeon Audiovisual Collection".
In order to preserve this valuable archive and make it more widely available Stephen had the idea to digitise the talks. and in 2006 "Pidgeon Digital" was born. The talks are shown as online presentations, which are fully searchable for use by the wider architecture and built environment community.
Library Catalog
Fall 2022 Architecture Textbooks Available at the Library
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Introduction to Architecture by ISBN: 9781118142066Publication Date: 2012-10-23The required text for ARCH 1112. Is available for 2-hour Reserve or multi-user 1-day eBook access via catalog. -
Buildings Across Time by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781264299843Publication Date: 2022-04-01The required text for ARCH 2003 & 2183. Three eBook copies available for 1-day access via catalog. -
MINIMUM DESIGN LOADS AND ASSOCIATED CRITERIA FOR BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES by Call Number: 2hr ReserveISBN: 9780784483497Publication Date: 2022One of 2 required texts for ARCH 3043. One physical copy is available on 2hr Reserve, and one digital copy is available for unlimited users with a 180-day loan. There is a maximum amount of pages that can be downloaded and printed each day. -
Writing about Architecture by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781616891138Publication Date: 2012-03-201 of 2 required texts for ARCH 3100. One eBook copy is available for unlimited concurrent users. -
Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture by ISBN: 9781568980539Publication Date: 1996-03-012 of 2 required texts for ARCH 3100. Two copies are available on 2-hr Reserve. -
Structural Analysis by ISBN: 9780134610672Publication Date: 2017-07-28The required text for ARCH 3143. Two copies are available on 2-hour Reserve. -
Structural Steel Design by ISBN: 9780134589657Publication Date: 2017-08-03The required text for ARCH 3323. One copy available through 2-hour Reserve. -
The Chicago School of Architecture by ISBN: 0226114554Publication Date: 1998-11-151 of 2 required texts for ARCH 4173. Three copies available. One on 2-hour Reserve, and 2 in the stacks. -
Form Follows Finance by ISBN: 9781568980447Publication Date: 1995-11-012 of 2 required texts for ARCH 4173. One copy available on 2-hour Reserve.
Fall 2022 Landscape Architecture Textbooks Available at the Library
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Landscape Architecture, Fifth Edition by ISBN: 9780071797658Publication Date: 2013-02-27The required text for LA 1013. There are two copies available. One in the Main Library 2-hr Reserve, and the other in the ARCH Library 2-hr Reserve. -
Landscape Graphics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780823073337Publication Date: 2002-09-01The required text for LA 1213. There is one eBook available for 1-day access via the catalog. -
Form and Fabric in Landscape Architecture by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780203639078Publication Date: 2004-03-01The required text for LA 2515. eBook available with unlimited access. -
Bringing Nature Home by Call Number: 2hr ReserveISBN: 9780881929928Publication Date: 2009-04-01Required text for LA 3515. One copy available on 2hr Reserve. -
Site Engineering for Landscape Architects by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118419090Publication Date: 2013-01-22The required text for LA 3884. There is one eBook available for 1-day access via the catalog. -
Contemporary Urban Planning by Call Number: 2-hr ReserveISBN: 9781138666375Publication Date: 2016-09-01The required textbook for LA 4433. One physical copy is available at Arch Library for 2hr Reserve. -
Urban Design Handbook by Call Number: 2-hr ReserveISBN: 9780393731064Publication Date: 2003-01-17The required textbook for LA 4515. One copy is available at the ARCH Library 2-hr Reserve. -
Time-Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture by Call Number: 2-hr ReserveISBN: 9780070170278Publication Date: 1997-11-22The required textbook for LA 4894. One copy is available at the ARCH Library 2-hr Reserve.
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The John Rex Cunningham Architecture Library is a branch of the OSU Library. It is located in Room 160 of the Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building, south of Boone Pickens Stadium. This branch library acquires materials and provides services to the School of Architecture, as well as related programs elsewhere on campus. Collections focus on the following areas:
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