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Interior Design: Books & Ebooks

Current Textbooks for Interior Design

Fundamentals of Lighting by Windchip
ISBN: 9781501370243
Interior Design: Materials & Specifications by Godsey
ISBN: 9781501360855
Studio Companion Series Design Basics by Fullmer
ISBN: 9781501371707
History of Interior Design by Ireland
ISBN: 9781501319907
Residential Interior Design by Maureen Mitton; Courtney Nystuen
ISBN: 9781119653431
Publication Date: 2021-12-23
Hand Drafting for Interior Design by Diana Bennett Wirtz Kingsley; Jeanne Diehl-Shaffer
ISBN: 9781501326714
Publication Date: 2020-04-02
Fabric for the Designed Interior by Frank Theodore Koe
ISBN: 9781501305337
Publication Date: 2017-01-12
Color Plus Design by Reed, Ronald
ISBN: 9781501362699
Research-Inspired Design: A Step-by-Step Guide for Interior Designers by Lily B. Robinson
ISBN: 9781501371592
Human Dimension and Interior Space : A Source Book of Design Reference Standards by Julius Panero and Martin Zelnik
ISBN: 9780770434601
Publication Date: 1979
Shaping Interior Space by R. Rengel
ISBN: 9781501326622
Publication Date: 2020

E-books

E-books will also show up in your Library Catalogue search results.

IES Lighting Library by Illuminating Engineering Society,
The Lighting Library™ is the new online platform that updates, expands, and replaces the 2010 Lighting Handbook and previous versions of all IES standards. Contains full set of IES standards, divided into five Collections, with features that allow you to annotate, bookmark, find references and utilize the exclusive Interactive Illuminance Selector tool.
Building Construction Illustrated [electronic Resource] by Francis D. K. Ching
Residential Interior Design [e-book] by Maureen Mitton; Courtney Nystuen
Building Systems for Interior Designers [Electronic book] by Corky Binggeli
Sustainable Residential Interiors [e-book] by Debbie Hindman; Annette Stelmack; Associates III; Kari Foster

Cafes and bars: the architecture of public display

British Columbia Codes
All Code publications are now available under the "Public Library" collection.

BC Building Code 2006 --BC Building Code 2012 --BC Building Code 2018 --BC Fire Code 2006 --BC Fire Code 2012 --BC Fire Code 2018 --BC Plumbing Code 2012 --BC Plumbing Code 2018 --Vancouver Building By-Law 2014 --Vancouver Building By-Law 2007.

Visual Communication for Architects and Designers [Electronic Book] by Margaret Fletcher
ISBN: 9780429640315
Publication Date: 2020-09-28

Selected books

The Lighting Handbook, 10th Edition (HB-10-11) by David DiLaura (Editor); Kevin Houser (Editor); Richard Mistrick (Editor); Gary Steffy (Editor)
Call Number: Burnaby - Reserves TK 4161 I45 2011
Human dimension & interior space : a source book of design reference standards
Call Number: NA 2542.4 P356 1979
ISBN: 0823072711
Design activism : beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world
Call Number: NK 1390 F83 2009
ISBN: 9781844076444
J. J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science by Ingrid Johnson; Ajoy K. Sarkar; Allen C. Cohen
Call Number: TS 1765 C64 2015
Fabrics by Marypaul Yates
Call Number: TS 1767 Y38 2002

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks

1000 Architects
NA 50 O54 v.1-2
Architectural graphic standards for residential construction
TH 2031 A84254 2003
Contemporary architects
NA 40 C64
Design like you give a damn
NA 2543 S6D397 2006
Encyclopedia of 20th century architecture
NA 680 E493 v. 1-3
Encyclopedia of Interior design
NK 1165 E48 1997 v.1-2
Encyclopedia of vernacular architecture of the world
NA 208 E53 v. 1-3
Interior design and architecture: critical and primary sources
International dictionary of architects and architecture
NA 40 I48 v.1-2
Sir Banister Fletcher's a history of architecture
NA 200 F63
The Architects' handbook
NA 2520 A67 2002
The Design encyclopedia
NK 1370 B93 2004

The Cambridge History of Western Textiles by David Jenkins (Editor)
The Book of Silk by Philippa Scott
ISBN: 0500236623

Key word searches

Thonet
Robert Adam
Stickley
Horta
Josef Hoffman

Biedermeier
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Baroque
Rococo
Gothic

Georgian
Regency
Liberty
Arts & Crafts

E-book Central books : Architecture, Interior Design

Ebook Central
E-books on various subjects, including engineering, technology, health, business, aviation and architecture. The maximum loan period is 4 days.

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking for Designers by Christine M. Piotrowski
ISBN: 9781118015629
Publication Date: 2011-02-16
Interior Design Masters by Mark Hinchman; Elyssa Yoneda

Call Number Areas

Try searching the shelves in these call # areas:

NA 2700 - Architectural design and drawing
NA 2835 - Architectural details
NA 680 - Architecture, Modern-20th Century
NA 737 - Architecture in the U.S. including individual architects
NA 749 - Architecture in Canada, including individual architects
NA 997 - Architecture in Britain, including individual architects
NK 6- Decorative arts