Research Guides: Women Artists, Architects and Designers: Directories and Reference Sources

Architects and Landscape Architects

Pioneering Women of American Architecture
A listing of historically significant women practitioners selected by a jury of prominent architectural historians.

AA women in architecture, 1917-2017 by edited by Elizabeth Darling & Lynne Walker
Call Number: * NA1997 .A3 2017 Arts Library Oversize*
The architect : women in contemporary architecture by Maggie Toy
Call Number: NA1997 .A73 2001 Arts Library Reference

ISBN: 0823016528

Architecture Library — Bloomsbury

Architexx
A non-profit organization for gender equity in architecture, "transforming the profession by bridging the academy and practice."

Breaking Ground : architecture by women by Jane Hall
Call Number: NA1997 .H35 2019 Arts Library Reference

ISBN: 9780714879277
Contemporary Architects by Muriel Emanuel (Editor)
Call Number: * NA40 .C66 1994 Arts Library Reference, Arts Library Oversize*, SRLF

ISBN: 1558621822

3rd edition. Earlier editions:
* NA40 .C66 and Arts Library Reference
* NA40 .C66 1987 Arts Library Reference
Covers international architects and firms working over the past fifty years.

Directory of African American Architects
Includes an alphabetical listing and state listings of African-American architects, landscape architects, and architecture school faculty. Includes the ability to limit by gender.
Dynamic National Archive
The Dynamic National Archive (DNA) is part of an ongoing project to catalog the names, biographies, and work of female architects and designers who have contributed to the development of the places and spaces of the United States. The Collection includes over 1,100 practitioners from all 50 states, and is constantly growing.

Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area by Inge Schaefer Horton
Call Number: NA730.C2 S256 2010 Arts Library

ISBN: 9780786446568
Feminist Practices : interdisciplinary approaches to women in architecture by Lori A. Brown (Editor)
Call Number: NA2543.F45 F46 2011 Arts Library

ISBN: 9781409421177
Feminist Practices : interdisciplinary approaches to women in architecture by Clements R. Markham; Lori A. Brown
Call Number: Online Access

ISBN: 9781409421184
The First American Women Architects by Sarah Allaback
Call Number: NA736 .A48 2008 Arts Library Reference

ISBN: 9780252033216
From tipi to skyscraper; a history of women in architecture. by Doris Cole
Call Number: NA1997 .C674f Arts Library, SRLF

ISBN: 091322202X
Heroínas del espacio : [mujeres arquitectos en el Movimiento Moderno] by Carmen Espegel
Call Number: NA958.5.M63 E87 2007 Arts Library

ISBN: 849348329X

IAWA Biographical Database of Women in Architecture
Compiled by the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), this database's focus is on historical rather than current women architects. Includes links to inventories of IAWA archival collections.

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects by Adolf K. Placzek (Editor)
Call Number: NA40 .M25 1982 v.1-4 Arts Library Reference; v.1-3 YRL

ISBN: 0029250005
On Stage! : women in landscape architecture and planning by Barbara Zibell (Editor)
Call Number: SB469.375 .O51 2016 Arts Library

ISBN: 9783868594669

Pacific Coast Architecture Database (PCAD)
PCAD contains information regarding the buildings and designers of California, Oregon, and Washington. Related professionals such as landscape architects, interior designer, developers, and building contractors and their work are also included.

"That exceptional one" : women in American architecture, 1888-1988.
Call Number: NA1997 .T47 1988 Arts Library, Powell Library
Women in American Architecture : a historic and contemporary perspective : a publication and exhibition organized by the Architectural League of New York through its Archive of Women in Architecture by Susana Torre (Editor)
Call Number: NA1997 .W842 Arts Library, YRL, * NA1997 .W842 Arts Library Oversize

ISBN: 0823074854
Women Garden Designers by Kristina Taylor
Call Number: * SB469.375 .T39 2015 Arts Reference

ISBN: 9781870673815
Women Rebuild : stories, polemics, futures by Franca Trubiano (Editor); Ramona Adlakha (Editor)
Call Number: NA2543.F45 W66 2019 Arts Library

ISBN: 9781943532438

Artists

American women artists, past and present : a selected bibliographic guide / Eleanor Tufts.
Z7963.A75 T84 1984 v.1-2 Arts Library Reference
The Archives of Women Artists
The National Museum of Women in the Arts' research files.
Artist Profiles: National Museum of Women in the Arts
Contemporary artists (5th edition)
N6490 .C6567 2002 Arts Library Reference
Earlier editions also available
Contemporary photographers
TR139 .C66 1988 Arts Library Reference & YRL Reference Reading Room
Contemporary women artists / editors, Laurie Collier Hillstrom, Kevin Hillstrom ; with a preface by Lucy R. Lippard.
N8354 .C66 1999 Arts Library Reference & Powell Library Main Reading Room Reference
Dictionary of women artists / editor, Delia Gaze ; picture editors, Maja Mihajlovic, Leanda Shrimpton.
N8354 .D53 1997 v.1-2 Arts Library Reference & Powell Library Main Reading Room Reference
Dictionary of women artists : an international dictionary of women artists born before 1900 / Chris Petteys, with the assistance of Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin, Verna Ritchie
* N43 .P47 1985 Arts Library Reference, SRLF & YRL Reference Reading Room
An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West / Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick ; foreword by William H. Goetzmann.
N8214.5.U6 K68 1998 Arts Library Reference
Feminist Art Base
An online digital archive dedicated to feminist art, at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum
Hundred Heroines
Hundred Heroines is the only UK charity dedicated to promoting women in photography.
International women artists : entering the second millenium / G.L. Owens, editor.
N43 .I58 1997 Arts Library Reference
Latin American women artists, Kahlo and look who else : a selective, annotated bibliography / Cecilia Puerto ; foreword by Elizabeth Ferrer.
Z7963.A75 P84 1996 Arts Library Reference & SRLF
Women's Center for Creative Work
A not-for-profit organization which cultivates LA’s Feminist Creative Communities and Practices.
Women artists : an historical, contemporary, and feminist bibliography / by Sherry Piland.
Z7963.A75 B128 1994 Arts Library Reference & Powell Library Main Reading Room Reference

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2nd. ed
Women artists : a selected bibliography / compiled by Joanne Roake.
* Z7963.A75 R53 Arts Library Reference & SRLF
Women artists in the modern era : a documentary history / by Susan Waller.
N43 .W26 1991 Arts Library & SRLF
Women artists in the United States : a selective bibliography and resource guide on the fine and decorative arts, 1750-1986 / [edited by] Paula Chiarmonte.
Z7963.A75 W65 1990 Arts Library Reference & SRLF
Women artists of color : a bio-critical sourcebook to 20th century artists in the Americas / edited by Phoebe Farris.
Online Access
Print: N8354 .W656 1999 Arts Library Reference
Women in Photography International
Women in Photography International serves the needs of photographers, photo educators, photography students, gallery owners and photographic organizations around the world.
Women in the fine arts : a bibliography and illustration guide / by Janet A. Anderson.
Z7963.A75 A47 1991 Arts Library Reference & YRL

Designers and Media Artists

Chūmoku no josei kurieitā purofairu = The next generation : Japanese women designers, photographers and illustrators / [author Fujita Natsumi].
NK1174 .W67 2012 Arts Library Reference
Contemporary Designers (3rd edition)
NK1390 .C66 1997 Arts Library Reference and Powell Library Main Reading Room Reference
Earlier editions: * NK1165 .C66 1990
and * NK1165 .C66 1984 Arts Library Reference YRL, & SRLF

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This text has compiled detailed information about the background, work, and philosophies of important contemporary designers. The list of designers includes contemporary as well as a selection of influential designers who are now deceased. The text provides an index to search for a designer by nationality and professional field. Each designer entry includes a list of major publications about that particular designer.
Contemporary fashion / editor, Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf.
TT505.A1 C66 2002 Arts Library Reference

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2nd ed.

Design Library - Bloomsbury

Designers international index / compiled at Leicester Polytechnic Library by Janette Jagger and Roger Towe.
* NK1390 .J35 1991 v.1-3 Arts Library Reference
Femmes designers : un siècle de créations / Marion Vignal.
* NK1174 .V54 2009 Arts Library Oversize
International women in design / Supon Design Group.
* NC997.A3 S9 1993 Arts Library Oversize & SRLF

New Media Futures : the rise of women in the digital arts by Donna Cox (Editor); Ellen Sandor (Editor); Janine Fron (Editor)
Call Number: * N72.T4 N49 2018 Arts Library Oversize*

ISBN: 9780252041549
New Media Futures : The Rise of Women in the Digital Arts by Donna Cox (Editor); Ellen Sandor (Editor); Janine Fron (Editor)
Call Number: Online Access

ISBN: 0252041542

Ten years : Women in Design Chicago anniversary exhibit.
* NC998.5.A1 T46 1988 Arts Library Oversize
A View from the interior : feminism, women, and design / Judy Attfield and Pat Kirkham, editors.
NK1443 .V54 1989 Arts Library
Who's who in animated cartoons : an international guide to film & television's award-winning and legendary animators / Jeff Lenburg.
NC1765 .L357 2006 Arts Library Reference
Women artists and designers in Europe since 1800 : an annotated bibliography / Penny McCracken.
Z7963.A75 M33 1997 v.1-2 Arts Library Reference
Women designers in the USA, 1900-2000 : diversity and difference : Jacqueline M. Atkins ... [et al.] / Pat Kirkham, ed.
Online Access
Print: NK1404 .W66 2000 * Arts Library Oversize
Women in Book History
Sources on women’s writing and participation in the book trades, including women printers, binders, and book designers.
Women in design : a contemporary view / Liz McQuiston.
NK1174 .M36 1988 Arts Library Reference & Arts Library
Women in graphic design 1890-2012 = Frauen und Grafik-Design [1890-2012]
NK1174 .W67 2012 Arts Library
A woman's touch : women in design from 1860 to the present day / Isabelle Anscombe.
NK1174 .A57 1984 Arts Library