All guides: Landscape Architecture: Key Resources

Databases

Search these key databases for articles, images, plans and more.

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ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
Comprehensive resource that provides statistics on all aspects of Australian society and services.
Acumen (Australian Institute of Architects)
From the Australian Institute of Architects, Acumen "...aims to provide architects with the most relevant and up-to-date advisory material and news about managing an architectural practice and managing architectural projects".
Art and Architecture Archive (Proquest)
An archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography.
Australian Standards Online (SAI Global)
- Contains the full text of all current Australian Standards and draft Australian standards to which Standards Australia holds the copyright.
- Contains many (but not all) of the Australian Standards Handbooks.
- Lists ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest)
Includes subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, city planning, historic preservation, and interior design and decoration. Excellent for finding articles containing images, plans and drawings.
CumInCAD: Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design
A cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 8,000 records from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, eCAADe, SiGraDi, CAAD futures, DDSS and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts, in PDF, of some 5,400 papers are also available.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
IBIS World
Detailed analysis on all aspects of Australian industries (including architectural, construction and engineering industries). Includes market share, future outlook of industry and more.
Informit
The source for online Australian information. Includes full text journal articles and also a large video collection covering news and documentaries.
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
Journals covering art, architecture, design, history, archaeology, anthropology and history.
Passport
Compare your industry/markets with overseas competitors. Provides extensive coverage of industries and markets via statistical data and reports.
ProQuest
An excellent collection of journals covering science, urban studies and some design journals.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
An excellent collection of journals covering science, urban studies and some design journals.

Outside RMIT:

British Architectural library catalogue
From the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Not an article database but useful for searching for articles and books on your topic.

Building Codes and Legislation

The National Construction Code (NCC) comprises the Building Code of Australia (BCA) as Volumes One and Two, and the Plumbing Code of Australia (PCA) as Volume Three.

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Victorian Building Regulations

Victorian Building Authority - Regulatory framework
The full regulations incorporating amendments.

Time Saver Standards

The Time-Saver series is a standard reference source for architects and designers, covering architectural design, building materials, housing and residential development, landscape architecture, interior design and space planning, urban design and more.

Time saver standards

Materials and Product Information

Designbook
Includes projects from 'Green' magazine, and an extensive listing of supplier products and services to search, collate and share efficiently.

Ecospecifier
Welcome to ecospecifier, a knowledge base of over 6000 eco-products, materials, technologies and resources. The leading global source of sustainable, life-cycle assessed green product information including Global GreenTagCertTM certified and rated products. Linking independent information with a powerful search interface, ecospecifier does your materials research for homeowners and professionals alike, delivering innovative sustainable product solutions.
Environment Design Guide (RAIA)
The BDP Environment Design Guide aims to provide building design professionals with accurate, accessible, professional literature on how to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment.Notes within the guide cover a range of relevant environmental issues and design solutions, each being authored by an authority in the field. In addition, each note is reviewed by practitioners and experts to ensure it is both accurate and accessible.

Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA)
The Australian Ecolabel Program provided by GECA uses standards of environmental performance for different product sectors to verify product compliance for the ecolabel.
Infolink
"Australia's largest architecture, building and design industry media resource."
Materia
Materia allows you to search for free across their vast knowledge bank of innovative materials from all over the world.
Material ConneXion
Architects, engineers and industrial and interior designers can discover new and innovative materials from a large spectrum of industries typically unnoticed or difficult to reach by the design community.
Selector
Developed in partnership with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. View photographs, technical data, colours and textures, and much more for thousands of building products.

Taylor & Francis eBooks
Over 34,000 titles from CRCPress and Routledge.

University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture Materials collection
"All samples ... are searchable online by five categories of criteria: composition, form, process, properties, and application. Each entry includes sample images and dimensions, location and availability in our physical library, manufacturer information, and a list of material attributes."
WGSN Lifestyle and interiors
A global trend forecasting service and product development tool focused on the interiors industries.

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