Browser’s Guide to Architecture: the NA Classification
Architecture& Planning Library (APL)
Browser’s Guide to Architecture: the NA Classification
The University at Buffalo’s Libraries’ collections are arranged according to the Library of Congress subject classification system. According to this system, architectural materials are assigned to a section of call numbers beginning with NA, although related materials can be found in TH (building and construction), NC (drawing and graphic arts), NK (interior architecture and design), E-F (U.S. history, historic preservation), HT (city planning), K (architecture & law), LB (buildings for education), RA (hospital design), etc.
The following guide to the NA section will assist users who wish to browse the APL collection. Please remember when browsing that items may be checked out, in storage, in other libraries on campus, or in other classifications. Also architects may use many materials beyond those classed in NA, and the classifications change over the years. A thorough can be accomplished by using BISON- the UB libraries catalog or Worldcat – a mega library catalog (not just UB) by keyword or subject.
| Architecture by Subject | Classification | |
| Airports | NA 6300-6307 | |
| Ancient and Classical | NA 210-349 | |
| Apartment Houses. Flats | NA 7860 | |
| Architects, U.S.(includes firms) | NA 737 | |
| Architectural Congresses | NA 21 | |
| Architectural Decoration (by time period, countries, specific elements) | NA 3310-4050 | |
| Architectural Design | NA 2750-2794 | |
| Architectural Details (by specific items, e.g., stairs) | NA 2835-3079 | |
| Architectural Details, Motives, Decoration | NA 2810-4050 | |
| Architectural Drawing & Design | NA 2695-2794 | |
| Architectural Practice, Business | NA 1996 | |
| Architectural Societies, Organizations | NA 10-20 | |
| Architecture and Law | NA 135-150; see also KF 902 | |
| Architecture and the State | NA 100-198 | |
| Architecture and the Handicapped | NA 2545 | |
| Architecture as a Profession | NA 1995 | |
| Architecture, General (including most journals) | NA 1-60 | |
| Architecture Museums / Exhibitions | NA 2400-2460 | |
| Architecture of Special Countries | NA 701-1613 | |
| Architecture Registration Exam prep | NA 123 | |
| Architecture Schools | NA 2300 | |
| Architecture, Study and Teaching | NA 2000-2320 | |
| Architecture, U.S. | NA 705-729 | |
| Architecture, U.S., by City | NA 735 | |
| Architecture, U.S., by State | NA 730 | |
| Baroque, Rococo | NA 590-599 | |
| Biographies, Collectives, and Directories | NA 40-60 | |
| Building Codes, South Carolina | KFS 2258-2259 | |
| Building Codes, U.S. | KF 5701; TH 223 | |
| Buildings, by Form, e.g., basilicas | NA 6700-7010 | |
| Buildings, by Material, e.g., wood, masonry | NA 4100-4145 | |
| Buildings, by Use, e.g., public buildings | NA 4170-8480 | |
| Business Management for Architects | NA 1996 | |
| Byzantine | NA 370s | |
| Churches. Religious Architecture, by country | NA 5210-6113 | |
| Churches. Religious Architecture, by religion, building type | NA 4590-5621 | |
| City Planning/Urban Design | NA 9000-9430; see also HT | |
| Climate and Architecture | NA 2541-2542 | |
| Collected Writings | NA 25-30 | |
| Collections of Plans and Designs (divided by country) | NA 7126 | |
| Collections of Plans, Architectural Sketchbooks | NA 2600-2635 | |
| Color in Architecture | NA 2795 | |
| Commercial Buildings (divided by building type) | NA 6210-6289 | |
| Competitions | NA 2335-2399 | |
| Composition, Proportions, Plans, Elevations | NA 2760-2775 | |
| Construction | TH | |
| Criticism | NA 2599.5-2599.9 | |
| Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Glossaries | NA 31 | |
| Domestic Architecture by Country | NA 7210-7476 | |
| Domestic Architecture, Houses, Dwellings | NA 7100-7880 | |
| Drawing (Technique) | NA 2707-NA2708; see also NC 730s; T 369 | |
| Drawings | NA 2700-2749 | |
| Early Christian | NA 360s | |
| Educational Buildings | NA 6590-6610 see also LB | |
| 18th Century | NA 625-644 | |
| Examination & Licensing of Architects | NA 123 | |
| Exhibitions | NA 2440-2469 | |
| Farm Architecture | NA 8200-8260 | |
| Gothic | NA 440-489, NA 610-619 | |
| Health Facilities Design | RA 967 | |
| Historic Preservation | NA 105, E 159 | |
| History | NA 190-1613 | |
| History, General Works | NA 7100-7114 | |
| Hospital Design | RA 967 | |
| Hotels, Inns, Restaurants | NA 7800-7850 | |
| House Plans | NA 7110-7115 | |
| Houses | NA 7100-7884; see also GT 165; NA 9051; TH 4805 | |
| Housing | NA 7550-7559 | |
| Housing for Seniors, Youth, Disabled | NA 7195 | |
| Industrial Architecture (by building type) | NA 6400-6589 | |
| International practice | NA 4180-4183 | |
| Islamic | NA 380s | |
| Landscape Architecture | SBs | |
| Library Design | Z679 | |
| Mausoleums, Cemeteries, Monuments | NA 6115-6199 | |
| Medieval | NA 350-489 | |
| Military | NA 490 | |
| Minor Buildings, Gates, Fences, etc. | NA 8300-8480 | |
| Models & Modeling | NA 2790 | |
| Modern | NA 500-699 | |
| Museums, Exhibition Buildings | NA 6700 | |
| National, State, Municipal (divided by building type) | NA 4195-4589 | |
| Neoclassicism | NA 600-609 | |
| 19th Century | NA 645-679 | |
| Norman | NA 420 | |
| Office Buildings | NA 6230 | |
| Orders of Architecture | NA 2810-2817 | |
| Periodicals & Yearbooks | NA 1-9 | |
| Public Buildings | NA 4170-7010 | |
| Religious Architecture of Special Countries | NA 5210-6113 | |
| Religious Buildings (by religion, subdivided by building type) | NA 4590-5095 | |
| Renaissance | NA 510-589 | |
| Rendering in Color, Pen & Ink | NA 2780 | |
| Restaurants, Clubs, Bars | NA 7851-7859 | |
| Romanesque | NA 390-419 | |
| School Buildings | NA 6590-6610; see also LB | |
| Shopping Centers | NA 6218 | |
| Site Planning | NA 2540.5; see also SB 472 | |
| Storefronts | NA 6225 | |
| Study and Teaching | NA 2000-2320 | |
| Theory, Comprehensive Works, Outlines | NA 2500-2599 | |
| 20th Century | NA 680-699 | |
| Urban Design | NA 9000-9199; HT 166-167 | |
| Vernacular architecture | NA 208, NA 705 (search also by building type, culture, period, location, material); see also GN414, GR, GT 170-225 |
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| Villas (divided by countries) | NA 7580-7599 | |
| Women as Architects | NA 1997 | top |
Architects by Country