Dictionaries are smaller works which define terms.
REFERENCE NA31 .D53
Dictionary of architectural abbreviations, signs, and symbols. Edited by David D. Polon. New York, : Odyssey Press, 1965.
Identifies abbreviations and symbols used in architectural drawings.
REFERENCE NA31 .C63 2005
Cowan, Henry J. and Peter R. Smith. Dictionary of architectural and building technology. 4th ed. London ; New York: Spon Press, 2005.
Definitions of terms used in architecture and related fields, such as materials, acoustics, and environmental control.
REFERENCE NA31 .C86 1999
Curl, James Stevens. A dictionary of architecture. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Definitions of terms and brief biographies of architects, mostly relating to the U.K., North and Central America, and Australia.
REFERENCE NA31 .H32 2000
Harris, Cyril M. Dictionary of architecture & construction. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Detailed dictionary of terms used in design and construction, including drawings, specifications, building products and materials, design, performance, installation, testing, etc.
REFERENCE NA31 .S84 1966
Sturgis, Russell. A dictionary of architecture and building: biographical, historical, and descriptive. Detroit, : Gale Research Co., 1966.
Definitions of architecture and building terms, as well as descriptions of famous architects and buildings.
REFERENCE NA31 .C864 2006
Curl, James Stevens. A dictionary of architecture and landscape architecture. 2nd ed. Oxford [England] ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
An updated version of the same author's Dictionary of architecture (1999), with additional entries for landscape architecture.
REFERENCE NA31 .D55 1996
Dictionary of building preservation. Edited by Ward Bucher and Christine Madrid French. New York: Preservation Press J. Wiley, 1996.
Terminology used in building preservation.
REFERENCE NA31 .Y37 1986
Yarwood, Doreen. Encyclopedia of architecture. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1986.
Brief articles on specific terms and individual architects, and longer articles on schools, movements and periods.
REFERENCE NA31 .B83 1998
Burden, Ernest E. Illustrated dictionary of architecture. [New York]: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Very brief definitions of terms, but all of them are illustrated.
REFERENCE TH9 .B466 1993
Bianchina, Paul. Illustrated dictionary of building materials and techniques : an invaluable sourcebook of the tools, terms, materials, and techniques used by building professionals. 1st John Wiley ed. New York: Wiley, 1993.
Covers tools, materials, and techniques. Many entries are illustrated.
REFERENCE NA31 .C44 1995
Ching, Frank. A visual dictionary of architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.
Line drawings of architectural elements, grouped by type of feature.