Architecture: Specialist Databases

Leading weekly architectural magazine focused on British architecture, offering news, analysis, building case studies, and access to the AJ Buildings Library, which features thousands of architectural drawings and images. Log in to Technical Indexes > Select ‘Construction Information Services (CIS) > Select ‘Technical Resources’ and choose ‘Architects’ Journal’. If you have not created a Technical Indexes account before, please create one using the ‘Create a New Account’ option when you click the link. Use ONLY your LSBU email address when creating an account.

Log in with LSBU login to see the username needed to access the e-resource: https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/eresourcespws/bea/genericpasswords

Comprehensive construction cost analysis platform providing independent data on building costs, tender price indices, lifecycle costing, benchmarking, and forecasting to support cost planning and project management.

Digital resource for studying architecture, offering thousands of building plans, drawings, photos, and case studies to help students and professionals understand different types of buildings and their designs. Click the person icon at the top right of the site. Choose Sign In/Sign Up> Choose Access Through Your Institution> Type London South Bank University in the box. Enter your network username/password in the login box provided.

A database containing all full-text versions of British Standards and IET writing regulations. British Standards Online is best-suited to students studying on built environment and architecture related programmes.

This e-resource requires a username and password. Please log in with your network username and password at https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/eresourcespws/bea/genericpasswords to see the general username and password to use to access the e-resource.

A database specifically focused on students and professionals in the construction industry. Best suited to students studying programmes at the School of Built Environment and Architecture at LSBU, Construction Website contains domestic building designs, photos, 2D and 3D graphics, presentations, video, tests and non-technical summary of housing building regulations.

A database with project documentation and high-quality visuals to support architects in their search for construction solutions and design inspiration. With more than 2,400 projects from the last 30 years, DETAIL inspiration is a highly valuable source of research and inspiration for architecture students.

Architectural magazine

Online repository for CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) publications.

The journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Login using the details provided here:
https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/eresourcespws/bea/genericpasswords

Resources from over 150 issuing bodies essential to the design and construction of buildings, including legal data, setting out, structural tolerances and product information. Where possible, all documents cited in the Building Regulations have been included. Requires personal registration using LSBU login details, for which the activation link and instructions can be found here: https://library.lsbu.ac.uk/eresourcespws/bea

Also known as the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA), an international membership organisation dedicated to inspiring and informing best practice design, specification and use of wood in the built environment and related fields. Create your account at https://timberdevelopment.uk/create-an-account/.