Research Guides: Interior Design: Books

Browsing Interior Design

Use the following call numbers to find books on your topic in the library:

NA 1-942
Architecture

NA 2835-4050
Details and decoration

NK 1700-2195
Interior decoration. House Decoration

NK 1700-2138
General. History. etc.
(including special rooms)

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Featured Interior Design Books

Problem Seeking : an architectural programming primer
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2012
Lays out a five-step procedure that teams can follow when programming any building or series of buildings, from a small house to a hospital complex.
Sustainability in Interior Design
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2012
The environmental impact of interior architecture and design practice is immense, and this book highlights the need for designers to adapt the way they work and relearn the lessons lost in order to make their designs fully sustainable.
Space Planning Basics
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2016
This book shows how to approach space planning in a way that ensures all considerations are met. It has been revised to reflect the latest developments in sustainable and universal design, including coverage of daylighting, benchmarking, LEED system standards, and green code issues.
Universal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2012
"Introduces designers to the principles and practice of designing for all people. From the foundations of accessibility and aging to the practice of designing interiors, products, housing and transportation systems, all aspects of this growing field are explored."
Designing Interiors
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2014
Includes the history and evolution of interior design, foundational concepts, and current trends in sustainability and green design, building codes, universal design, and building information models.
Evidence-Based Design for Interior Designers
Call Number: NK2116.4 .N87 2009
Examines how designers conduct research into commercial and residential spaces and use this research to achieve optimal design solutions.
Design for Wellbeing
Call Number: NK1520 .D46535 2020
Charts the development and application of design research to improve the personal and societal wellbeing and happiness of people. It draws together contributions from internationally leading academics and designers to demonstrate the latest thinking and research on the design of products, technologies, environments, services and experiences for wellbeing.
Health and Well-Being for Interior Architecture
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2017
Essays by scholars and professionals, from fields such as policy and law, Health and Well-being for Interior Architecture asks readers to consider climate, geography, and culture alongside human biology, psychology, and sociology.
Environmental Psychology for Design
Call Number: NK1520 .K67 2018
How does a room affect an occupant's behavior and well-being? How does a building influence its residents' health? This book explores these questions with an in-depth look at psychosocial responses to the built environment.
Digital Fabrication in Interior Design
Call Number: E-book
Publication Date: 2021
This book draws together emerging topics of making that span primary forms of craftsmanship to digital fabrication in order to theoretically and practically analyze the innovative and interdisciplinary relationship between digital fabrication technology and interior design.

Theses and Dissertations

Dissertations may be useful sources for researching the state of the field and
he bibliographies can often provide a wealth of new sources.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (Proquest)
Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.
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(1637 - present) VCU access only
VCU ETDs (electronic theses & dissertations)
Further Resources For Locating Dissertations

Interlibrary Loan

If you can't find the book, article, or dissertation that you want at VCU, try these resources to find what you need.

ILL
Via Interlibrary Loan, you can order books, articles, and various items that VCU does not own.
WorldCat (via FirstSearch)
Consolidated catalog of items held by libraries worldwide.
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VCU access only
RALC
The Richmond Academic Library Consortium is a group of Richmond area libraries which have agreed to extend limited borrowing privileges to students, faculty, and staff of any RALC school.