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Design Image classification

A. Architecture
C. Cartography
D. Decorative arts
G. Graphic design
H. Photographic arts
I. Industrial design
L. Landscape architecture
P. Painting & drawing
S. Sculpture
T. Textile & fiber arts
Z. Materials, concepts & sets

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Design Library Images Collection (Pennell-Kuhn) classification

  Class A. Architecture

Constructing the call number

First line
  Region/Culture
  Period (Gross)
  Place (country only [present boundaries])
Second line
  Architect or firm or [specific place (only if anon.)]
  Structure type
Third line
  Structure title
Fourth line
  [Date]
  [View]


Structure types

a Regional Plans and general views of countries and regions
Aqueducts, waterways, canals
National and regional parks
b Community and municipal Plans and general views of towns and cities
Public squares and plazas
Special community facilities
c Residential Houses, apartments, duplexes, apartment buildings
Buildings and gardens associated with a residence
d Social and Recreational Baths, gymnasiums, swimming pools, theatres, stadia
Hotels, restaurants, cafes
e Exhibition Fairs and expositions
f Educational Schools, libraries, universities
g Mercantile and Professional Banks, office buildings, markets, stores
h Industrial Factories, manufacturing, processing plants
j Agricultural Farms, farming, greenhouses, nurseries
k Communicational Telephone companies and facilities
Radio and television stations
Computer related structures
m Transportational Railroad facilities, parking areas, road design, airports, water travel
n Governmental Judicial, police, mints, treasuries, embassies, prisons
p Military Fortifications, forts, military bases
q Remedial Hospitals, health spas
r Religious Churches, cathedrals, temples, synagogues, mosques, convents, monastaries
s Funerary Tombs, cemetaries, mausoleums
t Monuments Monuments, arches, bridges, tunnels, aqueducts, obelisks, clocks, bell towers, fountains
y Theory, History, Preservation Architectural theories, history
Preservation technique and examples
z Architectural Practice Sketches and renderings, not of specific structure
Photographs of architects

Examples

aFt-JA
T34d
Y66
Tange, Kenzo
Yoyogi Sports Center
1964. Kyoto, Japan. Ext, pool
aBM-US
R44f
O57
Reid, John Lyon
Olive Avenue School
19__
aBm-US
S14f
C7
Saarinen, Eliel
Cranbrook Academy of Art
1931. Ext, entrance
aQg-FR
C33r
A22
Caen, France
Abbaye-aux-Hommes
1066. Ext