This guide provides an overview of resources available for researching the architecture and campus planning at the University of Cincinnati.
The University of Cincinnati has numerous architectural wonders within its campus. The history of campus architecture began in 1875 with the likes of great Cincinnati architects Samuel Hannaford, Harry Hake, A. Lincoln Fechheimer, the firms of Hake and Hake, and Garber and Woodward and the landscape architect George Hargreaves. More recently buildings designed by internationally renowned architects including Michael Graves, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Henry Cobb, Leers Winzapfel, and the firms Gwathmey Siegel, Moore Rubbel Yudel, and Morphosis have been built.
For more detailed information on construction information, current projects,
campus maps, and real estate policies and procedures please visit the
The Office of the University Architect
Web site
Below is a list of sources on the architecture at the University of Cincinnati. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list but rather to provide a starting point for research.
Books and other resources available from the University of Cincinnati's catalog UCLID:
The Braid Building
and Swift Hall renovation, University of Cincinnati: schematic design phase
Moore, Ruble, Yudell, Architects & Planners
DAAP Ref Elephant LD985.S77
M6 2000
Central Utility
Plant, University of Cincinnati : concept studies for chiller plant addition
Cambridge Seven Associates
DAAP Ref Elephant
LD985.C46 C36 2000
University of Cincinnati:
an architectural tour
Paul Bennett
DAAP Reference
LD984 .B46 2001
DAAP Stacks
LD984 .B46 2001 c. 2
The University of
Cincinnati
Kevin Grace and Greg Hand
Langsam Stacks
LD983 .G73 1995
DAAP Reference LD983
.G73 1995 c. 5
Walking tour of the
University of Cincinnati West Campus
Kevin Grace
ARB C.U. Coll.
C.U. 50 .W225wa 1990
There are numerous articles in the periodical literature on the University of Cincinnati.
"Frank O. Gehry: Vontz Center for Molecular Studies: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A." GA Document no. 63 (2000), p. 30-37.
Giovannini, Joseph. "Campus Complexity," Architecture (August 1996), p. 114-125.
Martin, Frank Edgerton. "Campus on the Hill," Landscape Architecture 92, no. 10 (October 2002), p. 118-127, 144-145.
"Metamorphosis: University of Cincinnati Student Recreation Center: Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A." GA Document no. 65 (2001), p. 64-69.
Russell, Virginia. "Perspective: University of Cincinnati," Landscape Architecture 92, no. 10 (October 2002), p. 124-125.
Weathersby, William, Jr. "University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio," Architectural Record 189, no. 7 (July 2001), p. 128-131.
Compiled by Shawnee Green-Turner , DAAP Graduate Student
August 27, 2004