1. Building the New Universities, Birks and Holford, David & Charles Ltd., 1972.

   This book looks at the expansion of British universities between 1960 and 1970, and in the first part it gives an extensive overview of university planning and the building types in the English university environment. In the second half, several universities are used as case studies and they help to illustrate the different constraints and forces that shape the physical development and affect the planning decisions.

2. Campus Buildings that Work, North American Publishing Co., 1972

   This is a pictorial anthology with analysis intended to provide a visual statement of architectural thoughts in the development of American higher learning institutions. These examples help to identify the requirements in the planning process for architectural program definition during early recommendation.

3. Campus Planning, Dober, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1963

   The materials are divided into three sections. The first defines campus planning, illuminates through historical examples the evolution of the campus as a design form, and describe the conditions which make campus planning so critical an activity in the 50's and 60's.
   
   Section two breaks down the campus into its constituent physical parts and describes each in functional and aesthetic terms. These chapters also include steps that can be taken in programming and designing the various facilities that make up the whole. Several methods for campus planning are used as case examples.
   
   Section three indicates in detail the steps and procedures that have to be covered in preparing campus plans. The section contains extensive illustrations of how old campuses can be expanded and new campuses developed. Special emphasis is placed on the overall design form. The various examples used cover the full spectrum of types of institutions of higher education as well as all geographic regions.

4. College Architecture in America, Klauder and Wise, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929

   A book written in 1929 that looks at the "present-day" theory and practice of American collegiate architecture. Design considerations are provided for different components of college planning: from libraries to athletics facilities.
   
   Changes in society and values have rendered certain planning issues irrelevant to our context: the men's and women's dormitories are dealt with in two separate chapters, while contemporary designs increasingly demand an integration of the two. However, it is still a valuable resource for the historical development of colleges and the controlling factors in their designs.

5. English Architecture, Watkin, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1979

   A general reference which provides a concise outline of the history of English architecture, from Saxon times to the present, centered on buildings that still exist today.

6. History of Urban Form, Morris, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1994

   This is a comprehensive study of urban development from the origin of cities to the industrial revolution.

7. Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture, Brownlee and De Long, Universe Publishing, 1997

   Some of Louis Kahn's most significant works are documented here with a detailed account of his design and philosophy. In addition to the Salk Institute, Kahn had designed a number of fine institutional and campus building.

8. A Pattern Language, Alexander, Ishikawa, Silverstein, Jacobson, Fiksdahl-King, Angel, Oxford University Press, 1977

   It presents a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of around 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution. By understanding recurrent design problems in our environment, one can identify existing patterns in his own design and use these patterns to create a language of their own.

9. Students' Dormitories and Homes for the Aged, Fengler, Alec Tiranti Ltd., 1964

   A good reference with lots of examples from Europe and North America. Each example is given 5 or 6 pages of brief descriptions, photographs and plans. The discussions are not very detailed given the short length, but the book gives a broad coverage of student residences around the world.
   
   It is also an useful resource because of a small section devoted to housing for married students.

10. Twentieth Century Classics, Sharp, Jenkins, and Steele, Phaidon Press Limited, 1999

    This is an important research material for Salk Institute. In this series of books, each book presents in detail three significant modern buildings with original plans, drawings and beautiful pictures. Specially produced technical drawings are used to explain how the buildings were detailed and put together.

11. University Housing in Canada, Bland and Schoenauer, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1966

    This is a critical survey of university residences throughout Canada. It shows how rarely they form part of a continuity of university buildings, and how few of them successfully relate living and studying. It also provides the preliminary design and programme of requirements for the Arts College of the University of Manitoba, which is similar in size and purpose of this thesis proposal.

12. "McGill eliminates first-year residence guarantee: No solution in sight for housing crisis", McGill Tribune, 23 January 2001

    This recent article in the university newspaper shows how serious the situation of student residence deteriorates. The need for student housing is urgent and the university is facing unprecedented problems that require new solutions.

13. "Home Improvement: The EcoResidence, a new ecologically friendly student dorm on the Macdonald Campus, will have you seeing green.", Mullins, McGill News, Summer 1999

    A brief description of how the EcoResidence came to its realization. This is not a technical or academic paper, but it serves as a record of recent student housing development at McGill and the issues that are involved.