The following lists of references and resources on diversity issues related to other cultures and minorities are not meant to be comprehensive nor exhaustive. The broad geographical classification below is just a guide for conducting your research. Under each broad regional group, you can further hone in on interior design, architecture, and aesthetics associated a specific culture, ethnic group, minority, and race by using boolean keyword searches, such as "Japan AND architects", "India AND interior design", or "Mexico AND interior design". Please also note that the concepts of culture, ethnicity, minority, and race are overlapping, but also different. While race tends to refer to groups of people sharing similar hereditary physical characteristics, ethnic background, or geographic roots, but "culture, on the other hand, is thoughts, customs, traditions, beliefs and values which define us" ("Race"; kam233). The former is not changeable, whereas the latter can be changed, e.g., Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-born British architect; I.M. Pei was an Asian-American architect with a Chinese ethnic background; and Charles Allem is a South African-American interior designer with a Lebanese ethnic background. You can further research on individual interior designers or architects by using their names as search terms.
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The National Organization of Minority Architects. noma.net/about-noma/. Accessed 17 July 2020.
Asensio, Paco. Asian Interior Design. TeNeues ; Loft Publications, 2003.
Bramble, Cate. Architect’s Guide to Feng Shui. Routledge, 2003. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=195645&site=ehost-live. Accessed 23 July 2020.
De Silva, Minnette. The Life & Work of an Asian Woman Architect. 1st ed., Smart Media Productions, 1998.
Dutta, Apurva Bose. Architectural Voices of India : A Blend of Contemporary and Traditional Ethos. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1627466&site=ehost-live Accessed 21 July 2020.
Feuer, Katharina. Young Asian Architects. Daab, 2006.
Graham, Patricia Jane. Japanese Design : Art, Aesthetics & Culture. Tuttle Publishing, 2014.
Guntli, Reto., et al. Living in China. Taschen, 2013.
Interior Designer. Chinese Architecture Today. Birkhäuser, 2016. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1240738&site=ehost-live Accessed 21 July 2020.
Ishige, Naomichi, et al. Asian Flavours : Creating Architecture for Culinary Culture. DETAIL, 2015. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1076594&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Kestenbaum, Jackie, et al. Emerging Japanese Architects of the 1990s. Columbia University Press, 1991.
Khan, Hasan-Uddin. Contemporary Asian Architects. Taschen, 1995.
Kriken, John Lund, et al. Building Saigon South : Sustainable Lessons for a Livable Future. First ed. Oro Editions, 2017.
Patel, Divia. India Contemporary Design : Fashion, Graphics, Interiors. Lustre Press : Roll Books in association with V & A Publishing, 2011.
Potvin, John. Oriental Interiors : Design, Identity, Space. Bloomsbury, 2015.
Ruan, Xing., and Bingham-Hall, Patrick. New China Architecture. Periplus ; Publishers Group Worldwide [Distributor], 2006.
Unesco, and Zhongguo si chou bo wu guan. Textile and Clothing along the Silk Roads. Edited by Feng Zhao and Marie-Louise Nosch, UNESCO, 2022.
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000382993.locale=en. Accessed 19 Nov. 2022.
Xue, Charlie Q. L. Building a Revolution : Chinese Architecture Since 1980. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2006. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=321759&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Zhang, Donia. Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability : Theory, Practice, and Product. Routledge, 2013. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=540148&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Hernández, Felipe. Beyond Modernist Masters : Contemporary Architecture in Latin America. Birkhäuser, 2010. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=374288&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Hernández, Felipe, et al. Transculturation : Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America. Brill | Rodopi, 2005. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=160133&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Kandell, Jonathan. “In a Tropical Mood near Ixtapa.” Architectural Digest, vol. 61, no. 5, May 2004, pp. 252–259. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bvh&AN=555964&site=ehost-live Accessed 21 July 2020.
Lerner, Jesse. The Maya of Modernism : Art, Architecture, and Film. University of New Mexico Press, 2011. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=407093&site=ehost-live. Accessed 20 July 2020.
Vivanco, Sandra I. “From Resort to Gallery: Nation Building in Clara Porset’s Interior Spaces.” Dearq, no. 23, Dec. 2018, pp. 46–55. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=133316312&site=ehost-live. Accessed 21 July 2020.
Figueroa, Norma I. “Culture, Gender, and Medical Waiting Rooms: A Kuwaiti Case Study.” Journal of Interior Design, vol. 41, no. 3, Sept. 2016, pp. 33–46. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=117807084&site=ehost-live. Accessed 29 July 2020.
Frishman, Martin., et al. The Mosque : History, Architectural Development & Regional Diversity. Thames and Hudson, 1994.
Milwright, Marcus. The Dome of the Rock and Its Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions. Edinburgh University Press, 2016. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2094754&site=ehost-live. Accessed 23 July 2020.
Ruggles, D. Fairchild, et al. Islamic Gardens and Landscapes. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Watenpaugh, H. .. The Image of an Ottoman City. Brill, 2004. EBSCOhost, https://search-ebscohost-com.nysid.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=173976&site=ehost-live. Accessed 23 July 2020.
Kjellgren, Eric. How to Read Oceanic Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014.
