Architecture and Building

RESOURCES BY TOPIC

Topics covered by this guide include architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Types of listings range from discussion groups to electronic publications to databases -- and of course a wide variety of websites. This is a selective guide. Links to more comprehensive link collections are included. For some topics just one or two sites with good links to the net resources in that topic are listed. Although the emphasis is on quality sites, sometimes sites that are currently not well-developed but show promise of being so are included.

This guide, started in 1993, is posted to the UNLV Libraries Architecture Studies Library page [/arch/rsrce/webresources/index.php]. Additions and corrections, as well as suggestions for categories, can be sent to Jeanne Brown (jeanne.brown@unlv.edu), head of the UNLV Architecture Studies Library. Permission is granted to use this material for non-commercial purposes, provided the author (Jeanne Brown) is credited.
This Architecture Internet Database is very extensive.
Scroll down, use ->EDIT ->FIND , or the hotkeys Control F to search within these pages.

Architecture Internet Resources -> Resources -> Computing -> Software

Resources for: Software

Bentley MAINline [http://www.bentley.com]
Information about and for the users of MicroStation CAD software. Provides numerous training programs. Provides "applications that help engineers, architects, contractors, governments, institutions, utilities and owner-operators design, build and operate more productively, collaborate more globally and deliver infrastructure assets that perform more sustainably." 6/08

BLOCON -- Building Physics Computer Programs [http://www.buildingphysics.com/]
"PC-programs for building physics applications such as heat transfer, moisture, air, energy balances, and ground heat storage." Average price seems to be about $200.

CADalog [http://www.cadalog.com/]
Over 3000 Autocad related files. 8/99

Integra Products [http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/]
Several products with architectural applications, including Inspirer - a system for a physically accurate lighting simulation and image rendering aimed mainly for architectural applications, Insight - a plug-in for 3d Studio Max/Viz, and Flow - a tool for simulation of heat and mass transfer in an arbitrary environment. 4/01

Intergraph [http://www.intergraph.com/products/]
Software, FAQs.

Jack Human [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~hms/home.html]
University of Pennsylvania's Center for Human Modeling and Simulation: information on their program to model humans in a CAD environment.

RealWorld Imagery [http://www.realworldimagery.com/]
Texture maps of people, plants, objects -- clip art for 2d and 3d graphics, available for sale on CD. Thumbnails shown online. Desert shrubs included. 2/01

SmartDraw [http://www.smartdraw.com/engineer.htm]
Windows program for drawing flowcharts, engineering diagrams, circuits, networks and business presentations. Free sample. 6/99