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.
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Architecture Internet Resources -> Resources -> Building Types / Styles

Resources for: Building Types / Styles

ACRL/LLAMA Guide for Architects Planning Higher Education Library Spaces [http://wikis.ala.org/acrl/index.php/ACRL/LAMA_Guide_for_Architects]
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) and LLAMA (Library Leadership and Management Association) 4/09

All About Skyscrapers.com [http://www.allaboutskyscrapers.com/]
"Exploring every aspect of the Skyscraper." 6/08

American Architecture [http://www.realviews.com/]
Examples and brief descriptions of styles from 1690 (Georgian) to 1930 (American Foursquare). 12/01

American Society of Theatre Consultants [http://www.theatreconsultants.org/index.html]
Their publications and links will be of interest. 10/2006

Architectural Styles [http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w367/styles/index.htm]
House and Commercial styles illustrated, with key characteristics indicated. House styles listed alphabetically. 12/01

Architype Review [http://www.architypereview.com]
Architype Review seeks to advance the discussion of design within specific building typologies and explore the influence that type has on the design process. Architype’s primary goal is to honor those projects that are challenging the limits and redefining the norms of a certain building type. In addition, Architype promotes sustainable design and provides support to competitions and student travel abroad opportunities. Each volume/number covers a different building type. 10/06

Archnet [http://archnet.org]
Promoted as "an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world." Includes the Dictionary of Islamic Architecture in the references section, many images that can be searched in a variety of ways, CAD files for download, course syllabi, and more. 7/02

Building Big [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/index.html]
Very basic information on the building of skyscrapers, domes, tunnels, dams and bridges. Each section lists about ten specific structures and gives facts and history for each. 4/02

California Mission Studies Association [http://www.ca-missions.org]
Extensive set of annotated links, mission directory, articles, and news. 7/98

Campus Architecture [http://chronicle.com/indepth/architecture/]
Chronicle of Higher Education subscribers can access this page providing examples of campus buildings. A list of buildings with institution, state, type, date, square footage, cost, and architect are at http://chronicle.com/stats/architecture/ 11/05

Casino City Link Directory [http://www.casinocity.com/]
Links to casinos with websites, world-wide.

Castles on the Web [http://www.castlesontheweb.com/]
Castles and abbeys in various countries. Glossary of castle terms: http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.html

Center for Health Design: Evidence Based Building Design for Healthcare [http://www.healthdesign.org]
Current research projects, book reviews and online publications ordering. 7/98, 6/08

Church Architecture [http://www.churcharchitecture.net/Index.html]
Full-text articles and images on church building and renovation. 5/04

Church Architecture, Church Furnishings, Church Liturgy [http://www.ecclsoc.org/]
The Ecclesiological Society homepage. "Architecture of all periods from around the world, with the centre of gravity in the UK." 4/00

Covered Bridges of Michigan [http://my.net-link.net/~michaelf/covered.htm]
Last accessed 1/03, last accessed 9/08.

Covered Bridges of the Philadelphia Region [http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/bridge/CB1.html]
Arranged in a variety of ways: by county, by structural type, by driving tour, and by season!

Functionalism and the City of Viipuri [http://www.in-arch.net/Viipuri/viipuri2.html]
"This is a study of the emergence and development of Functionalist Modernism in the city of Viipuri in pre-war Finland (today part of the Russian Federation). It features some of the buildings that represent the era of Scandinavian "white Functionalism", among them the world-renowned Viipuri Municipal Library by Alvar Aalto." 10/00 3/09

Googie Architecture Online [http://www.SpaceAgeCity.com]
Nice site on this unique architecture, with special emphasis on Orange County. 5/99

Hewn and Hammered [http://www.hewnandhammered.com/]
"All about Prairie, Craftsman and Mission Architecture Art and Design." A pleasant site to browse. 5/05

High Performance School Buildings [http://www.sbicouncil.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=98]
Resources from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council. 5/05

High-Rise Buildings Database [http://www.ctbuh.org/HighRiseInfo/TallestDatabase/tabid/123/Default.aspx]
Compiled by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. "Data on thousands of tall buildings: the latest facts and statistics, visual images and video, and listings of professional firms linked to specific buildings and specialty categories." Differential access for Council members/non-members [one search produced 3 hits for non-members, 64 hits for members]. 10/01

Historic House Architecture [http://www.ragtime.org/arch]
"Guide to Historic Houses with emphasis on Late-Victorian and Craftsman Style Bungalows." Description of styles rather than specific buildings.

Home Styles [http://www.homeplans.com/]
Information on how to choose a home design, and on the home plans and home plan publications that they sell. Links to related sites in home repair, interior design, real estate, and other.

Images of Medieval Art and Architecture in England and France [http://www.pitt.edu/~medart]
Primarily churches, cathedrals and abbeys.

Islamic Architecture [http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/islamicarchitecture/index.html]
"Textual and Visual Resources available at MIT Rotch Library and Rotch Visual Collections." Also includes links to specific mosques and Islamic Architecture in general. 01/05

Kirkbride buildings (19th century sanctuaries for the mentally ill) [http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/]
Site is by an amateur historian/photographer trying to raise awareness of these endangered structures (Kirkbride buildings). His hope is that greater awareness will lead to more of them being preserved.

"Once state-of-the-art mental healthcare facilities, Kirkbride buildings have long been relics of an obsolete therapeutic method known as Moral Treatment. In the latter half of the 19th century, these massive structures were conceived as ideal sanctuaries for the mentally ill and as an active participent in their recovery. Careful attention was given to every detail of their design to promote a healthy environment and convey a sense of respectable decorum. Placed in secluded areas within expansive grounds, many of these insane asylums seemed almost palace-like from the outside. But growing populations and insufficient funding led to unfortunate conditions, spoiling their idealistic promise." Last accessed 9/08

Legalskate [http://www.skatepark.org/]
Primarily "serves as resource for those working to legalize skateboarding or get a skatepark built in their community," but some design info. 6/99

Library Designs [http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/10/clever-creative-modern-library-architecture-designs/]
15 "dazzling" designs. 4/09

Minnesota's Historic Bridges [http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/bridges/bridges.html]
As of 6/26/98 there are "27 bridges online with text and photographs from the National Register of Historic Places nominations. The focus of the exhibit are the state's masonry arch, truss and reinforced concrete arch bridges." Access bridges by location or by type.

Mission Churches of the Sonoran Desert [http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/missions/]
Photographs and information on nine missions.

National Clearinghouse for Education Facilities [http://www.edfacilities.org/]
Comprehensive site devoted to design of K-12 facilities. Categories include "healthy school design", "classroom design" and "high performance schools." 4/05

New York Skyscrapers [http://www.in-arch.net/NYC/nyc.html]
Organized by period. Images, information on structures, materials, renovation. Extensive. 02/09

Palladio's Italian Villas [http://www.boglewood.com/palladio/home.html]
Census of villas, bibliography, substantial information.

PARKitecture in Western National Parks [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hdp/exhibits/parkitect/]
"PARKitecture in Western National Parks celebrates the concept of designing with nature through the exhibition of black and white photographs and measured drawings of representative structures and sites in ten well-known parks. You can select a park to see what we've highlighted from it, or choose a facility type...." 4/02

Pattern in Islamic Art [http://www.patterninislamicart.com/]
"Offers more than 4000 free downloadable images of such patterns as used in the decoration of Islamic architecture. The bulk of these images are drawnfrom David Wade's own photo-archive, itself the fruit of his visits to various Islamic and formerly Islamic regions over a period of some thirty years. In addition to his photo-archive the site offers other related material such as drawings, diagrams and analyses, background notes, and previouslypublished material." 8/08

Planning and Building Libraries [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/architecture/index.htm]
Site for architects and librarians, linking to web resources on such subtopics as automation, lighting, security, standards, and others. 1/01

Public Library presentations [http://urbanafreelibrary.org/departments/presentations/]
Several presentations made to the Public Library Association Conference on library design and lighting, by Fred Schlipf and John Moorman. 11/05

Roadside Architecture [http://www.roadsidepeek.com/archit/index.htm]
"Special focus on mid-century styles" including googie architecture and tiki style. 6/00

Skyscraper Museum [http://www.skyscraper.org/]
Exhibitions, publications list, beginnings of a photo archive, and a graphic on the world's tallest buildings. 10/99

SkyscraperPage.com [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/]
Under the "city diagrams", you can get elevations and stats for buildings by city and by architect. Or you can search by keyword on the home page so you can see all the hotels or offices or whatever. They're not all skyscrapers...there are 24 stadiums, and some buildings that are only 3 floors high. Search results come in the form of elevations on a graph, with tallest first, but you can sort them by year. The stats are below each building. 7/02 submitted by Jacque Tygart.

TempleNet - the Comprehensive Indian Temple website [http://www.indiantemples.com]
Though there is no indication that any additions have been made to this site since 1997, there is still a good bit of information here on Indian Temples. 8/98

Theatre Historical Society of America [http://www2.hawaii.edu/~angell/thsa]
Information on the American Theatre Architecture Archive, links to historic theatre web sites. 7/98

Theatre Projects Consultants [http://tpcworld.com/]
News, portfolio, links to theater projects. 7/02

Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) [http://www.wbdg.org/index.php]
Extensive site, the WBDG is the only web-based portal providing government and industry practitioners with one-stop access up-to-date information on a wide range of building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a 'whole buildings' perspective. Design guidance to create high-performance buildings, organized by building type. Also useful are links to government sites with information on building mandates. Popular links include "Construction Waste Management" and "Building Envelope Design Guide". 11/02, last accessed 7/08.

Wired New York [http://www.wirednewyork.com]
"Over a thousand original photographs of New York City. Skyscrapers and architecture section shows famous skyscrapers, World Trade Center, buildings under construction. A guide to the city has images of New York landmarks and attractions." Also in skyscrapers and architecture section is an alphabetical list of buildings, not limited to buildings for which there are photographs. Best with Internet Explorer. 4/02, last accessed 7/08.

Yurt Info [http://www.yurtinfo.org]
Basic information, links, and forums for building and living in yurts. 10/06