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.
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Architecture Internet Resources -> Resources -> Buildings

Resources for: Buildings

Amiens Cathedral Project [http://www.learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/index-frame.html]
From Columbia University, drawings, photos, computer graphics, texts. Additional computer graphics at http://www.arch.columbia.edu/DDL/projects/amiens/soft.html 4/99

archINFORM: Architectural Buildings/Projects Database [http://www.archINFORM.net/start.htm]
Database of "over 5000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database." Lists by person and town; searchable. Useful reference tool for dates and locations.

Architecture of the Getty Center [http://academic.reed.edu/getty/]
More than 200 images of the Center, list of publications about the Center. 7/98

Barcelona Pavilion [http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/virtualtour/barcelona/barcelona.html]
Computer construction.

Canadian Architecture Collection [http://cac.mcgill.ca/]
"Its mandate is to document the work of past and present architects who have studied and/or taught at the McGill University School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Through photographs, drawings, and corollary documentation, the CAC also seeks to represent the evolution of the McGill campus, the city of Montreal, and the architectural heritage of Quebec and Canada." Includes various archives, such as the Safdie collection, and Building Canada, a digital collection of over 2000 images of Canadian architecture. 6/99

Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture [http://www.bath.ac.uk/casa/about]
"Concerned with the integrating of two apparently diverse fields, architectural history and computing." Completed projects, including computer modelling of reconstructions of Alberti buildings, Serlio's Renaissance Theatre, and Inigo Jones' Whitehall Banqueting House are at http://www.bath.ac.uk/casa/completed/index.html

Chartres Cathedral [http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?c=chartres&page=index]
Wonderful site. More than 2000 images. Searchable and browsable. Well indexed. 11/05

Cities and Buildings Database [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/]
Images of buildings in more than 30 countries. Access is geographically arranged. The aim is to create an electronic image archive on "Cities and Architecture." 7/98, 6/08.

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Digital Design Lab [http://www.arch.columbia.edu/]
Projects online by semester. From the homepage follow links under "works" 4/07

CSA Propylaea Project [http://www.propylaea.org/]
"The CSA Propylaea Project is a cooperative project to create a single digital resource of information about the Propylaea, the building at the entrance to the Athenian Acropolis. " Photographs and cad files. Links to CSA newletter articles on the project. Bibliography on the building. Drawings to be added. 11/02

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture, Architecture and Building [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/DLDecArts/txtSubGuide.html]
The architecture and building selections of The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture, a University of Wisconsin Madison project collecting text and images pertaining to the decorative arts with a concentration on Early America. 10/09

Empire State Building [http://www.esbnyc.com/index.cfm]
Lots of building facts and history. 9/99

Emporis [http://www.emporis.com/en/]
11/06

Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust [http://www.wrightplus.org/]
Good information about the Robie House http://www.wrightplus.org/robiehouse/robiehouse.html and the materials held by the trust. 11/05

Gamble House [http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~bosley/gamble.html]
Last accessed 1/03.

Getty Center [http://academic.reed.edu/getty/image_textchoices.html]
Excellent site by Charles Rhyne, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Reed College. Over 600 dated images, intended for use by students of architecture. Annotated bibliography. "This web site attempts to show the architecture as a peopled space as seen by normal viewers." Can scan "preview" images by topic (e.g. trees and landscaping." 4/01

Great Buildings and Structures [http://architecture.about.com/arts/architecture/library/bl-buildings.htm]
Short description and illustration for about 50 buildings. 7/00

Great Buildings Collection Online [http://www.artifice.com/gbc/buildings.html]
Information and images of 750 buildings. Information includes architect, location, date, building type, and print resources on the building. 7/98

Guggenheim Bilbao Museum [http://www.bm30.es/homegug_uk.html]
Summary information about the building and its collections. 8/99

Museums Abroad [http://www.exploringabroad.com/art/museums.htm]
Site provides resources and an informational directory on hundreds of museums and exhibits around the world organized by country. Last accessed 6/07.

Noble Sanctuary: The Online Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem [http://www.noblesanctuary.com/]
Last accessed 1/03.

Notre-Dame Cathedral of Amiens [http://www.cc.columbia.edu/imaging/html/marc/amiens/amiens-marc.html]
Over 200 images. 8/02

Palace of Diocletian at Split [http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/palace.exhibit/intro.html]
Last accessed 1/03.

Quondam, Virtual Museum of Architecture [http://www.quondam.com]
"Quondam's Collection began as a group of 3-dimensional computer models representing significant building designs that were never built. The collection presently contains thirty buildings, two urban databases, two virtual environments, two analogous buildings, and two image banks." Philadelphia and Schinkel are two foci. 4/00

Rusli Associates-Alcoa World Headquarters [http://www.rusli.com/alcoa.html]
Design drawings, models, and construction photos of the Alcoa World Headquarters.

structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures [http://www.structurae.de/en/]
"structurae is an International Database and Gallery of Structures. It is provided as a free service to engineers, as well as teachers and students of structural engineering. This site contains contemporary and historical information on works of structural engineering and their designers, and firms that constructed them. The intention is to provide a broad overview of structures and as much technical information as reasonable." Also points to relevant print and web materials. Searchable; browsable by designer, geographic area, type of structure, firm, and project name. 5/99, last accessed 7/08

UCLA Cultural VR Lab [http://www.cvrlab.org/]
Substantial projects focusing on the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. 11/05

World Heritage List (UNESCO) [http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31]
The World Heritage List includes 878 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. Arranged by country, each entry has brief description, justification for its placement on the list, and thumbnail image. Links with partner institutions if available. 10/99, last accessed 7/08

World Trade Center [http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/t_wtc.htm]
http://www.skyscraper.org/WHAT%27S_UP/WTC_DOSSIER/wtc.htm 6/06. Last accessed 9/08

World Trade Center -- Some Engineering Aspects [http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.shtml]
Speculations on the cause of the collapse. 10/5/01

World Trade Center Building Performance Study (FEMA) [http://www.fema.gov/rebuild/mat/wtcstudy.shtm]
Issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, May 2002. 5/02, last accessed 7/08.