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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Resources for: Housing

America's Housing [http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing.html]
US Census Bureau data from the American Housing Survey, homeownership data, housing affordability, housing vacancy data, market absorption of apartments, Property Owners and Managers Survey, residential segregation 1990, and historical tables from the Housing Censuses. 8/98, 6/08

Cohousing Association of the United States [http://www.cohousing.org]
General information, information about specific communities, and an extensive cohousing resource guide to additional sources. Sponsored by Cohousing Association of the United States. Online magazine dates back to 2001. 6/08.

Design Matters: Affordable Housing [http://wall.aa.uic.edu:62730/ahc/catalog/home.html]
A catalog of "exemplary" affordable housing projects. Search by project [by state, by architect, etc.] or by design feature [e.g. cost, accessibility, energy efficiency]. Links to other affordable housing sites are at http://wall.aa.uic.edu:62730/ahc/catalog/home_resources.html 11/05

Developing Community Housing Needs Assessments and Strategies [http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/housing/aahe/guidebook/contents.html]
A self-help guidebook distributed by the American Association of Housing Educators. Last website revisions in 1999, and a number of broken links, however the guidebook is still of interest. 3/00, 6/08.

Enertia Building systems [http://enertia.com]
Features natural renewable materials; manufactured kits.

Housing Information Gateway [http://www.Colorado.EDU/plan/housing-info/]
Directory of individuals, organizations by location, listservs, searchable bibliography, links (see the page about the Encyclopedia of Housing) -- to all of which the visitor to the site is invited to contribute. 12/98

HUD USER [http://www.huduser.org/]
"HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics." Online bibliographic database, raw data, links. 8/98

Modern Phoenix: The Neighborhood Network [http://www.modernphoenix.net/]
Extensive content, including "photographic documentation, articles and interactive discussion of classic midcentury design, art and architecture in Phoenix... The site also includes Contemporary design with a Modern spirit (MoCo) and renovations of classic modern structures." 11/05

Rural Studio (Auburn) [http://cadc.auburn.edu/soa/rural%2Dstudio/mission.htm]
Web site for the Auburn University School of Architecture Rural Studio. Includes descriptions of student projects. 11/05

Southwest Housing Traditions: Design, Materials, Performance [http://www.huduser.org/publications/destech/SWhousingtraditions.html]
Full text of this August 2005 HUD publication which "assesses the relevance of traditional Southwestern building designs and materials for the contemporary housing needs of low-income residents of the U.S.-Mexico border communities." Includes case studies and prototypes. 11/05

U.S. Housing and Urban Development [http://www.hud.gov]
Community plans (including Henderson, Nevada plan for block grant funds and a brief history of the city), data on housing and community trends. A searchable database of HUD publications is at http://www.huduser.org