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: Architects and Designers

AGRAM [http://agram.saariste.nl/]
Documentation on the work of architects who have "influenced the development of architecture in its use of space." Includes Corbusier, Loos, Jujol, and others (in English). Website by R. Saariste. 01/05 06/08

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 Thomas Jefferson [http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/wilson/home.html]
Materials to support a University of Virginia course. Many categories are noted as "under construction". Last updated March 1998. 8/99, 6/08.

Archive of Designer Raymond Loewy [http://art.net/Lile/Loewy/loewy]
Biographical bullets, selected list of clients, bibliography of publications by and about him -- a most impressive advertisement for the auction of his archives on June 10, 1995.

ArtCyclopedia [http://artcyclopedia.com]
Search architects and designers such as Mies Van Der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright and Palladio for material from museum web sites, net articles, image archives. 11/03

Broadacre All-Wright Site (Frank Lloyd Wright Guide) [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw.html]
Last accessed 1/03.

California Architects [http://www.california-architects.com/]
Choose firm name or view images by building type. Provided are firm profile, list of projects, and list of publications. Architects and Landscape Architects. 11/03

Center for Palladian Studies in America [http://www.palladiancenter.org/]
This organization, started in 1979, seeks to advance the study of Andrea Palladio and his influence in America. They publish the semi-annual journal, Palladiana, and have several useful resources such as booklists, and a timeline. 09/09

Chicago Architects Oral History Project [http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/]
"The Chicago Architects Oral History Project was begun in 1983 under the auspices of the Art Institute's Department of Architecture to document the life experiences of architects who shaped the urban environment in Chicago." 2/00

Chicago Architecture Foundation [http://www.architecture.org]
On Chicago's buildings and architects.

Christopher Alexander [http://www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar/Chris.text.html]
"Some Notes on Christopher Alexander by Dr. Nikos A. Salingaros, mathematician and architectural theorist." Sections include biography, publications, buildings, philosophical contributions, and other. 6/99

Coop Himmelblau [http://www.coophimmelblau.at/]
Information and images of both recent and older works, downloadable lectures, list of publications, and more. 1/01

Currier Museum of Art: Archive - Zimmerman House, Frank Lloyd Wright [http://www.currier.org/collections/2col.aspx?id=2458]
The Isadore J. and Lucille Zimmerman House (1950) was designed by one of the world’s greatest modern architects, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). Web site includes slide show and list of resources and drawings available at the museum.

Eames Office [http://www.eamesoffice.com/]
Resources, bibliography, biography, gallery, online purchase of products, and more. 8/99. 6/08

Famous architects [http://architect.architecture.sk/]
"Biographies of well-known architects, primarily of the Modern Movement."

Frank Lloyd Wright -- Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932 [http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/flw.html]
Drawings and models reconstructing unbuilt FLW projects.

Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy [http://www.savewright.org/]
Images and information aimed at saving FLW buildings. 3/00

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation [http://www.franklloydwright.org/]
Including short videos! 1/00

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

Frederick Law Olmsted [http://www.newbedford.com/olmsted.html]
Links to sites on the man and his work. 8/99

Friends of Schinkel [http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g126/peikx001]
Information on the society founded April 6, 1995, a newsletter, and (soon) a biography, chronology, bibliography and articles -- on Schinkel.

Graced Places: The Architecture of Wilson Eyre [http://www.design.upenn.edu/Eyre/Eyreintro.html]
A selection of his projects in text and images. Part of the University of Pennsylvania's Architectural Archives http://www.design.upenn.edu/Eyre/Aarchives.html

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White [http://www.gapw.com]
130 years of projects from this Chicago architecture firm. 11/03

Joze Plecnik, a virtual museum [http://www.plecnik.net/]
"Dedicated to Slovenian architect Joze Plecnik" Last accessed 6/07

Joze Plecnik, Architect (1872-1957) [http://www.ijs.si/slo/ljubljana/plecnik.html]
Last accessed 1/03.

Loos/Corbusier [http://agram.saariste.nl/scripts/index.asp?dir=loos&pics=lo&tekst=Adolf Loos]
Information on their buildings (including dates, books documenting). In Dutch/English. 6/08

New York Architects [http://www.newyork-architects.com/]
Choose firm name or view images by building type. Provided are firm profile, list of projects, and list of publications. Architects and Landscape Architects. 11/03

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

Parkinson Architectural Archives [http://www.parkinsonarchitecture.com/]
"Architectural drawing/historical photograph archives of the Parkinson architectural firm of Los Angeles (1894-present)." Last accessed 6/08.

Pritzker Architecture Prize [http://www.pritzkerprize.com]
History of the award, list of winners, images of projects or recent winners.

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

Safdie Hypermedia Archive [http://cac.mcgill.ca/safdie/]
Biography, bibliography, and projects. 4/03

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.

Spiro Kostof Lectures [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/kostof.html]
Spiro Kostof (1936-1991) was widely recognized as one of the world's leading architectural historians. This site provides 26 lectures as well as a commemorative addresss (Spring 1987). Program notes for the Kostof Lecture Series by David Eifler, UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library, 2008. Last updated 7/08.

Vitruvio.ch -- Architecture on the Web [http://www.vitruvio.ch/index.php]
Links to web sites arranged by period, from primitive through Renaissance to Future. Links to architecture historians, to "master" architects, and more. 2/01

Walter Gropius - pioneering master of modern architecture. [http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Walter_Gropius.html]
Last accessed 7/08.

Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/]
Library of Congress online exhibit. 4/03