Architecture Web Sites

Last updated Nov. 3, 2004. Jeffery Howe. email: howej@bc.edu

General Sources

American Institute of Architects: AIAOnline; Architecture Information from Architectural Record; architecturecafe - home; Architecture News - Archibot.com; Archpedia.com - Your guide to world famous architects and their architecture.; Architext Links; Dissertations Underway on Architectural History; How to Research Architecture; Research Materials for Architecture & the Built Environment Located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C.; Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Research at the Getty); architectural terms; Links; Archetours, Inc. - travel; @rchi-tec - energiesparende Architektur mit neuen Medien; ArchiNET - The South African Architecture Network; A & I - Architettura & Ingegneria homepage; a - n o d e | technology for architects and artists; Arch'India Online - The Indian Architectural Resource Guide; ArchiNed - De architectuursite van Nederland; Architect Africa Online - South Africa; Architectural Links of Interest; The Architecture Hate Page - Welcome!; Architecture Through the Ages; ArchitectsOnline:Architectural Links; Architects On Line; Architecture Resources on the Internet; Architecture - the Mining Co. links; Architecture Web Resources; ArchiWorld; ARCspace - World Architecture; ARQ.cl - Architecture in Chile; Arquitectura Mexicana / Mexican Architecture; Architettura nel mondo - architecture in the world -- link list; Buildzone netchannels- India's building Industry portal; Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture - Bath, England; Center for Theory and History of Architecture; Construction, Building, Architecture: Image and Photo Resources; Cupola's Hot Links - Architectural Listings; Cyburbia - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center - formerly PAIRC; a comprehensive resource; Cyberplaces Web Site - The Internet Guide for Architects, Engineers & Contractors; Death by Architecture; db - deutsche bauzeitung; Deutschlands Architektur; Edinburgh Architecture Edinburgh Architects Contemporary Architecture; F.A.T. (Fashion Architecture Taste); Great Buildings and Structures; Great Buildings Online - Master Buildings List; Great Structures of the World; Horus's Architecture links; Inside Architecture Homepage; kyrie's architecture page; MoMA | collection | architecture and design; National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.; NAV Internet Architekt Links - Belgian; Nerd World : ARCHITECTURE; noticias >> arquitectura :: arte :: diseño; Ordine degli Architetti di Roma e Provincia; Pam Mack's History of Technology Links; Proyectoyobra.com - Argentina; Real Estate - Welcome from The Mining Company; Recursos a Internet d'Art i Arquitectura de Ramon Soler; Sólo Arquitectura; TECTÓNICA - Spain; tradición moderna; The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Architecture; ZONE ARCHITECTURE - Contemporary Architecture from Quebec; Surveys and Guides; Amsterdam Monumenten; Archeire-- Architecture in Ireland; Architecture (Arts); Bauhaus Architecture in Tel Aviv; Boomtown- Frankfurt; Canadian Centre for Architecture Home Page; Deutschlands Architektur; Digital Architecture; edinburgharchitecture.co.uk; Gateway to Art History - Gardner's Art Through the Ages; Headsmashers House of Architectural Links; Historic City Center: Old Montreal; International Archive of Women in Architecture; Irish Architectural Archive; Museum Architecture; Ogram's 17th Century New England Links: Images & Facsimilies; Online resources for London architecture; Pevsner Architectural Guides to England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales; Quondam - A Virtual Museum of Architecture; RIBA Library; Russian Art and Architecture; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich - Departement und Abteilung für Architektur; A Virtual History of Architecture - from Sweden; The Virtual Study Tour - New Zealand; Miscellaneous; a - n o d e | technology for architects and artists; ARCHINECT - online portfolios, bookstore, links; Architecture Books - Bookstore - architectstore; The ArchitectStore - architecture books and links; BIAS Architecten, Netherlands; Brian Rose - architectural photography (Netherlands); GABION - architecture writings by Hugh Pearman; Green For New England - Environmental Federation of New England; Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Hong Kong Institute of Architects; LAVA - Lab for architecture; Nederlands Architectuurinstituut; Society of Architectural Historians: Homepage

Interior Design

Period and Style for Designers

The International Theatre Design Archive - Project 2000

SPECSOURCES - The future of interior design.

Image Archives

American Memory All Collections Search

archINFORM - 20th century architecture -- Karlsruhe, Germany

Architecture and Interior Design photographs for 20th c. America: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection

Chicago Architecture and Art Imagebase - U of Ill, Chicago

Columbia Digital Image Access Project DIAP Images

Digital Archive of American Architecture - Boston College

Digital Archive of European Architecture - Boston College

Digital Images of Architecture -- Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College

Exploring Image Collections on the Internet: Resources at MIT and Beyond

The Kidder Smith Images on American Architecture

Lambeth Palace Library - digitized church plans

MIT: Rotch Visual Collections: Films and Videos: Information and Sources at MIT and Beyond

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture - U of VA

SAH imagebank pilot

SPIRO - Architectural searches - UC Berkeley

American

General; Regional Guides; Native American; Style Guides; Cities; Skyscrapers; Churches - US; Buildings - Other; Architects - Misc.
: Jefferson; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; I.M. Pei; Cesar Pelli; H.H. Richardson; Louis Sullivan; Frank Lloyd Wright; World's Fairs

Ancient Architecture

General

Archaeology Magazine -- with useful links

Palace of Ashurnasirpal II Quicktime & Mpeg movies

ArtServe - Art and Architecture from the Mediterranean Basin

Ancient World Web

Ancient Near East - Guide to Resources

Images of Ancient Iran

The Museum of Reconstructions

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Virtual Archaeology

Egyptian

Djoser Complex - Stepped Pyramid

Egypt Links

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology

NOVA Online/Pyramids -- The Inside Story (VR)

Greek

The Corinthian Page

Labyrinth at Knossos

Project Perseus' Home Page

Ancient City of Athens

The PARTHENON

Roman

Ancient Reconstruction of the Pompeii Forum

Forum Romanum

The Hadrianic Baths at Leptis Magna

Historic Atlas Resource - Europe (Ancient Rome)

LacusCurtius • Pont du Gard - 47 Web Links

PompeiiForum Project

Medieval Architecture

Amiens Cathedral Digital Project at Columbia University

La cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens

Cathedrals and Churches in France

Byzantine and Medieval Web Links

The Castles of Wales

Chartres Cathedral - GCSU

Constantinople Project

Durham Cathedral

Gothic Dreams: Earthlore Explorations Introduction - Gothic Architecture

Hagia Sophia

Jewish Gothic

Leaning Tower of Pisa - official web site

The NIXNET Medieval Architecture Homepage

Official Guide to the Vialardi di Sandigliano Foundation and the medieval Torrione Castle

Non-Western

Architecture Asia - The architect & design network for Asia

Asian Historical Architecture

Image India - photographs

Kisho Kurokawa, contemporary architect - Japan

Legacy India - photographs

Islamic

Aga Khan Award for Architecture Home Page

Arabic and Islamic Architecture - Suite101.com

Historic Cities Support Programme (HCSP) - Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Islamic Architecture in Isfahan

Islamic Patterns

TEXTUAL & Visual Resources on Islamic Art, Architecture and Urbanism; Rotch Visual Collection, MIT

Renaissance Architecture

Brunelleschi's Monograph - site for Brunelleschi

From Human Architecture to Architectural Structure: Part I - Brunelleschi's Perspective

Chateaux

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

Medici Villas in Florence and Tuscany, Italy

Palladio's Italian Villas

Palladio's Villa Emo by Lionel March; Nexus Network Journal Autumn 2001

Villa Emo: the history of Villa Emo

Santiago Calatrava Web Site - Spanish architect / engineer

LeCorbusier

Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) Ein kleiner Streifzug durch sein Werk -very detailed site

Le Corbusier Architecte/Artiste

LeCorbusier: Carpenter Center

Le Corbusier / Charles Edouart Jeanneret

Le Corbusier database by AGRAM

Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965) Ein kleiner Streifzug durch sein Werk

LeCorbusier -- Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp - photographs by J. Howe, Boston College

LeCorbusier, Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp - photos by Scott Demel

Le Corbusier Shop - books, CDRoms, prints

LeCorbusier -- Villa Savoye - photographs by J. Howe, Boston College

Villa Savoye - VRML

Patrimoine Le Corbusier à Firminy - Firminy: La plus grande concentration d'oeuvres architecturales de Le Corbusier

Photo Gallery: the Villa Savoye

Historic Preservation

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Arc Boutant Historic Preservation Home Page - internship opportunities

BBC - History - Researching your home

The Boston Preservation Alliance

Boston University Preservation program

Conservation OnLine

Digital Librarian: Architecture & Historical Preservation

Green For New England - Environmental Federation of New England

Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador

Heritage Conservation, Historic Preservation, Preservation and Storage, State Library of Victoria

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER), National Park Service

LC-HABS/HAER Collections

National Historic Landmark Index

National Register of Historic Places

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation: Historic Sites

OldHouse.com The interactive network for older homes.

The Old House Network

Organization of World Heritage Cities

Preservation Alliance of Wichita Falls, Texas

Preservation Brief - Understanding Old Buildings

Preservation of Historic Adobe Buildings The traditional materials and construction of adobe buildings and the causes of adobe deterioration.

Preservation: The Ultimate Recycling - North Carolina's Newsletter

PreservationWeb

Researching the History of Your House

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

US/ICOMOS - NPS World Heritage Home Page

Engineering

Advanced Building Technologies

AEC InfoCenter: Architecture, Engineering, Building Construction

American Society of Architectural Perspectivists

Architectural Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering)

ArchiTECH.PC cad architecture 2D 3D rendering texture animation bill of materials building construction aec

Construction Defects

Golden Gate Bridge - Highway and Transportation District

Housing and Construction Law

Special topic: bridge disasters

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster

Web Cam Views - live updates

Boston

WCVB: CityCam

Other US
Syracuse, NY - Weather Camera at Clinton Square

Europe

Web Cam Links
Realtime Camera Paradise - list of links

Art Web Links

Fine Arts Department

Art History Webmasters Association

These pages created and maintained by Prof. Jeffery Howe of the Fine Arts department. Many links originally provided by Bapst Art Library staff.