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Aardvark: The RMIT Guide to Selected Contemporary Melbourne Architecture

Afghanistan - The Harrison Forman Collection
"...documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s, several years before the Soviet Union invaded the country. The photographs were taken by Harrison Forman in 1969. The online collection consists of 174 images selected from a set of 733 slides of Afghanistan in the Harrison Forman Photographic Collection housed at the American Geographical Society Collection...The online collection is organized into six browsable subject categories: architecture, history, land, people, and transportation."
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Architecture of the Getty Center
Versions 1 (200 photographs) and 2 (600 photographs)
"The photographs and text in this web site are meant to supplement those published in various magazines and books and to provide images of additional aspects of the architecture, landscaping, and details...This web site focuses on the architecture of the Center, including its landscaping...the audience I have in mind is primarily college and university students and others with a serious interest in the architecture being studied."
By Charles S. Rhyne, Professor Emeritus, Art History, Reed College

architecture.com
"Welcome to 250,000 pages of useful information about architecture, architects, and the RIBA. The image is from our Site of the Day (click bottom left). Our flagship service is the RIBA library catalogue; a free index to 150,000 articles from 300 journals in 20 languages, and 50,000 books, drawings, and photographs."
Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) British Architectural Library 

American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) - Photo Archive
"The AIIS collection from the Center for Art and Archaeology in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, has over 125,000 photographs in the collection. The images fall into the broad categories of architecture, sculpture, terracotta, painting and numismatics."
Part of the Digital South Asia Library

Architecture and Interior  Design for 20th Century America
Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
"The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection - (dead link) is comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Subjects are concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida. Included are the homes of notable Americans, such as Raymond Loewy, and of several U.S. presidents, as well as color images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair."
- American Memory, Library of Congress

ArchitectureWeek
"...is a leading magazine of design and building, providing news and features weekly on architecture and construction, digital media, and building culture. We set a new standard for accessible, frank, accurate, probing, integrated, and inclusive coverage of the built environment."

Artists and Architects
"Biographies of over 40 architects, artists, illustrators and cartoonists that worked in Britain between 1700 and 1900."
From The Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia, British History 1700-1920

Asian Historical Architecture
"thousands of online photos of historical architecture in Asia from
China, Japan, North & South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, India, Pakistan, & Afghanistan"
Maintained by Tim Ciccone, Yunsheng Huang (UVA)

Biographical Directory of Women in Architecture

The Blue Book of Building and Construction - (dead link)

Brief Biographies of American Architects
 From Society of Architectural Historians

Built in America
Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present
"The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as windmills, one-room schoolhouses, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright."
American Memory, Library of Congress

Canadian Architect and Builder Online - (dead link)
"...was published between 1888 and 1908 and is the only professional architectural journal published in Canada before World War I. Beautifully filled with photographs, drawings, advertisements and valuable articles, CAB provides a wealth of information on the state of architecture and building in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also of immense historical importance as a cultural treasure that makes up part of the Canadian heritage."
Produced by the Blackader-Lauterman Library and the Digital Collections Program, McGill University

The Canberra House
Modern Residential Architecture in the Australian Capital Territory
"This site contains a number of detailed profiles and images of significant Canberra houses, many based on the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture (RSTCA). Listing on the RSTCA is based on criteria specified in Schedule 2 of the Australian Capital Territory Land (Planning and Environment) Act 1991...The house profiles are arranged by decade but can also be accessed through the architect biographies, architectural styles and map pages."

A Digital Archive of American Architecture
"This archive, currently consisting of nearly 1,400 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings) plus explanatory material, was originally constructed as a supplement to my course...The color images on this site are low resolution scans of my own slides and photographs in my collection. Utilizing the flexibility of hypermedia, the historical material and slides contained here can be can be accessed in a variety of ways, such as by date, style, purpose, and location."
By Jeffery Howe, Boston College

Discover the Historical Architecture of Asia:
 China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, & Cambodia
"...an online archive of Asian architectural photos. Here you can explore over a hundred-forty sites in six countries, with extensive background information and innovative 'virtual tours'."
By Tim Ciccone, Abe Ahn, and Robert D. Fiala

A Digital Archive of European Architecture
By Prof. Jeffery Howe, Boston College

Dissertations on American Architectural History

Electronic Journals - See our Architecture Journals page.

The Empire That Was Russia:
The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated
Sections include: Photographer to the Tsar ; Architecture ; Ethnic Diversity ; Transportation ; People at Work.
A Library of Congress [U.S.] Exhibit

Finnish Women Architects of the Early Twentieth Century
Written for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs by Renja Suominen-Kokkonen

The Getty Museum

Glass Steel and Stone
Architecture of the World
Photographs, commentary, and news of buildings from around the world.

Gotham Comes of Age: New York through the Lens of the Byron Company, 1892 - 1942 - (dead link) "This on-line version of Gotham Comes of Age replicates the published book in its entirety. Released in April 1999, the 216-page book--with 172 duotone reproductions--accompanies the exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York..."
Online exhibit from the Museum of the City of New York


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Great Structures of the World
Sections include: Canada ; USA ; Asia ; Europe ; Australia ; Egypt ; Emirates.

A Guide to the Description of Architectural Drawings
Getty Standards Program
"The Guide address two basic questions: What types of information should be recorded? [and] How should the information be recorded?"

Guidelines for Architectural Historians Testifying on the Historical Significance of Properties

Historic Charleston Religious & Community Buildings
 A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary

"How to Research an Architectural Structure: A Research Guide"
 By Lee Robinson, Librarian, New York Public Library

Images of England - (dead link) "...is building a photographic record of England's 360,000 listed buildings to place on the internet by 2002. Welcome to the project's website which outlines how the photographs are being taken and when the first images will be available on-line. "
National Monuments Record, English Heritage

In the Mind of the Architect
"This is the story of how buildings and public spaces get to be made, told principally through an exposure of the public and private realms of a number of very different Australian architects...This series is about politics, art, history, poetry, philosophy...about dreams and despair. The passions of complex individuals, their colleagues, detractors and admirers...These documentaries aim to trace the spirit and politics of these artists in our predominantly secular Australian culture. They will enable us to tell a different story, to shed some of our simplistic notions of ourselves and our cultural worth...The website is a co-production between ABC TV and The Space, ABC Arts and Culture Online. Initiated by the ABC Network TV/Multimedia Project."

"In the Midst of a Loneliness"
The Architectural History of the Salinas Missions
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Historic Structures Report.
Southwest Cultural Resources Center, Professional Papers No. 15., National Park Service.
By James E. Ivey, 1988

Islamic Arts and Monuments of India
The Islamic Heritage of India
"Some of India's most beautiful heritage is derived from the Muslims who invaded India over the centuries. While Taj Mahal is but the most famous of them, the Islamic influence is well integrated into the modern Indian society. Here is a picture collection on Islamic arts and monuments of India."

Lantern Slides of Classical Antiquity
By Harrison Eiteljorg, II, Center for the Study of Architecture (CSA), Bryn Mawr College

LSU Architectural Drawings by Theodore Link - (dead link) "Theodore C. Link designed most of the buildings for LSU when the campus was relocated in the 1920's. This group of approximately 200 drawings provide architectural, wiring, heating and plumbing specification for buildings across the campus. Many of the architectural plans provide detailed views of unique stuctural [sic] elements. The drawings are arranged in series by the names of buildings.
From the LSU Digital Library

Manhattan Timeformations
Mapping Manhattan's Skyscraper Districts through Time
"This project uses computer models and interactive animations to depict the dynamic relationship between Manhattan's skyscrapers and other layers of urban information, such as: geologic formation, settlement patterns, landfill, transportation and communications infrastructure, zoning laws and real estate cycles."
By Brian McGrath, Architect

Minneapolis Museum of Arts

  • Unified Vision
    The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School
    "In the late 19th century, Louis Sullivan conceived the idea of an authentic American architecture suited to the needs of people living in the modern age. Employing his principles of unified design, Sullivan's followers, including Frank Lloyd Wright, William Gray Purcell, and George Grant Elmslie, developed what is now known as the Prairie School."
    Sections include: Introduction ; The Collection ; Durcell-Cutts House Tour ; Architecture Tour.

Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA)

  • The Changing of the Avant-Garde
    Visionary Architectural Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection
    "...celebrates The Howard Gilman Foundation's generous gift of 205 architectural drawings...focuses on radical projects from the 1960s and 1970s and includes some of the most famous utopian drawings of the twentieth century."
  • Mies in Berlin/Mies in America
    "The career of Ludwig Mies van der Roche (1874-1969), one of the greatest architects of the twentieth century, was divided into two periods: the first thirty years spent in Germany, the last thirty in America...The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Art host concurrent exhibitions that explore the entirety of the architect's work.
    MoMA/Whitney

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Architects
 U.S. Department of Labor

Perseus Art & Archaeology - Architecture Catalog - (dead link) "...381 buildings. Each catalog entry has a description of the object and its context; most have images."
The best resource for Classical Architecture

  • Fortification Architecture - (dead link)

Royal Institute of British Architects Library - (dead link)

  • Library Online Catalogue - (dead link)

Society of Architectural Historians - Image Exchange

S*P*I*R*O - Architecture Slide Library, University of California, Berkeley

Traditional Architecture of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, & Cambodia - (dead link)
"...an online archive of East Asian architectural photos. Here you can explore over a hundred sites in six countries, with extensive background information and innovative 'virtual tours'."
This site was created Tim Ciccone, Abe Ahn, and Robert D. Fiala

Trajan's Column
"This is a site for exploring the Column of Trajan as a sculptural monument. The core of the site is a searchable database of over 500 images focusing on various aspects of the design and execution of the column's sculptural decoration. These images (slides and drawings) were generated by and for sculptor Peter Rockwell."
By The McMaster Trajan Project, 1999

Triumph of the Baroque : Architecture in Europe 1600-1750
National Gallery of Art online tour

University of Washington Libraries - Digital Collections

  • Architecture of the Pacific Northwest Database
    "This database contains selected architectural drawings from the Pacific Northwest Architecture Collection representing regionally significant architects and designers spanning the period from the 1880ís into the 1980's."

Urban Planning 1794-1918: An International Anthology. Selected and Edited by John W. Reps 

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