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    CAMRA National Inventory of Pub Interiors of Outstanding Heritage  Interest
    http://www.camra.org.uk/
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     General

    Electronic lists and discussion groups

    architecthetics discussion list
    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ARCHITECTHETICS.html
    Enables those who have an interest in architecture and aesthetics to provide their views and exchange news and information on the built environment in an aesthetic context
    Architecture, Building and planning Lists
    http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/category/K.html
    Provided by Mailbase
    Archives of Archives-NRA
     http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-a-e/archives-nra/archive.html
    The UK mailing list for archivists, conservators and records managers.
    Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
    http://www.kovacs.com/directory.html
    Google Groups
    http://groups.google.com/
    Searches newsgroup discussions, with archives back to 1995. Formerly Deja News.
    National Academic Mailing List Service - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
    Facilitaties discussion, collaboration and communication within the UK academic community and beyond
    PAML - The Directory of Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists
    http://paml.alastra.com/
    Tile.net/Lists
    http://tile.net/lists/
    Internet discussion and information lists. Lists by name, description, domain
    Topica: Learn More. Surf less
    http://www.topica.com/
    Formerly Liszt, the mailing list directory
    www.DesignCommunity.com
    http://www.DesignCommunity.com/
    Provides free forums for public communication on world architecture, sustainable design, 3D
    design in particular, and 3D computer graphics, for designers, software users, players, and developers
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    Search

    Tutorials and guides

    Finding Information on the Internet: Table of Contents
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
    From Univerity of California, Berkeley
    How to Search the World Wide Web_ A Tutorial and Guide for Beginners
     http://204.17.98.73/midlib/tutor.htm
    Internet Detective
    http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
    An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources. Produced by the DESIRE project with funding from the European Union. English, French, Dutch
    RDN Virtual Training Suite
    http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/
    Online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills.
    Includes tutorials on "Art, Design and Media"  and "Construction"
    Search Engine Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission
    http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/
    Search the Internet - Tips from U.C. Berkeley Library
    http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/search.html
               A one page jumping off point to search engines, meta search engines and directories, with search tips for each
    Tutorial and description of search engines
    http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
    Internet discussion and information lists. Lists by name, description, domain
    Web Wise - BBC Education's guide to the internet
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/
    ZDNet: General Search Engines & Directories
    http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/directory/general.html
    Reviews---HotList---Best Meta Searches---Search Directory--- Link Guides---What's New---Tutorials
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    Directories and search engines

    1Blink.com - Meta Search Engine
    http://www.1blink.com/
    Multiple engine search
    Alta Vista
    http://www.altavista.com/
    *** Simple and advanced search options.Use advanced search for full Boolean searches.Both Simple and Advanced support phrase searching (" "), field searching (title, domain, host, URL, and link searches), and truncation (*). Near facility (terms within 10 words of each other) in Advanced search. Translation facility translates French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese websites into English (and vice versa).
    AOL Search: Home
    http://search.aol.com/
    The Argus Clearinghouse
    http://www.clearinghouse.net/
    Reviews and rates top websites in a variety of academic areas
    C4 - Parallel Search Technology
    http://www.c4.com/
    Searches 16 search engines, subject directories, and specialty databases. Use full Boolean logic and phrase searching. Formerly cyber 411
    GO.com
    http://www.go.com/
    Google
    http://www.google.com/
    ***Ranks pages: page rank is high if lots of other pages with high page rank point to it. . Does not currently support OR or AND NOT operators, but does allow the implied Boolean minus sign (-). When multiple keywords are entered, all keywords are treated as "AND" queries. Automatically returns pages that include all keywords, so the plus sign (+) and the operator AND are not necessary. Also, quotation marks for phrase searching are not required as Google returns pages with keywords in close proximity. Supports link searching and also provides a cached copy of each result, useful if server is down or the web page is no longer available.
    EuroFerret
    http://www.euroferret.com/
    European web sites
    Excite
    http://www.excite.com/
    Search engine with index. Supports implied Boolean logic (+/-), full Boolean logic (AND, OR, AND NOT must be in ALL CAPS), and phrase searching. "More Documents Like This" feature.
    FAST Search_ All the Web, All the Time
    http://www.alltheweb.com/
    ***
    HotBot
    http://www.hotbot.com
    Large robot-based web index. Supports Boolean operators with nesting. Can limit searches by date, location, media (image, text, sound, &etc.), or page type. upports implied Boolean logic (+/-), full Boolean logic (and, or, and not), and truncation (*). To use Boolean logic, change the "all the words" drop-down menu to Boolean phrase.HotBot also offers phrase, title, domain, and link searches. as well as several media-type searches such as audio, video, and images. Will return 10, 25, 50, or 100 results at once.
    Infotiger_search the world wide web
    http://www.infotiger.com/
    Ixquick Metasearch
    http://ixquick.com/
    ***Multiple engine searches.
    LookSmart
    http://www.looksmart.com/
    Lycos
    http://www.lycos.co.uk/
    Mamma: Mother of All Search Engines
    http://www.mamma.com/
    Netscape Search
    http://home.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html
    Northern Light
    http://www.northernlight.com/
    *** Robot-driven search engine, particularly good when looking for academic information;searches fu ll-tect sources (journals,books). Sorts search results into topic folders to help guide you to the information you need. Supports implied Boolean logic (+/-), full Boolean logic (and, or, and not), and truncation (*) after four or more letters (e.g., arch*). It offers phrase, title, URL, and company information searches.
    ODP - Open Directory Project
    http://dmoz.org/
    ***The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
    PlanetSearch
    http://www.planetsearch.com/
    ProFusion
    http://www.profusion.com/
    Multiple engine search of 9 search engines and subject directories. Use implied Boolean logic (+/-) and phrase searching.
    Search Online
    http://www.searchonline.info/
    Metasearch engine with lots of search sources and  customization options
    Yahoo!
    http://www.yahoo.com
    *** Largest subject directory on the Internet, Entries,which depend largely on user submissions, are manually catalogued, so not best for new sites.
    Yahoo! UK & Ireland
    http://uk.yahoo.com/
    Yahoo with a bias to UK and Ireland
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    Directories

    Addresses.com
    http://www.addresses.com/
    The world's largest email address directory includes international email addresses as well as American
    BigBook (USA)
    http://bigbook.com/
    Yellow pages and other tools
    Bigfoot
    http://www.bigfoot.com/
    BT PhoneNetUK - UK online phone directory
    http://www.bt.com/
    Click on directory enquiries
    College E-Mail Addresses
    http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/FAQs/email/college.html
    It provides information on each university's procedure for naming email accounts, which can give you a good clue as to what an email address might be. It is not a directory of verified email addresses. It also links to the Home Page of each university listed, which may include access to a campus email directory.
    GTE SuperPages (USA)
    http://superpages.gte.net
    International Telephone Directories
    http://www.infobel.com/world/default.asp
    Internet Address Finder
    http://www.iaf.net/
    Phone numbers - International phone, fax numbers, e-mail addresses etc.
    http://www.phonenumbers.net/
    Phonebook - Server Lookup
    http://www.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/ph/lookup?Query=
    Links to over 300 online university phonebooks
    Postcode Finder (UK)
    http://pol.royalmail.com/home.htm
    You can now find any Postcode within the UK. All you need to do is enter address details and the Postcode Finder will do the rest for you. Similarly if you do not know the address but you have the Postcode the Address Finder can help you.
    Switchboard
    http://www.switchboard.com
    Search for people or businesses. Find out what's nearby.
    Telephone Directories on the Web, Phone Books, White Pages, Yellow Pages
    http://www.teldir.com/
    Index of online phone books, with over 350 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 150 countries all around the world
    WhoWhere _ People Finder
    http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/
    The World Pages
    http://www.worldpages.com
    Searchable directories for more than 70 countries. BT yellowpages.
    World Email Directory (WED
    http://www.worldemail.com/
    World Email Directory is a combined Personal Directory, Phone and Fax Directory, Business Directory, Yellow Pages, White Pages, Zip Code Directory, Email Directory, Homepage Directory
    Yahoo! People Search
    http://people.yahoo.com/
    Yell.com/home
    http://search.yell.com/search/DoSearch
    Yellow pages (UK)
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    News

    Architecture Guide
    http://www.architectureguide.com/
    News from around the world
    Daypop - About
    http://www.daypop.com/
            Current events search engine which indexes over 5000 news sites and weblogs on the net every day
    Major News Search Engines
    http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/links/article.php/2156261
    Descriptions of, and links to, news search engines for current event searching
    BBC News Online - Front Page
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/default.stm
    ft.com - Home Page
    http://www.ft.com/
    The Guardian / Observer
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/
    The Independent
    http://www.independent.co.uk/
    This is London: London Evening Standard
    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/index.html
    The New York Times on the Web
    http://www.nytimes.com
    ThePaperboy.com | Online Newspaper Directory | Links to World Newspapers
    http://www.thepaperboy.com/
    Electronic Telegraph
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
    TIME.com
    http://www.time.com/time/
    The Times
    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
    Internet editions of The Times and The Sunday Times
    UK Media - British Newspapers online - National and Local Press in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland - throughout the British Isles - with links to Papers in Europe and Worldwide
    http://www.zen.co.uk/home/page/wrx/alltnews.htm
    Architecture and construction news
    AEC portico - your guide to architecture, engineering and construction
    http://www.aecportico.co.uk/
    Architects Journal
    http://www.ajplus.co.uk/aj/homepage/asp/index.asp
    Architecture in the news -  headlines
    http://www.riba.org/library/news.html
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    Architects, Designers,  Engineers & Critics

    Directories

    RIBA Directory of Practices
    http://www.ribafind.org/
    Find a firm of architects by name, location or expertise
    RIBA Directory of Members
    http://members.riba.org/memdir/
    RIAS: Scottish Architects On-Line
    http://www.warhorn.co.uk/rias/
    Searchable database of chartered architects
    The European Architect Portal Site
    http://www.archi-europe.com/
    American Society of Architectural Illustrators
    http://www.asai.ws/
    The American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI), formerly known as the American Society of Architectural Perspectivists (ASAP), a non-profit international professional organization of architectural illustrators, whose goals are to foster communication among architectural illustrators, to raise the standards of architectural illustration and to acquaint the public with the importance of such drawing as integral to the practice of architecture.
    ARCHIBEL (Belgium)
    http://www.archibel.be/
    Archifrance.com
    http://www.archifrance.com/
    Electronic directory of architects in Europe
    Architects in Canada Directory
    http://www.cusimano.com/dir/arch/
    Arquin, El Directorio
    http://www.arquin.com/
    Es El Directorio más completo de Arquitectura e Ingeniería en Venezuela de Habla Hispana.
    Biographies of American Architects, 1897-1947
    http://www.sah.org/aame/bioint.html
    Brief biographies, transcribed from the American Art Annual, of architects who died between 1897 and 1947
    Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago Architects Oral History Project
    http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/dept_architecture/oralhistory.html
    Finnish architects, Finnischer Architektenburos
    http://www.atl.fi/
    Cyberarchi - l'annuaire thematique: architecte, architecture et construction
    http://www.cyberarchi.tm.fr/
    IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture
    http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/iawa/iawa.htm
    The Association of Finnish Architects´ Offices
    http://www.atl.fi/
    Federation of Swiss Architects
    http://www.architects-fsa.ch/
    Schweizer Architekten
    http://www.swiss-architects.com/
    Swiss architects & landscape architects. Listings by region and name
    CMD Profile -- Listing of US Architecture Firm
    http://www.cmdg.com/profile/home.htm
    AIAAccess (USA)
    http://www.aiaaccess.com/
    Database of AIA member firms
    Architects USA
    http://www.architectsusa.com/
    InfoSplat.com : Where its @ for the Design Community
    http://www.infosplat.com/
    USA. Business to business internet company serving the architectural/design community connecting architects, designers, model makers, iIllustrators, photographers and CAD drafters. Directory listing, job marker, for sale market, bid wizard.
    Sólo Arquitectura_ Arquitectos - España
    http://www.soloarquitectura.com/
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    Contemporary

    Great Buildings Collection
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
    *** More than 750 great buildings from around the world and across history with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and also live 3D models and digital video clips.
    Interior Design Biography: Selected Resources
    http://wally.rit.edu/pubs/guides/intdesignbio.html
    Sources for finding biographical and pictorial information about interior designers and interior design firms. The titles cited here emphasize twentieth-century designers, particularly contemporary practitioners. From the Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology.
    The Pritzker Architecture Prize
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/

    Individual (a-z)

    Agrest & Gandelsonas
    http://www.ag-architects.com/
    Alsop and Störmer
    http://www.alsopandstormer.com/
    Tadao Ando
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/andorel.htm
              Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1995
    Ron Arad Website
    http://www.ronarad.com/
    Arquitectonica
    http://www.arquitectonica.com/
    Arup Home
    http://www.arup.com/
    Ove Arup home page
    asymptote architecture new york
    http://www.asymptote-architecture.com/
    Shigeru Ban at Gallery Ma
    http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Ban.html

    Shigeru Ban's Architectural works - In pursuit of new structural methods
    http://www.dnp.co.jp/millennium/SB/work-1_e.html
    Luis Barragan of Mexico
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/barragan.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1980
    Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner
    http://www.behnisch.com/
    Gottfried Boehm of Germany
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/boehm.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986
    Ricardo Bofill.Taller de Arquitectura
    http://www.bofill.com/
     Spanish
    Branson Coates Architecture Limited
    http://www.ecstacity.com/
    Gordon Bunshaft
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/bunnei.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1988
    Santiago Calatrava
    http://www.calatrava.com/indexflash.html
    Portfolio, publications, biography, offices, news
    coop himmelblau
    http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/
    Charles Correa
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/charles_correa.htm
    Charles Correa Homepage
    http://www.charlescorrea.net/
    William JR Curtis
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/william_curtis.htm
    Jeremy Dixon, Edward Jones
    http://www.dixonjones.co.uk/
    Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
    http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=12
    Balkrishna V Doshi
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/balkrishna_doshi.htm
    Peter Eisenman - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Peter_Eisenman.html
    Peter Eisenman :Presidential Lectures: Stanford University Home
    http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/eisenman/index.html
    Terry Farrell and Partners
    http://www.terryfarrell.com/
    The Fat Channel (Fashion Architecture Taste)
    http://www.fat.co.uk/
    Sverre Fehn
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/secone97.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1997
    Foster and Partners
    http://www.fosterandpartners.com/
    Sir Norman Foster
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/mediakit99.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1999
    Future Systems
    http://www.Future-Systems.com/
    Frank Gehry
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/gehry.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1989
    Frank Gehry
    HTTP://www.frank-gehry.com
    The "official unofficial" Frank Gehry web page
    gmp - von Gerkan, Marg + Partners - Architects - Hamburg - Germany
    http://www.gmp-architekten.de/
    Michael Graves
    http://princetonol.com/patron/mgraves.html
    Michael Graves - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Michael_Graves.html
    Mark Guard Architectslinks
    http://www.markguard.demon.co.uk/
    Zaha Hadid Architects
    http://www.zaha-hadid.com/
    Zaha Hadid biography
    http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/arch.comp/hadid.html
    Hariri & Hariri
    http://www.haririandhariri.com/
    On the architecture of Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen
    http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/heik_komo.html
    Written for Virtual Finland by Marja-Riitta Norri
    On the architecture of Pekka Helin and Tuomo Siitonen
    http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/helin_siit.html
    Written for Virtual Finland by Marja-Riitta Norri
    Herzog & de Meuron
    http://www.deas.harvard.edu/~jones/lab_arch/H_and_dM/translations/hdm_1/hdm_1.html
    Steven Holl Architects
    http://www.stevenholl.com/
    Hans Hollein of Austria
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/hollein.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1985
    Michael Hopkins and Partners
    http://www.hopkins.co.uk/
    Bernard Huet
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/bernard_huet.htm
    Charles Jencks
    http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=429
    Charles Jencks
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/charles_jencks.htm
    Philip Johnson of the United States
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/pjohn.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1979
    Koning Eizenberg Architecture
    http://www.kearch.com/
    ArchiNed Sites - Rem Koolhaas/OMA Source Page (English version)
    http://www.classic.archined.nl/sites/RemKoolhaas_sourcepage_e.html
    Rem Koolhaas/OMA @ Architects in CyberSpace???
    http://studwww.rug.ac.be/%7Ejvervoor/architects/koolhaas/index.html
    Rem Koolhaas
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2000annc.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2000
    Atelier Lucien Kroll
    http://homeusers.brutele.be/kroll/
    Lucien Kroll: archINFORM
    http://www.archINFORM.de/start.htm?page=/arch/2733.htmKisho Kurokawa Home Page
    Kisho Kurokawa home page
    http://www.kisho.co.jp/index.html
    Phyllis Lambert
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/phyllis_lambert.htm
    Sir Denys Lasdun
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/denys_lasdun.htm
    BBC - BBC Four - Voices from the Archive - Denys Lasdun
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/profilepages/lasdund1.shtml
    William Lim
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/william_lim.htm
    Daniel Libeskind
    http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/
    Machado and Silvetti Associates
    http://www.machado-silvetti.com/
    Fumihiko Maki
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/maki2.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1993
    Richard Meier's Homepage
    http://www.richardmeier.com/
    Richard Meier of the United States
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/meier.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1984
    Rafael Moneo
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/secone96.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1996
    mOrphosis
    http://www.morphosis.net/
    Eduardo Souto Moura
    http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/blau/moura.html
    Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
    http://www.oma.nl/
     See also Koolhaas
    Oscar Niemeyer
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/bunnei.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1988
    Juhani Pallasmaa
    http://www.uiah.fi/presentation/history/j_pallas.html
    Pascal Arquitectos. Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design
    http://www.pascalarquitectos.com/
    Peddle Thorp Architects
    http://www.pta.com.au/
    Ieoh Ming Pei of the United States
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/pei.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1983
    Pei Cobb Freed & Partners - Official Site
    http://www.pcf-p.com/
    Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
    http://www.algonet.se/~pwh/pwpei.htm
    A chronology 1949-1999 by Per Wåhlin
    Cesar Pelli & Associates
    http://www.cesar-pelli.com/
    Renzo Piano Workshop Foundation Official Site - Index
    http://www.rpwf.org/
    Renzo Piano
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/98piano.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1998
    Lorenzo Piano: Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbc-architect.cgi/Lorenzo_Piano.html
    Christian de Portzamparc
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/portz.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1994
    Kevin Roche of the United States
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/roche.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1982
    Richard Rogers Partnership
    http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/
    BBC - BBC Four - Voices from the Archive - Richard Rogers
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/profilepages/rogersr1.shtml
    Aldo Rossi
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/rossi.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1990
    RTKL Associates Inc., Architects and Designers
    http://www.rtkl.com/
    Joseph Rykwert
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/joseph_rykwert.htm
    Joseph Rykwert
    http://www.wtp.org/Bios/RykwertBio.html
    Moshe Safdie - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Moshe_Safdie.html
    Sasaki Associates, Inc - Architects, Landscape Architects, Planners
    http://www.sasaki.com/
    Scott Brownrigg & Turner
    http://www.sbt-international.com/
    SITE- Environmental Architecture
    http://www.siteenvirodesign.com/
    Alvaro Siza
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/siza.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1992
    Alvara Siza (Editorial Blau Catalogue)
    http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/blau/cat.html#page_mark3
    Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
    http://www.som.com/
    Peter and Alison Smithson - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Peter_and_Alison_Smithson.html
    Paolo Soleri
    http://www.arcosanti.org/
    Philippe Starck
    http://www.philippe-starck.com/
    James Stirling of Great Britain
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/stirling.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Prize 1981
    James Stirling - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/architects/James_Stirling.html
    BBC - BBC Four - Voices from the Archive - James Stirling
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/profilepages/stirlingj1.shtml
    Kenzo Tange
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/tange.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1987
    Torsten Thorup Architects MAA MDD
    http://www.t-thorup-architects.dk/
    Bernard Tschumi Architects
    http://www.tschumi.com/
    Bernard Tschumi Event-Cities Museum of Modern Art Show
    http://www.cornishproductions.com/Tschumi.html
    A show at the Museum of Modern Art featuring Bernard Tschumi.
    Robert Venturi
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/venturi.htm
    Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 1991
    Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
    http://www.vsba.com/
    Rafael Vinoly Architects
    http://www.rvapc.com/
    Makoto Sei Watanabe
    http://www.makoto-architect.com/
    Sir Colin St. John Wilson
    http://www.cperspectives.org/Invitees/colin_wilson.htm
    Sir Colin St John Wilson (artnet)
    http://www.artnet.com/library/09/0917/T091736.asp
    Sir Colin St John Wilson (Meam Net )
    http://www.meamnet.polimi.it/archive/078/078.html
    Lebbeus Woods [ SkewArch | architects ]
    http://www.skewarch.com/architects/woods/
    Riken Yamamoto & Beda Faessler
    http://www.ya-fa.ch/
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    Historical

    AIC: Chicago Architects Oral History Project
    http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/dept_architecture/oralhistory.html
    Biographies of famous Chicago architects and excerpts from oral history interviews. From the Art Institute of Chicago
    Architectural databases on the Web by R.Saariste
    http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/d-arch/agram/
    Includes biographies and illustrations of works by Le Corbusier, Jujol, Loos, Duiker, Schinkel and Melnikov.
    artnet.com
    http://www.artnet.com/
    Includes biographical entries for artists and architects based on the Grove Dictionary of Art
    Dictionary of Art Historians
    http://www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/dah.htm
    A Biographical Dictionary of Historians, Museum Directors and Scholars of Art
    Famous Architects (links)
    http://www.architectstore.com/famous.html
    Architects : chronologically by date of birth (1827-1945)
    http://lava.ds.arch.tue.nl/lava/data/default.htm
    Architecture Resources on the Internet
    http://filebox.vt.edu/users/hmock/arch/arch.html
    Includes: Aalto, Le Corbusier, Charles and Ray Eames, Gaudi, Gehry, Gropius, Kahn, Pei, Mies van der Rohe, Sullivan and Wright. Created by Bob Mock, architectural student at Virginia Tech.
    Great Buildings Collection
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
    *** More than 750 great buildings from around the world and across history with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and also live 3D models and digital video clips.
    SocialChannel. Biographies
    http://www.socialchannel.net/biografia/
    Biographies from Gran Enciclopedia RIALP (GER) include:

    Aalto, Alvar; Alberti, Leon Battista; Andrade, D. Antonio; Arciniega, Claudio; Asplund, Erick Gunnar; Bautista, Francisco; Becerra, Francisco; Bérain, Jean; Bernini, Giovanni B; Bonavía, Santiago; Borromini, Franceso; Bramante, Donato; Brosse, Salomon de; Brunelleschi, Filippo; Bustamante, Bartolomé; Cambio, Arnolfo Di; Cano, Alonso volver; Van de Velde, Henry; Vandelvira, Andrés d; Vasari, Giorgio; Vázquez, Lorenzo;  Vignola, Giacomo da; Villanueva, Juan de; Viollet, Emmanuel; Vitrubio, Marco; Wren, Christopher; Wright, Frank Lloyd; Zuazo, Secundino
    Yahoo! Arts:Design Arts:Architecture:Architects:Masters
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/Architects/Masters/
    Alphabetical listing  

    Individual (A-Z)

    Aalto

    aalto.com - Aalto Vase & Furniture - Aino and Alvar Aalto Designs
    http://www.aalto.com/
    Alvar Aalto
    http://studwww.rug.ac.be/~jvervoor/architects/aalto/aalto.html
    Alvar Aalto Museum
    http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/
    MoMA | exhibitions | Alvar Aalto
    http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/aalto/index.html
    Alvar Aalto (Virtual Finland)
    http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/alvar.html
    Robert Adam - Vision of Edinburgh
    http://www.scran.ac.uk/dl/ada/ra.htm
    Bernini's idea del tempio
    http://www.arthistory.su.se/bernini.htm
    Francesco Borromini 1599-1667 - Struktur und Metamorphose
    http://www.borromini.at/./index.html
    German. Italian and English
    Daniel Burnham - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/
    Charles Cameron, Architect to Catherine The Great, Empress of Russia, an online book
    http://www.alexanderpalace.org/cameron/index.html
    Flavio de Carvalho, Master Provocateur - November 1999 Brazil - BRAZZIL -
    http://www.brazzil.com/p46nov99.htm

    Le Corbusier

    Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center (carp vorspann)
    http://www.archlab.tuwien.ac.at/~carpent/carpenter/carpenter.html
    at Harvard University
    Fondation Le Corbusier
    http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/
    All works listed and the French properties have full contact/address details. They also indicate whether they are visitable or not. A lot have illustrative material attached.
    BBC - BBC Four - Voices from the Archive - Charles Édouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/profilepages/lecorbusierc1.shtml
    Johannes Duiker
    http://www.architectenwerk.nl/historie/Hist.Bouwmeesters.NL.htm
    Eames Office
    http://www.eamesoffice.com/
    Dedicated to communicating, preserving and extending the work and legacy of Charles and Ray Eames
    Craig Ellwood - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/architects/Craig_Ellwood.html
    Joseph Emberton (1889-1956)
    http://www.joseph-emberton.com/
    Joseph Emberton was a pioneer of modern architecture in England. Duringthe 1930s he was responsible for the design of some buildings which have become icons of design for that period.
    Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
    http://www.austria.org/sep98/erlach.html
    Sir Banister (Flight) Fletcher
    http://www.artnet.com/library/02/0285/T028561.asp
    Article derived from the Grove Dictionary of Art
    R. Buckminster Fuller on PBS
    http://www.thirteen.org/cgi-bin/bucky-bin/bucky.cgi
    TV program

    Gaudi

    Gaudí Central
    http://www.op.net/~jmeltzer/gaudi.html
    By Jonathan D Meltzer
    Antoni Gaudi, Centro de Estudios Gaudinistas
    http://www.fut.es/~ceg/ncatala.htm
    Gaudi and Barcelona Club
    http://www.gaudiclub.com/index.html

            Goff

    ArtsWeb Bruce Goff Page
    http://studsys.mscs.mu.edu/~mikes/ArtsWeb/goff/index.html
    Bruce Goff - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Bruce_Goff.html

           Gray

    Eileen Gray Home Page
    http://www.tangle.com/Eileen/Welcome.html
    Designer and Architect (1878-1976)
    Eileen Gray, dialogue en bord de lacque - [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/eileen_gray/
    Walter Burley Griffin
    http://www.pbs.org/wbgriffin/
    Gropius
    Walter Adolf Gropius
    http://www.archINFORM.de/arch/498.htm
    In German
    Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969) - Ein kleiner Streifzug durch sein Werk
    http://www.tu-harburg.de/b/kuehn/wgropius.html
    Site compiles texts, images and pictures on the Internet of those works of Walter Gropius, presented there. A brief explanatory paragraph, which contains or refers to the links to the several internet resources, is given for  almost each building or project. By Hermann Kühn.
    Walter Adolph Gropius: BBC - BBC Four - Voices from the Archive
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/voices/profilepages/gropiusw1.shtml
    Inigo Jones links
    http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/masters/jones.htm
    My Architect: Louis Kahn
    http://www.myarchitectfilm.com/
    Film by his son
    "Monuments of the Future": Designs by El Lissitzky (Getty Research Institute)
    http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/lissitzky/
    Adolf Loos
    http://www.architectenwerk.nl/historie/Hist.Bouwmeesters.EU.htm
    Lutyens Design Associates
    http://www.lutyens-furniture.com/index.html
    Includes brief biography and bibliography
    Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh.html
    Fondazione Giovanni Michelucci
    http://www.michelucci.it/

    Mies van der Rohe

    Mies van der Vohe: Graham Resource Center
    http://www.iit.edu/libraries/grc/
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
    Fundacio Mies van der Rohe
    http://www.miesbcn.com/
    Established in 1983 to carry out the reconstruction of the Barcelona Pavillion.
    Charles Moore W. Moore Center for the Study of Place
    http://www.charlesmoore.org/
    Based in the Moore/Andersson Compound, designed and built by Moore and Arthur Andersson when Moore came to Austin in 1984 to teach at the University of Texas Scool of Architecture. The Center cares for the 4000 volume Moore Architectural Library in addition to the 2500 volume Colin Rowe Library.
    Julia Morgan
    http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/cues/morgan.html
    William Morris Society
    http://www.morrissociety.org/
    Richard Joseph (Josef) Neutra
    http://www.archINFORM.de/arch/3.htm
    In German
    Fundação Oscar Niemeyer
    http://www.niemeyer.org.br

    Palladio

    Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio
    http://www.cisapalladio.org/
    Italian and English
    Palladio Museum
    http://andrea.gsd.harvard.edu/palladio/
    Palladio's Italian Villas-Home
    http://www.boglewood.com/palladio/home.html
    Palladian Buildings in Vicenza
    http://www.ashmm.com/cultura/palladio/homefruk.htm
    Photos from ASH Multimedia S.r.l.
    Andrea Palladio - Villa Poiana
    http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/teaching/wfp/ABGESCHLOSSENE/schaerer/
    Includes interactive 3-D model
    Le ville ed i committenti
    http://ville.inews.it/
    Italian web tour by Silvia Colla and Alberto Nardi of villas in Vicenza, including those by Andrea Palladio. Italian & English
    epalladio.com by Giaconi Publications
    http://www.epalladio.com/
    Watercolor drawings by Giovanni Giaconi  of the 32 existing Villas by  Andrea Palladio.
    Overview of James Playfair
    http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst80.html
    Joze Plecnik (1872-1957)
    http://www.ijs.si/slo/ljubljana/plecnik.html
    Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin 1812-1852
    http://www.pugin.com/
    By Victoria Farrow, with the support of the Pugin Society
    Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12558b.htm
    From the Catholic Encyclopedia
    Richardson
    The Architecture of Henry Hobson Richardson
    http://www.homestead.com/hereibe/HHR.html
    Henry Hobson Richardson - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Henry_Hobson_Richardson.html

    Rietveld

    Gerrit Reitveld - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/architects/Gerrit_Rietveld.html
    Eero Saarinen
    http://www.scandinaviandesign.com/eero_saarinen/index.htm
    Carlo Scarpa
    http://www.studiocleo.com/gallerie/scarpa/scarpapage.html
    Michael Scott Architect (1905-1989) [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/michael_scott/
    archINFORM - Rudolph Michael Schindler
    http://www.archINFORM.de/arch/1121.htm
    The Furniture of R. M. Schindler
    http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/schindler.html
    MAK Schindler House
    http://www.makcenter.com/schindler.html
    Friends of Schinkel
    http://www.tc.umn.edu/~peikx001/
    Scott, M.H. Baillie (Mackay Hugh), 1865-1945
    http://www.tt92.demon.co.uk/b_scott.htm
    Louis Sullivan
    http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/Architects/Sullivan.html
    Charles F. A. Voysey - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Charles_F._A._Voysey.html
    Williams-Ellis, Clough
    http://www.portmeirion.wales.com/clough/index.english.htm
    Edgar Wood - Architect
    http://manchesterhistory.net/edgarwood.html
    David Boardman strives to document those of his buildings which still exist

    Wren

    Sir Christopher Wren - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Sir_Christopher_Wren.html
    Sir Christopher Wren
    http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history//Mathematicians/Wren.html
    Sir Christopher Wren
    http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/personal-page/james/phd/wren/architecture.html
    Research on Wren by Dr James W.P. Campbell

    Wright

    Yahoo! Arts:Design Arts:Architecture:Architects:Masters:Wright, Frank Lloyd (1867-1959)
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/Architects/Masters/Wright__Frank_Lloyd__1867_1959_/
    Broadacre All-Wright Site - Frank Lloyd Wright Guide
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw.html
    Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/flw.html
    The "Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932" physical exhibition opened November 14, 1996, in the Madison Gallery, Madison Building, Library of Congress, and closed February 15, 1997.
    The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Home Page
    http://www.franklloydwright.org/
    Frank Lloyd Wright
    http://www.pbs.org/flw/
    Site of film. Good for locating FLW buildings open to the public -60of them, with maps. Searchable by state and building type.
    Wright on the Web: Links to Other Resources
    http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw9.htm
    This site, by Ted Giesler, includes listings buildings and links to over 700 other FLW sites on the web.
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    Architecture

    Associations, Councils, Institutes

    Yahoo! Arts:Design Arts:Architecture:Organizations:Professional
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/Organizations/Professional/
    Art and Design Associations on the World Wide Web; A Guide to over 560 of Key Associations on the Web
    http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/artsorg/
    Subject directory for architects, architecture; architectural educators; architectural historians; historic preservation; landscape architects . Name index.
    Resources of Scholarly Societies - Architecture
    http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/architect_soc.html
    This is one of a set of subject pages created by compilers at the University of Waterloo Library to facilitate access to websites maintained by or for scholarly societies across the world. Provides URL-stability index for each site.
    Architects' Council of Europe - Conseil des Architectes d'Europe
    http://www.ace-cae.org/
    UIA :Union Internationale des Architectes / International Union of Architects
    http://www.uia-architectes.org/count-uia.shtml
    List of the 92 member sections with web links. Architecture museums worldwide with links. Architecture journals with links. Schools of architecture in the world (to order). Calendar of architectural events around the world.

    UK

    Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
    Architecture.com
    http://www.architecture.com/
    The site of the RIBA - all about architecture
    RIBA
    http://www.architecture.com/go/RIBA/Home.html
    The RIBA site is for RIBA    members and other  interested architects to keep  up to date with professional  issues, from practice  matters to competitions,     research and design.
    RIBABookshop.com _ Architecture _ Design _ Construction
    http://www.ribabookshop.com/
    RIBA Enterprises
    http://www.ribac.co.uk
    Architects & Engineers for Social Responsibility
    http://www.jakob.demon.co.uk/
    Architects and Surveyors Institute
    http://www.asi.org.uk/
    Architects Registration Board
    http://www.arb.org.uk/
    Includes searchable online register of architects.
    Bristol Society of Architects; Bristol & Bath RIBA
    http://www.BristolArchitects.com/
    Includes UK architecture links
    RIAS WebSite: Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
    http://www.rias.org.uk/
    Royal Society of Ulster Architects
    http://www.rsua.org.uk/
    SCALA: Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities
    http://www.scala.org.uk/

    Asia

    Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA)
    http://www.hkia.net/hkia_homepage.html
    Indian Institute of Architects
    http://www.iia-india.org/
    Architectural Institute of Japan: AIJ Home Page
    http://www.aij.or.jp/
    Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) - Malaysian Institute Of Architects
    http://www.pam-my.org/
    United Architects of the Philippines
    http://www.uap-online.org/
    The Association of Siamese Architects Under Royal Patronage
    http://www.asa.or.th/
    Singapore Institute of Architects
    http://www.sia.org.sg/

    Europe

    Nationaal Architecten Verbond - NAV Website (Belgium)
    http://www.nav.be/
    DAL/AA (Denmark)
    http://www.dal-aa.dk/
    The Federation of Danish Architects/the Academic Association of Architects (DAL/AA). Danish and English
    SAFA-Suomen Arkkitehtiliitto (Finland)
    http://www.safa.fi/
    Bund Deutscher Architekten
    http://www.bda.baunetz.de/
    Arkitektafélag Íslands (Associtation of Icelandic Architects)
    http://www.ai.is/
    Arkitektafélag Íslands
    Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland
    http://www.riai.ie
    Architectural Association of Ireland
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/aai/
    Nederlands Architectuurinstituut
    http://www.nai.nl/
    Federation of Dutch Architects
    http://www.bna.nl/
    Norske Arkitekters Landsforbund
    http://www.mnal.no/
    Association of Portuguese Architects (AAP)
    http://www.aap.pt/novidades/novidades.shtml
    Arquinex (Spain)
    http://www.arquinex.es/
    ArquiNex es una sociedad anónima, de las organizaciones de Arquitectos, dedicada a dar servicios telemáticos. El servicio WEB de ArquiNex, propone una red ideal de comunicación para el sector de la Arquitectura y la construcción (administración, colegios profesionales, técnicos, constructores, fabricantes, instaladores, etc.)
    Col.legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya
    http://www.coac.net/
    Union of Architects in Russia
    http://www.uar.ru/
    Vlaams Architecturr Instituut
    http://www.vai.be/vai/home/home_en.asp

    The Flemish Architecture Institute is an information centre whose
    aim is to increase awareness of contemporary architecture among
    both the general public and professionals, researchers, the media
    and policy. To achieve this it intends to distribute information in
    various ways and forms about buildings, architecture, architectural
    libraries, publications, periodicals, competitions and events. Flemish and English.

    North America: USA, Canada

    AIAOnline (American Institute of Architects)
    http://www.aiaonline.com/
    Architects Council of America; working to improve the profession
    http://www.architectscouncil.org/
    Dedicated to the improvement of the architectural profession and the better understanding and appreciation of the value that Architects bring to the building process
    Royal Institute of British Architects USA
    http://www.riba-usa.org/
    Royal Architectural Institute of Canada: The RAIC InfoCentre
    http://www.raic.org/

    Other

    Barbados Institute of Architects Information Resource
    http://www.biabarbados.org/
    Institute of Architects of Brazil
    http://www.iab.org.br/
    Coarq - Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile
    http://www.coarq.com/
    Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos México
    http://www.arquired.com.mx/fcarm/
    Buscador de Arquitectura y Construccion
    http://www.arq.com.mx/
    Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay
    http://www.sau.org.uy/
    The Institute of Professional Designers
    http://www.ipdonline.com/
    The Institute of Professional Designers was founded in 1963 to represent an nternational multi-discipline composition of designers in the following fields: Architecture, Interior and Graphic Design, encompassing all forms of Computer-Related Design, together with all those concerned with Environmental Design disciplines.
    Australian Architects
    http://www.archioz.com.au/
    Association Consulting Architects Australia
    The Royal Australian Institute of Architects
    http://www.raia.com.au/
    New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA)
    http://www.nzia.co.nz/

    Internet sites: search engines and lists

    About Architecture
    http://architecture.about.com/
    ADAM _ Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway
    http://adam.ac.uk/
    *** British-based gateway to selected, quality sites.  Becoming very out-dated as site is no longer maintained.
    AEC portico - your guide to architecture, engineering and construction
    http://www.aecportico.co.uk/
    ***By NBS Services, a division of RIBA Enterprises and wholly owned by the Royal Institute of British Architects. It is a non-profit gateway site that exists to provide the best and most useful information of relevance to the UK construction industry free of charge to anyone who wants to use it.
    Archiseek Architecture Directory
    http://www.archiseek.com/
    Online architecture directory with architecture links:awards & competitions, architects, architecture, discussion, environmental, interior design, the past, miscellaneous. Project of Volta Digital Media with tie-in to Archeire - Irish Architecture Online.
    ArchiTacTic : the AEC search engine
    http://www.architactic.com/en/index.html
    A portal site for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) industry.
    Architects Webguide an NAV Website
    http://www.ArchGuide.com/
    Created By the Nationaal Architecten Verbond, a Belgian Architects Association.  This Website intends to catalogue as many websites as possible on the Web related to Architecture and the Building Industry, all sites are reviewed manually and given a rating for design, speed and content.
    architecturecafe
    http://www.architecturecafe.com/
    Firms,  consultants,   organizations, jobcenter,  education,  student organizations, students,  museums,  exhibitions,   lectures, bookstore,  publishers,  journals, competitions,  news features;  famous architects,  links
    Architecture Research Guide
    http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/architect.html
    Architecture Resources - Directories - Links
    http://www.academicinfo.net/arch.html
                       Aims to be the premier educational gateway to online college and research level Internet resources.
    Focus is on English language resources. Browse by subjects or search by keywords.
    architecture.start4all
    http://architecture.start4all.com/
    Links, particularly to Dutch sites
    Architecture Web Resources
    http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html
    *** Subject coverage: Architecture, building, AEC, design, real estate, housing, urban, energy, environment. Very comprehensive. Maintained by Jeanne Brown, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Architecture.
    Architecture Web Sites
    http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html
    By Prof Jeffery Howe, Fine Arts Department, Boston College
    architektur+bauen
    http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~hasspro/arch/
    Arkitekturbiblioteket
    http://www.ahus.lth.se/bibl/
    The web site of the library at the School of Architecture, Lund, Sweden. contains a large number of links to organizations, universities, research institutes, publishers, journals, libraries, archives, museums etc within architecture and design. The main focus is on the Nordic countries. In Swedish.
    Aroots.org
    http://www.aroots.org/
    Le portail francophone de l'architecture, du paysage et de l'urbanisme
    Art and Culture
    http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/home
    ***Information engine allows visitors to discover connections between artists and movements. Information is organized by artist/architect, discipline and by movements (from Archigram to Viennese Secession). Categories include design arts (architecture and interior design)
    Buscador de Arquitectura y Construccion
    http://www.arq.com.mx/
    In Spanish
    Cyburbia - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center
    http://www.cyburbia.org/
    *** Cyburbia (formerly called PAIRC - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center) contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning
    related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas. Cyburbia is maintained by Dan Tasman.
    Digital Librarian: Architecture & Historic Preservation
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/architecture.html

    Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York
    DutchESS (English version): Dutch Electronic Subject Service
    http://www.konbib.nl/dutchess/
    Facoltà di Architettura del Politecnico di Torino - Architettura nel WWW
    http://obelix.polito.it/arch_www/
    Hans Andersson: Archihub(2) - even more serious fun...
    http://www.pangbom.com/hans/archihub2/
    Collection of more than 1000 architecture sites
    Histoire de l'Architecture
    http://205.151.64.120/HTML/histoire.htm
    By Andre.Gagnon
    Links arquitectura : Argentina
     http://linksarquitectura.com.ar
    Open Directory - Arts: Architecture
    http://dmoz.org/Arts/Architecture/
    ***
    Openhere: Architecture
    http://dmoz.org/Arts/Architecture/
    Recursos a Internet d'Art i Arquitectura de Ramon Soler
    http://hipatia.uab.es/internart/
    From Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain)
    Richtex Architecture & Building Links - Architectural & Construction Information and Resources
    http://www.architecturelinks.com/
    A meta-index of architectural directories of the World Wide Web. The entire index can by searched by keyword or browsed by subject.
    Sapling: Architecture, Planning & Landscape Links
    http://www.sapling.org.uk/
    Sapling is a cross-disciplinary links directory, centred around the fields of architecture, planning and landscape. Over 400 links are organised into nine key themes - planning, technology, design, housing, heritage, sustainability, construction, transport and regeneration - with additional 'Online Library' (information resources) and 'Web Search' sections.
    Signposts to the Built Environment on the Internet
    http://online.bre.co.uk/signposts/
    Collection of websites for commercial organisations in construction, including sites from the UK and other English-language sites around the world. Over 19,000 sites are indexed in detail.
    Study WEB
    http://www.studyweb.com/
    Includes section on architecture
    Tenlinks: Top 10
    http://www.tenlinks.com/Architecture/10architecture.htm
    Top Ten catalogues and ranks sites in various subject categories, including Architecture and Construction.
    Vitruvio.ch - Architecture in the Web
    http://www.vitruvio.ch/index.html
              Links to sites for architectural history, architects, historians, building, resources and more
    World Wide Arts Resources - Visual, Performing Arts
    http://wwar.com/
    Includes a section on architecture
    The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Architecture
    http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html
    Extensive listings
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    Databases

    archINFORM - International Architectural Database
    http://www.archINFORM.net/start.htm
    *** International, with images and links. Searchable by architect, location or keyword, in English or German. Based at the University of Karlsruhe.
    Architecture Database [File 179]
    http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0179.html
    The online version of the print publication Architectural Publications Index (API) compiled by the British Architectural Library at

    the Royal Institute of British Architects. The literature indexed includes articles, interviews, obituaries, and biographies in more than 400 current periodicals from over 45 countries, as well as some 2,000 cataloged items from all over the world, including monographs, conference proceedings, exhibition catalogs, pamphlets, and some technical literature.
    Civil Engineering Database
    http://www.pubs.asce.org/chrhome2.html
    The database covers ASCE documents published since 1974. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
    Dialog® Web
    http://products.dialog.com/products/dialogweb/
    nextroom - architektur im netz
    http://www.nextroom.at/
    RIBA Library Online Catalogue
    http://www.riba-library.com/oncat.html
    The database of the RIBA British Architectural Library is fully searchable by keyword, author, title, subject, and series
    RLG's Citation Resources (Citadel Databases)
    http://www.rlg.org/citadel.html
    Includes: Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Bibliography of the History of Art, FRANCIS, Index to Nineteenth-Century American Art Periodicals. Institutions can subscribe for their users to any or all of these databases. A fixed annual fee for a level of "simultaneous use" gives unlimited searching of the files selected.
    RLG's Library Resources
    http://www.rlg.org/libres.html
    RLG's Library Resources are a set of online catalogs that offer millions of records describing materials created around the world
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    Geographical (A-Z by site name)

    A4 Investigaciones Urbanas
    http://www.acuatro.sitio.net/
    Argentina
    ABBS
    http://www.abbs.com.cn/index.php
    Chinese site - in Chinese
    Africa Architect
    http://www.Africa-Architect.com/
    African Heritage Architecture
    http://www.africanarchitecture.com/
    Mission of AHA is to re-establish the architectural traditions of West Africa as a central component of our everyday lives.
    Aleph (Paris)
    http://aleph.kubos.org/
    Index of French architectural resources, and selected worldwde servers
    American Architecture, Antique Architecture, Richardson Romanesque, H.H. Richardson, Henry Hobson Richardson
    http://www.realviews.com/
    Primer on residential styles by Sandra Pollock
    American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html
    This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides represents an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920. It represents the work of Harvard faculty, such as Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Bremer W. Pond, and James Sturgis Pray, as well as that of prominent landscape architects throughout the country. The collection offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. In addition to photographs, views of locations around the country include plans, maps, and models. Hundreds of private estates from all over the United States are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens (including features such as formal gardens, terraces, and arbors).
    Antigonash, Nova Scotia: A Virtual Tour of the Architectural Heritage of Antigonish, Nova Scotia
    http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/History/
    Archeire - Irish Architecture Online
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/
    Archéire is a collection of websites focused on architecture in Ireland. It is intended to heighten awareness, and to foster debate both within Ireland and internationally. It is a diverse, growing collection of sites,with emphasis ranging from history and preservation to current architectural developments and issues.
    ArchiArab.com
    http://www.archiarab.com/
    Aim is to join Arab architects from many countries in this site, so it becomes a meeting point for them. Arabic and English.
    ArchiNed - The Architecture Site of The Netherlands
    http://www.archined.nl/endex.html
    Architect Africa Online
    http://www.cyberlink.co.za/
    African portal for Building Construction and Architecture in Africa. Web directory of South African architects and building contractors. Specification Library
    ArchitectenWerk - Informatie voor en over Nederlandse architecten
    http://www.architectenwerk.nl/
    Architecture - Russian Culture Net Links
    http://russianculture.miningco.com/culture/russianculture/msub12.htm
    Architecture Asia  - The architect & design resource for Asia
    http://www.architectureasia.com/
    -Australia - Bangaladesh - Bhutan - Cambodia - China - Hong Kong - India -Indonesia - Japan - Korea - Laos - Malaysia - Myanmar - Nepal - New Zealand - Philippines - Sri Lanka - Singapore - Taiwan - Thailand - Tibet -Vietnam
    Architecture in Norway
    http://www.reisenett.no/facts/culture_science/architecture_in_norway.html
    By Elisabeth Seip, Manager of the Norwegian Architecture Museum
    Archivo Multimedial
    http://www.puc.cl/faba/
    Colección Virtual de Patrimonio Artístico y Arquitectónico Chileno y LatinoAmericano, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    ArchiWorld Network (Italy)
    http://www.archiworld.it/
    ARKNET (SWEDEN- english version)
    http://www.arknet.se/english.htm
    Information, exhibits and an archi tect's online guide for basic questions. Register on architects and their projects.
    ARQ web
    http://www.arqweb.com/
    Architecture, construction and design in Latin America. Spanish
    ARQUINET - Arquitetos Brasileiros na Internet
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/6030/
    arquiRED (México)
    http://www.arquired.com.mx/
    ArquitectUBA On-Line
    http://www.arquitectuba.com.ar/
    From Joel Pellegrino Hotham . Argentina.In Spanish.
    Arquitectura Chilena Contemporánea
    http://www.arq.cl/
    Arquitectura en Colombia
    http://www.arquicol.com/
    Asian Tradition in Architecture
    http://ata.hannam.ac.kr/
    In English and Korean
    associazione archland : architettura e territorio
    http://web.tiscali.it/archland/home.html
    Territorio canavesano, Italy.
    Atelier Rijksbouwmeester
    http://www.rijksbouwmeester.nl/
    In Dutch with a short introduction in English on the tasks of the works of the Chief Government architect.

    About recent projects commissioned by the Atelier of the Rijksbouwmeester; competitions, monuments in the care of the Rijksbouwmeester etc. etc.
    Built in America: LC-HABS/HAER Collections
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html
    ***The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) are among the largest and most heavily used collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. 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. As of March 1998, America's built environment has been recorded through surveys containing more than 363,000 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 35,000 historic structures and sites dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
    Center for American Architecture and Design
    http://mather.ar.utexas.edu/center/
    The Centre of the University of Texas provides scholars, practitioners, students, and others with opportunities to examine contemporary and historical issues in architecture and other related design disciplines, to collect resources on architecture and make them available to scholars and researchers, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of architecture
    Design and New Architecture (Russia)/Äèçàéí è Íîâàÿ Àðõèòåêòóðà
    http://www.desark.ru/
    News, articles and other information about design and architecture and designers and architects of Russia, handles a variety of online forums where visitors can communicate with each other. In Russian.
    DutchArchitecture - Dé gids voor de moderne architectuur in Nederland
    http://www.dutcharchitecture.com/
    Edinburgh Contemporary Architecture: Scottish Architects
    http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/
    Aims to inform both locals and an international audience of Edinburgh's revitalised architecture scene. The Interviews & News pages aim to act as a forum for discussion of topical issues, new buildings and masterplans.
    A century of Finnish architecture
    http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/arkkitehtuuri.html
    Finnish Architecture in the 1990s
    http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/archi_jt1.html
    Photographs by Jussi Tiainen
    Guida Artistica a Firenze
    http://www.mega.it/ita/gui/hogui.htm
    Art Guide to Forence. Italian and English. Includes information on monuments
    Guia Bizkaia
    http://www.guiabizkaia.com/
    Architecture guide of Bizkaia, Basque country, Spain . Complete to the whole region. 600 buildings, pictures & plans, from XIVth century to Guggenheim Bilbao. Spanish, French, English & Basque
    Historical Architecture of Asia: China, Japan, S. Korea, N. Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Pakistan
    http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/gateway.htm
    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'. Covers China, Japan, North and South Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand.
    Isfahan
    http://www.islamicart.com/
    Mexico travel guides and information. Missions. Spanish colonial art and architecture. Espadaña Press.
    http://www.colonial-mexico.com/
    Mostra di architettura contemporanea finlandese
    http://digilander.iol.it/bibliogorlamaggiore/cultura/Raili/Default.htm
    Museo virtuale dell'architettura moderna di ivrea
    http://web.tiscali.it/moore/territorio/archi/
    The Modern Architecture Museum of Ivrea (Italy)
    PADDI Database:  (Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland)
    http://www.paddi.net/
    Resource for Irish architectural and planning information on the Web produced  in collaboration by the Architecture and Planning Libraries of Queen's   University Belfast and University College Dublin. The majority of items in this bibliographical database date from the mid 20th century onwards; the time period covered is 12th century to the present.
    Paris balades
    http://www.parisbalades.com/
    Periferia: Internet Resources for Architecture and Urban Design in the Caribbean
    http://periferia.org/
    Rome: Capitolium.org - Imperial Fora Official Website - Rome, Italy
    http://www.capitolium.org/english.htm
    Includes virtual tour and computer graphic reconstructions of buildings
    ScottishArchitecture.com
    http://www.scottisharchitecture.com/
    The Lighthouse's national website is an online platform accessible to the general public, educational institutions and the architecture profession, It aims to provide a central hub for information in the field of Scottish architecture and the built environment, generally.
    Structual Images of the  North East
    http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/
    The SINE Project provides a searchable database of images of structures from the North East of England.
    Sólo Arquitectura (Spain)
    http://www.soloarquitectura.com/
    Ukrainian Architecture
    http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/
    Victoria County History (England)
    http://iwww.englandpast.net/
    Viet Nam Architecture © Chi D. Nguyen
    http://www.viettouch.com/arch/
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    Styles and periods

    General
    Period and Style for Designers
    http://www.tulane.edu/lester/text/lester.html
    Developed by Prof Lester of Tulane University.Entries, from ancient Egypt to Modern, include a thumbnail image, location, name of architect or designer, and date of construction. Some provide commentary on the design and its place in the period.
    19th & 20th centuries
    19th and 20th Century Architecture and Design - The Aesthetic Movement
    http://www.fswarchitects.com/links.html
    A list of hotlinks to sites
    1000 monuments du XXeme siècle
    http://www.culture.fr/culture/inventai/itiinv/archixx/
    1000 (actually 1009) French buildings of the 20th century - lots of photos, and information about architects. In French
    DatArq - Base de datos de la Arquitectura Moderna - Proyecto UBACYT AR031/TR031
    http://www.datarq.fadu.uba.ar/datarq/homepage.html
    DOCOMOMO - Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement
    http://www.docomomo.com/
    galinsky
    http://www.galinsky.com/
                        Modern buildings and architecture. Searches by region (Europe, North America). by architect, by keyword.
    googie
    http://www.spaceagecity.com/googie/
    Googie, a style of architecture that thrived in the 1950s and early 1960s began (in California) as commercial architecture designed to make the most of strip shopping centers and other roadside locations. Created by George Jepson.
    Modern Architecture: The Online Architecture Resource
    http://www.modernarchitecture.com/
    Timeline and photographs of buildings and designs that shaped and defined the modern movement in architecture. Buildings covered range between 1843 and 1954 and are grouped by architect.
    The Twentieth Century Society
    http://www.c20society.demon.co.uk/
    Ancient
    Perseus Project
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
    The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the ancient world and beyond. Collaborators initially formed the project to construct a large, heterogeneous collection of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world. Includes catalogues of architecture and sites.
    Roman Art and Architecture
    http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/roman.html
    Art Deco
    Art Deco Architecture
    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/1925/index.html
    By Lara  Goeke
    Art Deco Architecture
    http://www.arts.ilstu.edu/exhibits/pcfare/arch/arch.html
    By Phil Fare, student at College of Fine Arts, Illinois State University
    Art Deco, Ireland - architecture and design between the wars
    http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/6941/
    Lattimore's Global Art Deco Directory
    http://www.lattimore.co.uk/deco/
    Art Deco Societies (USA)
    http://www.deco-echoes.com/society.html
    Decopix - The Art Deco Architecture Site
    http://www.decopix.com/
    Art Nouveau
    The Art Nouveau World Wide Server
    http://art-nouveau.kubos.org/
    By Frank Derville. English and French
    Arts & Crafts
    The Arts & Crafts Society
    http://arts-crafts.com/
    The Arts and Crafts Home
    http://www.achome.co.uk/
    Manufacture and supply the designs of William Morris, Voysey, Mackintosh, Dresser, Godwin, Pugin, De Morgan and Knox
    Bauhaus
    Bauhaus Architecture in Tel Aviv
    http://www.gemsinisrael.com/index000004872.htm
    The city has the largest collection of Bauhaus buildings in the world, where over 1500 buildings are slated for restoration/preservation.
    Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
    http://real.bauhaus-dessau.de/en/index.asp
    The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation today is an institution active on an international and interdisciplinary scale which is again making major contributions to urban planning, architecture, art and design issues. It also upholds the legacy of the Bauhaus from 1919 to 1933 and holds archives of teachers and students. English and German.
    Germany Today - The Bauhaus School - General Information
    http://www.cs.umb.edu/~alilley/bauhaus.html
    Medieval
    Aedificium
    http://www.users.qwest.net/~chrishenige/
    Aedificium is dedicated to the discussion of research in the field of medieval architecture.
    International Center of Medieval Art
    http://www.MedievalArt.org/
    Promotes the study of the visual arts of the Middle Ages in Europe. Publishes a scholarly journal, GESTA; a newsletter; a list of dissertations on medieval art; and two continuing series, The Census of Romanesque Sculpture in North American Collections and The Census of Gothic Sculpture in North American Collections.
    Medieval Art and Architecture
    http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/menuengl/mainfran.html
    Images of medieval art and architecture by Professor Alison Stones, University of Pittsburgh
    NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
    http://www.netserf.org/
    Architecture: Abbeys and Monasteries; Castles; Cathedrals and Churches; Cities and Towns; Other Features
    Renaissance & Baroque
    Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102
    http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/colls/arh102/index.html
    Over 500 images that were prepared by the Digital Image Center at the University of Virginia Library for use in Professor C. W. Westfall's course on Renaissance and Baroque Architecture.
    Rococo, in architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
    http://www.bartleby.com/65/ro/rococo1.html
    Triumph of the Baroque - NGA
    http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/splash.htm
    Based on an exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington, DC that "brings together twenty-seven of the finest surviving Baroque architectural models made in Europe between 1600 and 1750."
    Victorian
    Architecture on Bob Speel's website
    http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/arch/architec.htm
    Covers architects, railway stations and churches, loosely centred round Victorian art. The emphasis is on the decoration and sculptural work on the buildings. Various other architectural information is to be found in the walks in different towns.
    Victorian Station
    http://www.victorianstation.com
    The Victorian Web: An Overview
    http://www.victorianweb.org/
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    Web Sites A-Z

    Archinect
    http://www.archinect.com/
    Goal is to make ARCHItecture more conNECTed and open minded by bringing together designers from around the world to intriduce ideas from all disciplines. Designed and maintained by Paul Petrunia.
    archinet - for architects and the construction industry
    http://www.archinet.co.uk/
    Collection of UK architecture and construction-related sites. Antenna: 'what's on' diary. Jobs: recruitment opportunities
    Architects in CyberSpace???
    http://studwww.rug.ac.be/~jvervoor/
    Includes Aalto, Bucky Fuller, Le Corbusier and Rem Koolhaas
    Architectural Dialogue
    http://www.architecturaldialogue.co.uk/
    Architectural visits and tours on a variety of subjects, led by architects. AD provides weekend architectural tours for residents and visitors to London and beyond.
    Architecture / Archicool Architecture / Paris
    http://www.archicool.com/
    Architecture (Arts)
    http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Humanities/Arts/Architecture.html
    Architecture au Féminin
    http://www.arvha.asso.fr/
    Architecture Forum
    http://www.architecture-forum.net/
    An initiative of the European Forum on Architectural Policies. The website forms an umbrella for all available information in the field of architectural policies, accessible for all interested public and organisations. The website is also a place for discussion and active exchange of views, opinions and news.
    Architecture in Films
    http://www.csupomona.edu/~blemerton/FILMTECTURE/filmhome.html
    B. Emerton, California Polytechnic, Pomona .Listing of about 50 movies that have a significant atchitectural component and bibliography.
    Architecture Link
    http://www.architecturelink.org.uk/
    Includes listings, resources and Architecture Education Network. The Architecture Education Network, set up by Architecture Link, part of London Open House, intends to encourage, enable and facilitate the teaching of the subject of architecture and the built environment as part of the national curriculum and out-of-school activities.

    Architecture Research Institute, Inc.
    http://www.architect.org/
    An independent public forum to study the impact of global economic restructuring and information technology on architecture and the built environment; and to use that knowledge to create compact, sustainable, more walkable, and less auto-centric cities
    Architecture Ring
    http://archring.hypermart.net/
    The purpose of this web ring is to unite Architects, Builders, Clients, and Students together for the benefit of the Architectural ommunity on the web and in the world.
    Architexturez
    http://www.architexturez.com/
    The architexturez project is an attempt to create a place online for the collaboration of a distributed network of architectural students, researchers, practitioners, professors, critics, theorists, laypeople, and others interested in the study and undererstanding of the designed and built environment. there are no requirements or political allegiances needed to participate in this networked forum, other than to share your architectural ideas in public, outside of the traditional architectural institutions. by contributing your thoughts, you become an active part of the architexturez network.
    ArchNet
    http://archnet.uconn.edu
    ArchNet serves as the World Wide Web Virtual Library for Archaeology. Information is categorized by geographic region and subject.
    ArchNet
    http://archnet.org/front/front.html
    Archnet is an online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects and scholars, with a special focus on the Islamic world. Project being developed at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning with the full support of The Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
    archiV - die architektendatenbank
    http://www.workshop-archiv.de/
    This site contains addresses of German architects, biographical information and profiles, lists of projects, project-documentation and further information about architecture and architects.
    ARCspace
    http://www.arcspace.com/
     News, reviews, links, and articles about travelling exhibitions, architects, events
    arqa.com - La comunidad de arquitectura americana
    http://www.arqa.com/
    Argentinian site, in Spanish
    ARQcenter
    http://www.arqcenter.com.ar/arqcenter/contenido.htm
    From Argentina. In Spanish.
    ArquiPerú - Portal de Arquitectura, Ingeniería y Construcción
    http://www.arquiperu.com/
    Spanish and English
    arqte.com.ar - Estudio de Arquitectura y Diseño Gráfico
    http://www.arqte.com.ar/
     Argentina
    Arquitectura  en Linea
    http://www.arquitectura.com/
    Art Historians' Guide to the Movies
    http://personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm
    By Craig Eliason
    Art on the Web: WWW links
    http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/Artweb.html
    Basarte
    http://www.iespana.es/legislaciones/index.htm
    In Spanish. Con secciones de noticias, links a las pagigas oficiales de los arquitectos

    mas famosos, asi como sus biografais y una completa base de datos con sus
    obras, e importantes manifiestos artisticos como la Carta de Atenas,
    Buildscape
    http://www.crisp.rdg.ac.uk/buildscape/
    Buildscape is a growing collection of navigable walkthroughs based on QuickTime VR. It examines issues concerning our understanding of the built environment. It explores the experiential learning opportunity of remote walkthroughs and the extent to which it can mimic the real experience.
    Center for Theory and History of Architecture
    http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/arch/CTHA/CTHA.html
    Dead Architects' Sports Reports
    http://deadarchitects.sports-reports.com/
    Death By Architecture - Competitions, Links, Jobs, Design Projects
    http://www.deathbyarch.com/
    Dissertations on American Architectural History: 1
    http://www.sah.org/daah/daah1.html
    DutchESS (English version)_ Dutch Electronic Subject Service
    http://www.kb.nl/dutchess/
    DUTL construction site
    http://www.li.nl/cgi-bin/bouwhtm
    New Library Building construction site. Every night, an MPEG movie is generated, and added to our MPEG archive. Another MPEG movie containing pictures from the beginning of the constuction until yesterday is also available.
    Feng Shui - Kyriacou
    http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/en83/
    feng shui uk, the official site of the feng shui society
    http://www.fengshuisociety.org.uk/
    International Feng Shui Research Design Centre
    http://www.fengshui2000.com/
    The Centre is recognized throughout the world for excellence and offers consulting services, referrals, educational programs, and study tours.located in Boulder, CO USA.
    Gabion
    http://www.hughpearman.com/
    Gabion is an illustrated archive of critical writing on architecture, design and related topics by Hugh Pearman
    Great Buildings Online
    http://www.GreatBuildings.com/gbc.html
    ***Documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of  leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds
    The Grove Dictionary of Art Online
    http://www.groveart.com/
    ***The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, architecture, decorative arts and photography from prehistory to the present day. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study.  Subscription service
    How to Research Architecture
    http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/art/artarc/archit/arch.html
    First part discusses the reference titles for architectural research based on categories: basic sources, encyclopedias & dictionaries, periodical indexes, and other resources. Next, it discusses an overall research strategy and a logical order in which to use these sources. The third, fourth and fifth parts reviews resources
    In The Mind Of The Architect (ABC TV)
    http://www.abc.net.au/architecture/default.htm
    ***Companion site to a three-part documentary broadcast on Australian television about what architecture is and how it defines not only its creators but also its inhabitants. Includes profiles of the featured architects and buildings
    International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites
    http://scalemodel.net/
    Includes section on Architecture
    Islamic Architecture at the MIT Rotch Library and Rotch Visual Collections
    http://bloom.mit.edu/agakhan/
    Textual and visual resources on Islamic architecture at MIT's Rotch Library. Links to other Islamic architecture sites.
    Loggia | exploring architecture!
    http://www.loggia.com/designarts/architecture/architecture.html
    Sites featured at Loggia include information about master architects and their works, architectural periods and styles, the history of significant buildings and structures, as well as the design of furniture and details.'A momentary vignette' provides a brief glimpse of something from the world of art, architecture and design, such as an architect or artist, building or painting.
    Looking at Buildings
    http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/
    From Pevsner Architectural Guides and the Buildings Books Trust. Understanding Buildings - an introduction to architecture; Reference - research tools including glossary, links and architects index; Exploring Buildings - architecture in detail.
    Nextroom - architektur im netz
    http://www.nextroom.at/
    From Austria
    The Prince's Foundation
    http://www.princes-foundation.org/
    The Foundation, a charity established by HRH Prince of Wales,' will work to better understand the mechanics and artistry of successful place-making and to apply them to today's world'.
    RUDI_ Resource for Urban Design Information
    http://www.rudi.net/
    *** Information resource covering all aspects of urban design, including city profiles, case studies, design guidance, bibliographies, journals,
    events diary, original essays and links.

    Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
    http:// www.banister-fletcher.com
    Includes introductory chapters and glossary from the 20th edition of this standard work
    Society of Architectural Historians
    http://www.sah.org/
    Society of Architectural Historians: Net Resources
    http://www.sah.org/netresources.html
    Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
    http://www.sahgb.org.uk/
    Sources for Building History
    http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
    A guide to researching historic buildings in the British Isles by Jean Manco
    TOTEM
    http://www.totemweb.com/
    The Urban Design Alliance (UDAL)
    http://www.udal.org.uk/
    Formed by a group of leading professions and other bodies committed to improving the quality of urban life through urban design. UDAL's goals are to foster greater awareness of urban design and to promote higher standards of urban design. UDAL aims to work with all parties concerned with the built environment - central and local government, local communities, the business community, property developers and investors and the professions.
    Urban Design Group
    http://www.udg.org.uk/
    UK forum for independent debate on urban design issues
    Vernacular Architecture Forum
    http://www.vernaculararchitecture.org/
    Vernacular architecture in North America (including the United States, Canada, Mexico and the West Indies)
    Vernacular Architecture Group: Bibliography
    http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/
    The on-line version of the Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group contains over 4600 references from Volumes III & IV of the printed bibliography. It may be browsed by subject area or searched by keyword, author and geographic region or any combination of these. The bibliography may be found in the Library | Bibliographies section of the ADS catalogue.
    Virtual History of Architecture
    http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-33952/oc/worldarc/worldarc.html
    This virtual architectural history is made by links to already existing information on the WWW: articles, lectures, bibliography and pictures. The material is chronologically arranged and it is grouped by time periods. The basic time period is by ten years.
    Each time period has got an introduction and links to relevant articles, lectures and bibliography.
    It is possible to search freely on the WWW by using the Yahoo! Net Search form existing on each page
    Volume 5_ Art, Architecture, and Construction in the New Millennium
    http://www.volume5.com/

    Interviews, book reviews, features with focus on California
    Women & Architecture bibliography
    http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/index.html
    W O M E N H O U S E
    http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/womenhouse/
    Explores the politics of domesticity and gender relations through virtual "rooms" and conceptual domestic"spaces" by 24 artists, architects, poets, art historians, and cultural theorists.
    World Architecture
    http://www.worldarchitecture.org/startNavDHTML.html
    Turkish website.
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    Awards & Competitions

    Aga Khan Award for Architecture
    http://www.akdn.org/agency/aktc_akaa.html
    ArchE+/BBZine
    http://www.bbzine.com/archeplus/BBZine.html
    Chronicle of architecture in competitions, polemics, commercials, trivia, and other nonsense
    archinet - for architects and the construction industry
    http://www.archinet.co.uk/
    Online magazine with competitions information
    Architectural Competitions - RIBA Approved
    http://www.ribacompetitions.com/
    If you are planning to select your architect or design team through competition, the RIBA Competitions Office is able to advise on the most appropriate competitive process for your project and, if required, to manage the process smoothly through to the appointment of a winner
    Competitions news from the ArchitectureRoom.com
    http://www.theArchitectureRoom.com/
    Architectural competitions in UK, Ireland and Europe with links to sites throughout the world
    Design for Homes
    http://www.designforhomes.org/
    Housing design awards (UK)
    Europan
    http://www.archi.fr/EUROPAN/indexang.htm
    European competitions for new architecture for architects and professional designers under the age of forty
    Europan Nederland
    http://www.europan.nl/
    FX International Interior Design Awards
    http://www.fxawards.com/
    International Competitions Network (ICN)
    http://www.z-1.org/comp/icnlogo/protocol.htm
    List of partners, with links
    Life Dream House
    http://www.lifemag.com/Life/dreamhouse/index.html
    Loo of The Year Awards
    http://www.loo.co.uk/
    National HomeBuilder Design Awards
    http://www.nationalhomebuilder.com/
    New 7 Wonders
    http://www.new7wonders.com/start.php
    Vote to choose symbols that are representative of a diversity of national, cultural, religious and historical achievements over the past 2000 years.
    Premio Luigi Cosenza 2000
    http://www.cleanedizioni.it/premiocosenza/
    The Pritzker Architecture Prize
    http://www.pritzkerprize.com/
    TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) WWW Gateway
    http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/
    Database of European calls for tender.
    Tenders on the Web
    http://www.tenders.co.uk
    Database of public sector contracts from EU, US and Japan.
    UIA
    http://www.uia-architectes.org/texte/summary/p2b1.html
    International architecture and town planning competitions
    Van Alen Institute
    http://www.vanalen.org/
    List of competitions offered plus archive of past awards
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    Building types

    Castles
    British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses
    http://www.dlc.fi/~hurmari/castles.html
    Castles of Ireland
    http://www.castles-of-ireland.com/
    Castles of the World
    http://www.castles-of-ireland.com/
    Castles of Tuscany, medieval heart of Italy - Alla scoperta dei Castelli Toscani
    http://www.castellitoscani.com/
    Photos, information, and maps of castles, fortresses, walled towns, and other medieval structures. Italian and English
    The Castles of Wales
    http://www.castlewales.com/home.html
    Castles on the Web
    http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
    Royal Palaces,Tower of London, Hampton Court, Kensington, Banqueting House, Kew. Official Guide
    http://www.hrp.org.uk/
    Ecclesiastical
    BBC Education - History 2000 - Programmes - Cathedral Calls
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/cathedral/
    Church Crawler
    http://members.aol.com/PMDraper10/homepage.htm
    Church architecture, mainly UK.
    Church of England
    http://www.cofe.anglican.org/
    Includes Church of England built heritage. Over 16,000 churches and 42 cathedrals in England are cared for by the Church of England.
    Church Plans On Line
    http://www.churchplansonline.org/
    The Incorporated Church Building Society (ICBS) was founded in 1818 to provide funds for the building and enlargement of Anglican churches throughout England and Wales.The database records the name of the church applying for a grant, its county and diocese at the time of application, the reasons for applying, the covering dates of the records in the archive  relating to that church, details of plans and photographs in the files (with links to digital images of plans), names of architects & other professionals involved with the work, the outcome of the grant application, and references to entries in the Society's minute books where the size of grant and progress is recorded.
    The Churches Conservation Trust
    http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
    Includes gazetteer of more than 300 English churches
    Earthlore Explorations Gothic Dreams - Appreciating Cathedral craft works of the Gothic style
    http://www.elore.com/elore04.html
    The Ecclesiological Society , successor to the Cambridge Camden Society
    http://www.ecclsoc.org/
    Picture essays, links to interesting church sites, research tools and details of related organisations, events related to churches (organised by t he Society and others) and information about the Ecclesiological Society.
    Gothic cathedrals (New York Carver stone and brick carving)
    http://www.newyorkcarver.com/
    Includes virtual tour of gothic cathedrals
    Historic Chapels Trust
    http://www.hct.org.uk/
    Established to take into ownership redundant chapels and other places of worship in England of outstanding architectural and historic interest.
    International Survey of Jewish Monuments
    http://www.isjm.org/
    Lambeth Palace Library
    http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/
    Includes Guide to sources for Architectural History at Lambeth Palace Library
    Russian Orthodox Churches
    http://www.orthodox.hotmail.ru/
    Splendors of Christendom
    http://198.62.75.1/www1/splendors/splendors.html
     A worldwide tour of churches, cathedrals and monasteries
    Survey of the Jewish Built Heritage
    http://www.art.man.ac.uk/RELTHEOL/JEWISH/HERITAGE/
    Synagogues and Jewish monuments in the United Kingdom and Ireland
    Symbols in Christian Art and Architecture
    http://www.fastlane.net/homepages/wegast/symbols/symbols.htm
    UK-Church.Net - A national database for all UK Churches, regardless of denomination
    http://www.churchnet.org.uk/
    Attempts to list all churches by County and Council, with details including links to the church web-sites
    Entertainment and sport
    Arena-stadium
    http://www.arena-stadium.eu.org/
    Routes des Arènes et des Stades
    en Europe et en Méditerranée
    American Picture Palaces
    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/home.html
    Cinema Theatre Association
    http://www.cinema-theatre.org.uk/
    Encompasses the study of all cinema buildings, however humble, as well as live theatres, music halls and those entertainment buildings now in use as bingo halls or for other purposes.  All aspects of cinemas and theatres are studied, including architecture, decoration,  film projection and stage facilities. Consideration is given to their study in terms of  the history of entertainment, social history, industrial archaeology and architectural history.
    Cinema Treasures
    http://www.cinematreasures.org/
    Devoted to movie theater preservation and awareness; unites movie theater owners and enthusiasts in a common cause to save the last remaining movie palaces across the country (USA).
    Kjell Furberg's Swedish Cinema Theatres
    http://www.algonet.se/~furberg/
    League of Historic American Theatres
    http://www.lhat.org/
    Founded in 1976, the mission of the League of Historic AmericanTheatres (LHAT) is to support and facilitate the rescue, restoration and reuse of historic theatres in North America.
    The Picture Palace - an online source of information about cinema buildings and their architects
    http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~lfbarfe/
    Theater Historical Society of America
    http://www.historictheatres.org/
    Directory of American theatre links
    Theatres Trust
    http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/
    The Theatres Trust is a statutory body established by The Theatres Trust Act 1976 and The Theatres Trust (Scotland) Act 1978 to 'promote the better protection of theatres'. The Trust's remit now extends over the whole of the United Kingdom.
    THEATRON-Theatre History in Europe: architectural & textual resources online
    http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/Theatre_S/THEATRON/index.html
    Theme Park_Heterotopia in a Themed Mode
    http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/~wtilson/miodrag/dissertation.html
    A brief web-presentation of Theme Parks, a doctoral dissertation written by Miodrag Mitrasinovic
    Farm buildings
    The Barn Journal
    http://museum.cl.msu.edu/barn/
    Dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of traditional farm architecture
    Health buildings
    AIA Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH)
    http://www.aahaia.org/

    The AIA/AAH currently consists of approximately 3,000 architects from both the private and public sectors, with a particular interest and/or expertise in the design of health facilities.
    Center for Health Design
    http://www.healthdesign.org/
    Historic Asylums of America
    http://darkspire.org/asylums/
    This web site is an attempt to catalog and present America's historic state hospitals (insane asylums) founded in the latter half of the 19th century.
    NHS Estates - An Executive Agency of the Department of Health
    http://www.nhsestates.gov.uk/
    Aims to support the provision of high-quality NHS buildings and facilities that will enable the delivery of good healthcare for patients whilst recognising the needs of staff, visitors and other NHS users.
    Residential
    The American Institute of Building Design Online
    http://www.aibd.org/
    Specialists in residential design
    Architects in Housing
    http://www.aih.org.uk/
    Resource for everyone with an interest in the design of homes in the UK, offering information, services and debate. Calendar of events.
    BuildFind Home Plan Center - the best online collection of home plans on the web
    http://www.planroomonline.com/
    Design Basics Online - Home Plans
    http://www.designbasics.com/
    The DiCamillo Companion to British and Irish Country Houses
    http://www.dicamillocompanion.com/
    The Database currently lists over 6,000 houses
    HomeStyles Neighborhood
    http://homestyles.com/
    The Planahome Books
    http://www.planahomebook.com/
    Tall buildings
    Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
    http://www.lehigh.edu/~inctbuh/inctbuh.html
    Dave's 3D skyskrapers
    http://members.aol.com/davel5957/graphics/skyskrapers.html
    Federation of High-Rise Websites
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/fhwindex.html
    The High-Rise Pages
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/
    The High Rise Site
    http://www.high-rises.co.uk/
    Nalyd's Skyscraper Page
    http://skyscraperpage.com/
    New York Skyscrapers
    http://www.angelfire.com/home/iNetwork/NYC/nycfront.html
    Skyscrapers.com
    http://www.skyscrapers.com/
    Features high-rise buildings from all over the world. Currently the system can be used to search for buildings. More functionality to be added. Guest access. Registration required (free) for regular user
    Skyscraper Museum
    http://www.skyscraper.org/
    New York museum devoted to the study of high-rise building, past, present, and future
    Skyscraper News UK
    http://www.skyscrapernews.co.uk/
    Britains tallest buildings, proposed skyscrapers towers under construction, phantom projects. By Peter Kelly
    WTB / World's Tallest Buildings - by Jeff Herzer
    http://www.worldstallest.com/
    Traditional Buildings over 1000 feet / 305 meters in height
    Transport
    American Diner Museum
    http://www.dinermuseum.org/
    The American Diner Museum is a non-profit organization established in 1996 to recognize the diner's cultural and historical significance as well as its national importance
    Diner City
    http://www.dinermuseum.org/
    Airfield buildings of WW 2
    http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gijok/
    BUSSTOPS_ International Design Project Hannover
    http://www.uestra.de/138.php
    Nine designers created nine bus and tram stops for the city of Hannover, Germany. Completed in 1994, the EXPO 2000 city now has a collection of architectural jewels unequalled around the world.
    Lighthouse Society of Great Britain
    http://www.uestra.de/busstops/
    London Transport Group
    http://www.londontransport.co.uk/
    Motel Americana
    http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/motel.html
    Classic roadside architecture
    Roadside Architecture: Society for Commercial Archeology
    http://www.sca-roadside.org/
    Diners, Route 66, neon signs, drive-ins, cafes, gas stations, tourist cabins, motels, historic highways, roadside giants, programmatic architecture, bus stations, movie theaters, drugstores, auto dealerships, department stores, resorts, fairgrounds, amusement parks.
    Trinity House
    http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/
    Lighthouse authority for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Gibralter.
    UK Heritage Railways
    http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/
    Guide to heritage railways, preserved locomotives, preservation societies and railway museums in the UK.
    Other
    British Council for Offices
    http://www.bco.org.uk/
    CAMRA National Inventory of Pub Interiors of Outstanding Heritage  Interest
    http://www.camra.org.uk/
    Classic Cafes: London's greatest 50s & 60s vintage formica cafes!
    http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/
    Igloo - how to build one
    http://home.no.net/gedra/igloo_bg.htm
    Igloos: North American Native Pre-Contact Housing
    http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/igloo.html
    LAVA - the lab for architecture
    http://lava.ds.arch.tue.nl/
    Labs; Projects; Modelshop; Gallery; Museums; Books; Essay; People
    Outhouses of America
    http://www.jldr.com/ohindex.shtml
    Portable Buildings Research Unit (PBRU) :Demountable and Portable Building SystemsPage
    http://www.liv.ac.uk/~paconfex/home.html
    Underground buildings: architecture & environment
    http://www.subsurfacebuildings.com/
    Underground buildings in contemporary America, with some  discussion of international examples, by Loretta Hall.
    Victorian Turkish Baths
    http://www.victorianturkishbath.org/
    Malcolm Shifrin's Information Exchange
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    Buildings

    Collections, Gateways, Links

    archINFORM: architectural buildings/projects database
    http://www.archINFORM.de/
    *** International, with images and links
    Arlis net
    http://arlis.net/
    arlis.net lists the art, architecture and design magazines (or  "periodicals") held by more than 80 libraries throughout the UK and Ireland. The periodicals database gives a brief summary of the issues held  by each library.
    Great Buildings Collection
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
    Great Structures of the World
    http://www.tic.ab.ca/~granson/welcome.shtml
    Quondam - A Virtual Museum of Architecture
    http://www.quondam.com/

    By architect

    Le Corbusier
    Carpenter Center (Le Corbusier)
    http://www.archlab.tuwien.ac.at/~carpent/carpenter/carpenter.html
    Couvent de La Tourette - Le Corbusier
    http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/contemporary/1946-2000/tourette.htm
    Villa Savoye model
    http://alberti.fa.utl.pt/~l3153/index.htm
    Includes a virtual model, animations(avi) and render images from 3D Studio. Text is in Portuguese.
    Ledoux
    L'Institut Ledoux
    http://patrimoine.saline.free.fr/ICNL.html
    Moore, Charles
    Charles W Moore Foundation
    http://www.moorefoundation.org/
    The mission of the Charles W Moore Foundation is to embody the values central to Charles Moore's life and architecture and open to the public his work and archives. The Moore Foundation is based in the Moore/Andersson Compound, designed and built by Moore and Arthur Andersson when Moore came to Austin in 1984 to teach at the University of Texas Scool of Architecture.
    Mies van der Rohe
    The Barcelona Pavilion, Matiu Carr
    http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz:80/virtualtour/barcelona/barcelona.html
    The 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments (Mies van der Rohe)
    http://members.aol.com/richpat/860/860d2npm.htm
    Wright, Frank Lloyd
    Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana-Thomas House , Springfield, IL
    http://www.dana-thomas.org/
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    By name/place

    Acropolis -Parthenon
    http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
    Atomium, Brussels
    http://www.atomium.be/
    Bankside Power Station: Tate Modern | The Building
    http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/building/default.htm
    Byzantium1200
    http://byzantium1200.org/
    Byzantium 1200 is a project aimed at creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine Monuments located in Istanbul, Turkey as of year 1200 AD
    Architect of the Capitol Web Site
    http://www.aoc.gov/
    The Architect of the Capitol is responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol, the congressional office buildings, the Library of Congress buildings, the Supreme Court building, the U.S. Botanic Garden, the Capitol Power Plant, and other facilities.

    Crystal Palace
    The Crystal Palace
    http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html
    Crystal Palace:WebCrawler
    http://www.webcrawler.com/education/arts_and_humanities/design_arts/architecture/buildings_and_structures/other_structures/crystal_palace_1851/Getty
    Getty Centre
    Architecture of the Getty Center
    http://web.reed.edu/academic/departments/art/getty/
    Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
    http://www.bm30.es/proyectos/gugge_uk.html
    Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
    http://www.diario-elcorreo.es/guggenheim/Indice.html
    Medieval Chartres
    http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/chartres/charmain.html
    Dublin - Buildings of Ireland
    http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/index.html
    Levittown: Documents of an Ideal American Suburb
    http://tigger.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown/
    MoMA | Expansion | Overview
     http://www.moma.org/expansion/overview.html
    Yoshio Taniguchi architect for MoMA's expansion and renovation proect
    The Great Pyramid
    http://members.aol.com/larrypahl/gr-pyr1.htm
    Radio City Music Hall
    http://www.radiocity.com/
    Red House, Bexleyheath
    http://www.friends-red-house.co.uk/
    Friends of Red House
    Sagrada Familia, Gaudi website
    http://sagfam.deakin.edu.au/
    The official information source for the Sagrada Família Church Construction Committe
    Sagrada Familia, official website
    http://www.sagradafamilia.org/
    Catalan. Spanish and English
    St Paul's Cathedral
    http://www.stpauls.co.uk/
    Virtual tour
    Schloss Schoenbrunn
    http://www.schoenbrunn.at/
    Somerset House - the trust
    http://www.somerset-house.org.uk/aboutus/
    Stonehenge: Intel's Home Computing: Virtual Stonehenge - Explore 3D Worlds
    http://www.intel.com/cpc/explore/stonehenge/
    Sydney Opera House
    http://www.soh.nsw.gov.au/
    Virtual tour and house history
    The Sydney Opera House (images)
    http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/visarts/diva/utzon.html
    Explore the Taj Mahal India, online VR tour
    http://www.taj-mahal.net/
    Multi-lingual
    Tugendhat House - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe - Great Buildings Online
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Tugendhat_House.html
    Chateau de Versailles
    http://www.chateauversailles.fr/
    Vienna's Museum Quarter/Museumsquartier Wien
    http://www.museumsquartier.at/
    World Trade Center, NY
    http://www.hpac.com/wtc/bibliography.htm
    HPAC Engineering and BSRIA have collaboratively conducted a literature search for information that could assist with the relief and recovery effort. This bibliography could be used toward other catastrophic events having similar impacts to buildings
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    Computers, CAD and Virtual Reality

    AEC Software Library: Software forAEC: Home Page
    http://software.forAEC.com/
    Searchable library of software and on-line calculators for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
    Architosh
    http://www.architosh.com/
    Architosh(TM) is a site dedicated to architects and related-design professionals worldwide who have chosen the Apple Macintosh platform as their primary CADD, modeling, rendering, and business computer system
    Architrion, ArchiDesign
    http://www.architrion.com/
    3D Design & Modelling software for the building industry
    Autodesk - Autodesk® Data Publishing
    http://data.autodesk.com/
    Bentley Engineering, Design, and CAD Software, MicroStation
    http://www.bentley.com/
    CAD User.COM - Design Software Solutions
    http://www.caduser.com/
    Cadmonkey.com -- Cad support central - Tips, Tricks, and Tutorials
    http://www.cadmonkey.com/
    Cadopolis
    http://www.cadopolis.com/index.asp?TheCategory=CatNone&TheSubcategory=SubNone&TheKeywords=
    Goal is to be the definitive Internet portal for Autodesk users
    Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis Homepage
    http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/
    The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) is an initiative within University College London to develop emerging computer technologies in several disciplines which deal with geography, space, location and the built environment.
    Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology (CSA)
    http://csanet.org/index.html
    Devoted to advancing the use of digital technologies in the service of architectural history, archaeology, and related disciplines
    CHArt - Computers and the History of Art Group
    http://www.chart.ac.uk/
    Computer Aided Design (CAD) - a CompInfo Directory
    http://www.compinfo-center.com/tpcad-t.htm
    Reference resource for corporate IT, computers and communications
    CTI Centre for The Built Environment
    http://ctiweb.cf.ac.uk/
    The Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI) was set up to encourage and support the use of computers in higher education throughout the UK. The CTI Centre for the Built Environment (CTICBE) is based at the University of Wales, Cardiff and covers the subject areas of Architecture, Planning and Construction and Property Management.
    CUMINCAD - Cumulative Index of Papers on Computer Aided Architectural Design
    http://itc.fgg.uni-lj.si/cumincad/
    A cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about over 3000  papers from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, ECAADE, SIGRADI, CAAD Futures and others. All papers include full abstracts. Full texts of some 800 papers are also available, however, only to eCAADe members. A separate index of some 400 papers in Spanish language is maintained as well.
    CyberCAD, Incorporated
    http://www.cybercad.com/
    Construction Industry Computing Association
    http://www.cica.org.uk/
    Customizable Colony Apartments
    http://www.cybertown.com/colonies/vhsb.html
    Cybertown - the 3DVR Community of the Future
    http://www.cybertown.com/
    digital | real
    http://www.a-matter.de/digital-real/eng/nsdefault.htm
    On the occasion of the exhibition "digital real - blobmeister, erste gebaute projekte"in the Deutsche Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, (DAM), a-matter is exclusively publishing the digital documentation on an own online-integrated website. Start of exhibition: 29 May, 7.00 p.m. Duration of exhibition: 30 May - 5 August 2001.
    eCAADe - education in computer aided architectural design in europe
    http://www.ecaade.org/
    A non-profit making association of institutions and individuals with a common interest in promoting good practice and sharing information in relation to the use of computers in the education of architects and other related professions.
    Revit Technology Corporation - Parametric Building Modeler
    http://www.revit.com/Silicon Graphics Inc.
    Society of Architectural Illustration
    http://www.sai.org.uk/Perspectives, illustrations, architectural models, photography, CAD
    Tenlinks: CAD Directory
    http://www.tenlinks.com/CAD/
    upFront.eZine Publishing
    http://www.upfrontezine.com/
    By Ralph Grabowski, the President of upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. (previously known as XYZ Publishing, Ltd.). upFront.eZine Publishing publishes: upFront.eZine, the CAD news newsletter delivered every Monday ngiht by email. IMAGINiT eZine, the AutoCAD newsletter delivered every second Wednesday by email.
    Virtual Reality: Architecture and the Broader Community
    http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Research/Student/VRArch/
    Visual Home
    http://www.visualhome.com/
    The VRML Repository
    http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
    Resource for the dissemination of information relating to VRML. Maintained by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).
    ZDNet
    http://www.zdnet.com/
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    Construction

    Abacus Construction Index: Recommended UK Websites
    http://www.construction-index.com/
    Directory of 1,400 recommended websites and online documents for UK construction professionals. Also covers case studies and newsletters.
    AEC InfoCenter: Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Architecture, Engineering, Building, Construction
    http://www.aecinfo.com/
    ARCAT - building products and free specs online - also: ada product, manufacturer, computer hardware and software, directory information, constructionsnews and free csi formatted specs or specifications for architects, specification writers, engineers, and contractors
    http://www.arcat.com/
    Argos Clearinghouse: Engineering
    http://www.clearinghouse.net/eng.html
    ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers Homepage
    http://www.asce.org/
    Association of Building Engineers
    http://www.abe.org.uk/
    The Association of Consulting Engineers
    http://www.acenet.co.uk/
    Association of Project Managememt (APM)
    http://www.apm.org.uk/
    The APM is the UK based organisation dedicated to advancing the science of Project Management and the professional development of Project Managers and Project Management Specialists.
    Barbour Expert - Online to the built environment
    http://www.barbourexpert.com/
    Barbour Expert is split into six main areas, containing about 20 000 pages of information between them. Building Product Expert gives basic information about 30 000 products from 10 000 manufacturers, with detailed technical and physical characteristics of 11 000 products, as well as case studies. Construction Safety News. LiveNews Up-to-the-minute news service for the construction and property industries. Jobs Site . Editorial archive, a searchable database of articles from Building and the 11 other magazines in The Builder Group. Research includes a range of reports.
    BatOnLine
    http://annuaire.batonline.com/
    In French
    The Blue Book of Building and Construction
    http://www.thebluebook.com/
    BRE - Constructing the future
    http://www.bre.co.uk/
    British Institute of Architectural Technologists
    http://www.biat.org.uk/
    BSRIA (Building Services Research and Information Association)
    http://www.bsria.co.uk/
    Building Cost Information Service & Building Maintenance Information - BCIS & BMI
    http://www.bcis.co.uk/
    Subscribers can access cost information for a wide range of commercial, industrial, residential and public sector buildings. BCIS is for capital cost information while BMI covers maintenance management information and building maintenance, property occupancy and refurbishment costs. From the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
    Building FOCUS (UK)
    http://www.building-focus.co.uk/
    By Property Intelligence Plc and The Builder Group Plc.
    BuildingOnline: 714-496-6648 Search Engine Version 3.0
    http://www.buildingonline.com/blsearch.shtml
    US site
    Building Information Warehouse
    http://www.theBIW.com/home.asp
    buildingweb - Home Page
    http://www.buildingweb.com/
    Building Centre
    http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/
    Building Regulations UK
    http://www.safety.odpm.gov.uk/bregs/brads.htm
    Buildnet (Spain)
    http://www.buildnet.es/
    Built Environment E- Resources, University of Central Lancashire Library
    http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/usersupport/lrs/subjects/eresources/builtenvironment.htm
    Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology
    http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/irc/thesaurus/
    CIB HomePage: International Council for Building , Research Studies and Documentation
    http://www.cibworld.nl/
    Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) - International Headquarters
    http://www.ciob.org.uk/
    Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
    http://www.cibse.org/
    CIRIA: Construction Industry Research and Information Association
    http://www.ciria.org.uk/
    Civil Engineering Virtual Library
    http://www.ce.gatech.edu/WWW-CE/home.html
    Comprehensive list of WWW servers containing information about Civil Engineering, including Gopher servers and FTP archives. Includes universities, organizations, government agencies, and commercial sites from around the world.
    Cob Cottage Company
    http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/
    Coconet
    http://www.coconet.co.uk/
    Demo keynotes:
    Building Regulations: Part M for new dwellings
    Disability Discrimination Act
    Construction benchmarking
    Supply chain management (Prime Contracting)
    RIBA Appointing Documents 1999
    Connet - linking European construction
    http://www.connet.org/
    Europe's Internet Gateway to Information and Advice on the Built Environment. an open portal to connect industry practitioners to relevant information.
    Construction Best Practice Programme
    http://www.cbpp.org.uk/cbpp/
    The Construction Best Practice Programme raises awareness of the benefits of best practice and provides guidance and advice to UK construction and client organisations so that they have the knowledge and skills required to implement change. The main focus is transformation of outmoded management practices and business cultures. The key objectives of the Programme are to:
    -create a desire for improvement by identifying, publicising and supporting the use and benefits of adopting improved businesspractices
    -offer an initial point of contact for organisations wishing to improve
    -facilitate links between such organisations and those with the knowledge of how to improve
    -provide techniques, advice and knowledge about and tools for best practice
    The Programme is supported by the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions and the Construction Industry Board (DETR and CIB).
    Construction Confederation Website
    http://www.constructionconfederation.co.uk/
    The Confederation comprises eight constituent organisations -
    National Federation of Builders (NFB)
    Major Contractors Group (MCG)
    National Contractors Federation (NCF)
    Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA)
    Scottish Building Employers Federation (SBEF)
    British Woodworking Federation (BWF)
    Federation of Building Specialist Contractors (FBSC)
    House Builders Federation (HBF)
    Construction Education Connection
    http://www.construction.st/
    Co-sponsored by the Association of Project Managers
    Construction History Society
    http://www.fp.rdg.ac.uk/wkc1/chs/
    The Construction History Society exists to focus the attention of the construction industry and associated professions on the importance of preserving the records of our built environment so that they are available to future historians, planners and craftsmen.
    Construction management:a brief guide to internet resources
    http://www.library.rdg.ac.uk/subjects/ir/ircons.html
    Construction Specifications Institute
    http://www.csinet.org/
    Construction Clients’ Forum
    http://www.construction-clients.org.uk
    Construction Industry Board (UK)
    http://www.ciboard.org.uk/
    Construction Industry Council
    http://www.cic.org.uk/
    The CIC Online Service currently provides members and Information Subscription Scheme subscribers with access to CIC Digests and Information Notes. The CIC Newsletter is available free of charge to users of this website. Subscribers to the Information Subscription Scheme receive information about important developments in the construction industry as they happen. Topics include:areas such as health and safety, education and training, contracts and the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
    Construction Plus
    http://www.constructionplus.co.uk/constructionplus/asp/home.asp
    Construction Plus is a online information source and community web space for the construction industry in the UK. At launch, Construction Plus comprised community web areas AJ Plus for architects, NCE Plus for engineers, and CN Plus for contractors. Each of these is built on the strength of Emap's market leading magazine brands: Architects' Journal, New Civil Engineer and Construction News. In addition to the above data, each community has special content which adds significant value to each group of professionals in the workplace.
    Constructionweblinks
    http://www.ConstructionWeblinks.com/
    Constructors On Line
    http://www.constructors.org/
    Site for CIOB members; registration required
    Contractor Referral and Verification Bureau Glossary of Construction Terms
    http://www.contractorreferral.com/
    USA
    CRISP, the Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel
    http://www.crisp-uk.org.uk/
    Part of the Construction Industry Board (CIB), which represents the interests of the industry, its clients and government. It has a wide research remit encompassing all aspects of generating and refining the knowledge that theindustry and its clients need to improve the performance of UK construction. Its innovation remit is focused on encouraging the development of ideas and tools to enhance the application of new knowledge.
    CSTB - (France)
    http://www.cstb.fr/
    Research; Technical Consultancy; Quality Assessment; Knowledge Dissemination
    CWCT (Centre for Window and Cladding Technology) Glass Cladding Windows Building Envelope
    http://www.cwct.co.uk/
    The Centre for Window & Cladding Technology is an industrial research, education and training centre based at the University of Bath. The Centre is guided by its ten industry sponsors and has 120 subscribing member companies drawn from the broad spectrum of the construction industry. They include: property owners, developers and architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, installers and component suppliers. The Centre was founded in 1990 in response to growing technical problems being experienced with cladding. The Centre is involved in three main activities: research, education and training and publication. The Centre studies technical and process aspects relating to both glazing and cladding.
    Davis Langdon & Everest
    http://www.davislangdon-uk.com/dle/index.html
    Some of their Tender Price Forecasts and Cost Models have been converted into web format. Basic cost data for various building types.
    DETR - Construction Directorate
    http://www.construction.detr.gov.uk/
    Construction Directorate of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Includes Construction Monitor, monthly on-line industry news page.
    DRA UK Construction Industry Links
    http://www.dragroup.com/linksa.htm
    By Denis Rooney Associates
    e-Constructor - The leading AEC Information Portal
    http://www.e-constructor.com/
    The Earth Building Foundation, Inc. - Earthbuilding Education
    http://www.earthbuilding.com/
    EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
    http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
    UK gateway to quality engineering information on the Internet
    ENR (Engineering News Record)
    http://www.enr.com/
    Featuring news, industry directories and job listings for architects, engineers, contractors and other industry leaders
    Estates Gazette Interactive Registration Page
    http://www.egi.co.uk/
    Subscription service
    European Construction Institute
    http://www.eci-online.org/
    The member’s area holds details of the work of the Institute and its members plus live task force forums. The visitor’s area describes work currently underway and features a complete online library of publications in the public domain plus signposts to where you can find out more
    European Network of Building Research Institutes (ENBRI)
    http://cic.vtt.fi/links/enbri.html
    The Federation of Master Builders
    http://www.fmb.org.uk/
    Architect's First Source For Products, USA. Manufacturer/trade name list. Master format keyword (product names) search.Master format code (CSI) search. Keyword search.
    First Source: The definitive source for information on Building Products and Building Product Manufacturers
    http://www.CMDFirstSource.com/
    First Source: Building Code Library
    http://www.CMDFirstSource.com/codes/index.asp
    Database with detailed information on building codes for all 50 states in the United States, major cities, and some counties.
    Foundation for the Built Environment
    http://www.fbe.co.uk/
    The Foundation exists 'to champion excellence and innovation in the built environment' through: the research, consultancy and other services provided by BRE complementary activities carried out under the Foundation's auspices sponsoring relevant research, education, etc, its income coming from the surpluses generated by trading activities (including BRE), donations, investments, etc stimulating debate on challenges and opportunities in the built environment. Includes European Information pages.
    HPAC Engineering Interactive
    http://www.hpac.com/
    Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning
    IBPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association)
    http://www.mae.okstate.edu/ibpsa/
    IBPSA (the International Building Performance Simulation Association) is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment.
    How to find out: Building Engineering and Surveying
    http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/howto/building.html#INTERNET
    ICC Online
    http://www.intlcode.org/
    The International Code Council (ICC) was established in 1994 as a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing a single set of comprehensive and coordinated national model construction codes throughout the United States
    Improveline - 150,000 screened UK builders, electricians, plumbers and decorators
    http://www.e-commend.co.uk/
    ImproveNet: America's Home Improvement Network
    http://www.improvenet.com/
    Find a contractor ;find a designer; find the money; find a product; design gallery
    Institute of Building Control
    http://www.building-control.org/
    Institution of Civil Engineers
    http://www.ice.org.uk/
    The Institution of Structural Engineers
    http://www.istructe.org.uk/
    International Construction Information Society
    http://www.icis.org
    International Conference of Building Officials
    http://www.icbo.org/
    Internet Resources - Construction and Surveying
    http://www.bolton.ac.uk/learning/subjects/consurv/net_res.htm
    IRBdirekt: Datenbanken zum Planen und Bauen. Fraunhofer-Informationszentrum Raum und Bau IRB
    http://www.irbdirekt.de/
    ISO (International Standards Organisation)
    http://www.iso.ch/
    MIT Design Advisor (Version 1.0)
    http://18.80.2.250:8080/design/
    Tool developed to give preliminary estimates for the performance of building facades. Double skin facades may be compared to conventional facades, and location, occupancy and depth of the perimeter space may be adjusted and the effects viewed.
    NBS Services
    http://www.nbsservices.org.uk/
    National Building Specification, UK from RIBA Enterprises
    The Movement for Innovation
    http://www.m4i.org.uk/
    The Movement for Innovation (M4I) aims to lead radical improvement in construction in value for money, profitability, reliability and respect for people, through demonstration and dissemination of best practice and innovation.
    PARTYWALLS.COM - The Party Wall Resources Site
    http://www.partywalls.com/
    RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
    http://www.rics.org.uk/
    RICS Foundation
    http://www.rics-foundation.org/
    Includes searchable database of research into the built and natural environments.
    structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures
    http://www.structurae.de/index_e.html
    While the database may contain works of civil engineering as well as architecture, the focus is on those works designed mainly by engineers or of specific interest in their structural conception. This site provides contemporary as well as historical information.
    Surveying Dept Salford University Frameset
    http://www.salford.ac.uk/survey/
    The Department of Surveying at Salford University has traditionally strong industrial links, an excellent construction IT track record, a strong multi-disciplinary technological base and international connections. Many of these strengths are specifically linked to the goal of improving construction industry productivity and quality. The Surveying Department has been working with more than 80 different firms of contractors and consultants in its research and teaching in its seven years of existence.
    The Tony Bingham Home Page (UK Construction Law)
    http://www.tonybingham.co.uk/Default.htm
    Arbitration, litigation, adjudication, links
    UK Register of Expert Witnesses
    http://www.jspubs.com/
    Registration
    Virtual Architect Home Page
    http://www.virtual-architect.net/index.html?discp=Architecture
    Product supplier, outsourcing suppliers, technical information (links to the web, software suppliers)
    Virtual Engineer Home Page
    http://www.virtual-engineer.net/index.html
    Portal website for the building and construction industry. Includes links to product suppliers.
    Yahoo! Business and Economy>Business to Business>Architecture
    http://uk.dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/united_kingdom/business_and_economy/business_to_business/architecture/
    Yahoo! Science:Engineering:Civil Engineering:Construction
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/engineering/civil_engineering/construction/
    Links to web sites
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    Design, Interiors, Art

    accesibilidad al medio físico | accesible.com.ar
    http://www.accesible.com.ar/INDEX.HTM
    Accessible design. Spanish.
    Archaid Sweden
    http://www.archaid.se/
    Axis - The National Artists Register
    http://www.lmu.ac.uk/ces/axis/
    National register of British artists and craftspeople.
    British Design Initiative
    http://www.britishdesign.co.uk/
    British Interior Design Association (BIDA)
    http://www.bida.org/
    Building Environments
    http://www.buildingenvironments.com/
    Design resource and product sourcing tool for architects and interior designers. Products modelled for use in 3D for free download.
    J.R. Burrows & Company
    http://www.burrows.com/
    Specialist decorative furnishings supplier in the English tradition, featuring Arts & Crafts Movement wallpaper, furnishing fabric and William Morris and Voysey carpetings
    Decorating Your Apartment
    http://apartments.about.com/cs/decorating/index.htm
    Design Council
    http://www.design-council.org.uk/
    Aim is "to inspire the best use of design by the UK, in the world context, to improve prosperity and well-being" and that means getting business, education and government to work more productively, and communicate more effectively.
    Design-Online - Interior Design Services
    http://www.design-online.co.uk/
    Designing Online - interior design and interior decorating tips
    http://www.designingonline.com/
    designzine.com
    http://www.designzine.com/
    Online newsstand that provides new and interesting information about today's world of design. Magazine section includes full-text articles from design magazines in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Calendar provides list of forthcoming fairs, exhibitions, conferences, and competitions. audio/video section is comprised of three to four brief monthly programs which include spoken editorials, reports, and interviews with prominent designers or others. Book reviews.
    Dezignaré Interior Design Professional Services, Products, Resources, Industry Information, Education
    http://www.dezignare.com/
    Digital Librarian: Home & Interior Design
    http://www.digital-librarian.com/home_interior.html
    Maintained by Margaret Vail Anderson, a librarian in Cortland, New York
    e-interiors
    http://www.e-interiors.net/
    Database of catalogues of the international furnishing companies. 2D and 3D CAD models of some of the products are available for downloading free of charge. Free registration.
    Faux like a Pro - faux finish and decorative painting for home improvement, interior design painter
    http://www.fauxlikeapro.com/
    The Feng Shui Web Index
    http://www.hawkfeather.com/fs/
    Foundation for Design Integrity
    http://www.ffdi.org/
    Honors those who conceive, design, engineer, and develop innovative new products for the Interior and Architectural Design Community and their clients. It seeks to educate and inform the industry, and the public, about the importance of original design.
    Globaldesignonline - The International Focal Point for Design
    http://www.globaldesignonline.com/
    Home Tips Home Improvement & Home Repair Advice & Buying Guides
    http://www.hometips.com/
    Source for home-improvement, remodeling, home repair, and home decorating information by Don Vandervort. American.
    Homestore.com
    http://www.homestore.com/
    American site for home improvement and decorating
    Interior Internet Online Shop
    http://www.interiorinternet.co.uk/
    International Directory of Design - search engine -
    Search by region/country and subject to find schools, organisations and journal.Indicates which have web site and provides links.
    InternetDesignCenter.com
    http://www.internetdesigncenter.com/
    ISdesigNET
    http://www.isdesignet.com/
    The online version of Interiors & Sources Magazine
    Loopdesign, il portale della creatività
    http://www.loopdesign.it/
    A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles & Architectural Details in NYC
    http://www.aardvarkelectric.com/gargoyle/
    On-Line Arts & Crafts Movement Resource Directory
    http://www.ragtime.org/Ragtime_Resources.html
    Remodel Online Home, Garden and Remodeling Guides
    http://www.remodelonline.com/
    An open directory, which was created and continues to grow based on its users suggestions and assistance. Remodel Online currently contains over 500,000 pages of home improvement, do it yourself, remodeling and gardening information
    Resources
    http://www.resources.com/
    'ReSources has organized the industry into easy to use directories under a highly interactive database. Manufacturers, Architects, Designers, Facility Managers, Office Furniture Dealerships, Reps, Professional Associations, Colleges and Universities, Consultants, Service Providers, and the Technical Community are linked, via ReSources, to effectively and efficiently conduct global business' and otherwise distribute and market digital information over the Internet.
    RSA Lectures Online
    http://www.rsalectures.org/home/default.asp
    Target.com
    http://www.target.com/
    Target is an American mass retail shop which sells products designed by Michael Graves for house, garden, kitchen.
    Tribu-Design - 20th century database on furniture lighting and industrial design
    http://www.tribu-design.com/en/index.html
    20th century illustrated database includes time line, designers and manufacturers. French and English
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    Education

    A C A D I A_ The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture
    http://www.acadia.org/
    ACADIA is dedicated to the promotion of communication and critical thinking regarding the use of computers in architecture, planning and building science. The organization's activities include an annual national conference, publications, competitions, and exchange with international sister organizations. The membership includes approximately 200 educators, professionals, and students
    Archiplanet
    http://www.archiplanet.co.uk
    UK website for Architecture Students (by a student in Birmingham)
    Architectural Education Resource Center (AERC)
    http://www.norfolk-county.com/aerc/
    To enable children to appreciate and make informed decisions about the built environment, to encourage children to use the architectural design process to express their  ideas, and to provide teachers with the support and training to build  community-based, multidisciplinary design projects into their curricula.
    ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schhols of Architecture)
    http://www.acsa-arch.org/
    Includes information on competitions for architecture students: current competitions in process, and results of previous competitions.
    archaos
    http://www.archaos.org/
    National Student Architectural Society for students of architecture in the UK
    Architecture Lessons for K-12: KinderArt ®
    http://kinderart.com/architecture/
    Architecture careers
    http://www.akropolis.net/~zeus/archcareers/
    An American site which provides resources such as interviews with working architects, links to valuable websites including architecture programs, a suggested reading list, and an opportunity to question Dr. Architecture, a self-proclaimed expert on the process of becoming an architect
    Architecture Link
    http://www.architecturelink.org.uk/
    Includes listings, resources and Architecture Education Network. The Architecture Education Network, set up by Architecture Link, part of London Open House, intends to encourage, enable and facilitate the teaching of the subject of architecture and the built environment as part of the national curriculum and out-of-school activities.
    Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford and A Lifetime of Color
    http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html
    Introduction to architecture (First grade and up). Be an Architect! Design a house. Learn about site, form, function, and materials as you draw the floor plan and elevation for your house. (Sixth grade and up)
    bigchalk - The Education Network
    http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/BCUtilDA/pageNamed?name=PortalMain
    Broad spectrum of educational  Internet services to teachers, students, parents, librarians and school administrators in the K-12 educational andpublic library markets. Over 75000 links covering over 10000 study subjects.
    Careers in Construction
    http://www.careersinconstruction.com/
    CEBE: Centre for Education in the Built Environment
    http://www.cebe.ltsn.ac.uk/index.html
    One of UK Higher Education's subject centres which form part of the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN). The Centre aims to promote high quality and learning and teaching within the disciplines of Architecture, Planning, Landscape, Building and Surveying. The Centre's Web site us divided into four principal Areas :- News and Events, Resources, Innovation and Discussion.
    Channel 4 : Homework High
    http://www.homeworkhigh.com/
    Children can send in questions to get help with their homework. The Homework High library's got the answers to all of the questions that have been sent in before, thousands and thousands of them! There are two ways you can search the library to look for help on the area you're having trouble with - you can search using keywords or you can browse. For students aged up to 16.
    Council of Latinamerican Students of Architecture -CLEAUSA-
    http://www.geocities.com/~cleausa/
    The National Council of Latin American Students of Architecture (CLEA USA) is a coordinating body for Latino and Hispanic architecture student organizations within the United States. This organization is affiliated to CLEA in Latin America, which is the Coordinating Council of Latin American Students of Architecture founded in 1983.
    CUBE (Center for Understanding the Built Environment)
    http://www.cubekc.org/
    Based in Kansas
    DfEE: Higher Education Student Support
    http://www.dfee.gov.uk/studentsupport/
    These pages provide information on the financial support available to higher education students in the UK.
    Dissertations Underway on Architectural History
    http://faculty.washington.edu/jn/diss.htm
    A list of dissertations underway and dissertations completed since 1994 on architecture.
    DoodleOpolis: Adventures in Urban Architecture
    http://www.onlineclass.com/doodle/index.html
    In this global classroom, students study how we use space to create our physical world. Together, we learn visual and drawing techniques to note and record our "built environments" - our homes, schools, streets, neighborhoods, towns, and cities...."
    For grades 4-8
    eCAADe - Education in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe
    http://www.ecaade.org/
    A non-profit making association of institutions and individuals with a common interest in promoting good practice and sharing information in relation to the use of computers in the education of architects and other related professions.
    Essays and essays writing  on art and architecture
    http://www.essaypage.com/essaylist/artessays.html
    Essays on a wide range of topics can be ordered and customised essays prepared for a fee.
    European Architecture Students Assembly (easa)
    http://www.arch.ethz.ch/easa/
    The European Commission - Socrates programme - Higher Education (ERASMUS)
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/socrates/erasmus/erasmus_en.html
    ERASMUS is the higher education chapter of the SOCRATES II programme for the education in Europe, covering the period 2000-2006. SOCRATES/ERASMUS aims at improving the quality and the "European dimension" of higher education (university and non-university sectors) through a broad range of activities: from students and teachers exchanges to joint development of curricula; from language courses to thematic network projects between departments/faculties across Europe; from preparatory visits to systems of recognition of study periods undertaken abroad (ECTS).
    Education Index: Architecture/Design
    http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates/erasmus/home.html
    Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER)
    http://www.fider.org/
    Sets standards for postsecondary interior design education in the United States and Canada. Evaluates college and university interior design programs. Publishes a list of accredited programs that meet the standards
    Frode Svanes Barnas Landskap - Aktivt Arkiv
    http://home.c2i.net/swan/
     Architectural activities for children. From Norway.
    The Gateway to Educational Materials
    http://www.thegateway.org/
    Lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet
    Getty artsednet
    http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
    Includes lesson plans for students and teachers about architecture from the J Paul Getty Trust
    Graduate School Directories - Landscape Architecture
    http://www.gradschools.com/listings/menus/landscape_menu.html
    Hobsons global careers and education service
    http://www.hobsons.co.uk/
     Inside Careers
    http://www.insidecareers.co.uk/
    Source of career advice with details of the latest graduate vacancies.
    Institute for the Study of Classical Architecture
    http://www.isca-ny.org/
    JAEIC: Japan Architectural Education and Information Center
    http://www.jaeic.or.jp/index_e.htm
    Learn2.com - The ability utility
    http://www.learn2.com/
    Maquetas de arquitectura - Architectural Models
    http://www.architecturalmodel.net/
    On-line course on architectural models that will lead you step by step through simple understandable texts and pictures to learn the techniques of the construction of realistic scale-models.
    National Curriculum
    http://www.nc.uk.net/
    National Curriculum in England for primary and secondary teaching
    NCARB
    http://www.ncarb.org
    The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards is a non-profit federation of 55 state and territory architectural registration boards in the United States.
    The President's Medals
    http://www.presidentsmedals.com/
    RIBA awards in architectural education. Ideas sent in by students around the world.
    Prospects Web: The Official Careers Information Service
    http://www.prospects.csu.man.ac.uk/
    CSU (The Higher Education Careers Services Unit) is an agency of the UK Higher Education System. It was established in 1972 to support the work of H E Careers Services throughout the UK and Eire. In partnership with the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services, CSU provides a comprehensive range of graduate occupational profiles, graduate careers information booklets and careers guidance products, including computer aided careers guidance systems and other software.
    Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
    http://www.qaa.ac.uk/
    The Agency's main business is to review the performance of universities and colleges of higher education. It does this by visiting institutions to audit their overall academic management, including arrangements for collaboration with overseas partners; and to assess the quality and standards of teaching and learning at subject level. Both of these activities result in reports that are available to the public.
    LE RESEAU @ARCHI.FR (Server for French schools of architecture)
    http://www.archi.fr/
    RIBA Education Centre
    http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Also/Education_460.html
    RIBA Professional Experience and Development Record
    http://www.pedr.co.uk/
    The on-line professional experience record for architectural students working towards their Examination in Professional Practice and Management (Part 3)
    studentUK
    http://www.studentuk.com/
    Study Abroad Directory: studyabroad.com
    http://www.studyabroad.com/
    UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)
    West Dean College
    http://www.westdean.org.uk/
    Courses in conservation and restoration, including building conservation masterclasses, which are a collaboration in specialist training between West Dean College, English Heritage and the Weald and Downland Air Museum .
    The World Lecture Hall
    http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
    The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.
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    Environment

    Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)
    http://www.aecb.net/
    Formed in 1989 to encourage greater environmental awareness within the UK construction industry.
    CalEarth Forum: California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture
    http://www.calearth.org/
    Building Energy Tools Directory
    http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/tools_directory/
    Programs and software tools to help researchers, designers, architects, engineers, builders, code officials, and others involved in the building life-cycle to evaluate and rank potential energy-efficiency technologies and renewable energy strategies in new or existing buildings.
    Building Futures
    http://www.buildingfutures.com/
    The website features a summary of many projects which demonstrate the growing body of "green" buildings throughout the United States.
    Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
    http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
    Project of the US Dept of Energy. Green Building Technical Manual is downladable.
    Centre For Alternative Technology
    http://www.cat.org.uk/
    DETR Materials Information Exchange
    http://cig.bre.co.uk/connet/mie/
    A UK prototype for allowing people to buy and sell used, second hand and un-utilised construction materials over the internet.
    Development Center for Appropriate Technology
    http://www.azstarnet.com/~dcat/
    e-design Online
    http://fcn.state.fl.us/fdi/e-design/online
    EcoArch
    http://home.earthlink.net/~jluke313/
    EcoDesign
    http://www.ecodesign.bc.ca
    Ecosophia
    http://www.ecosophia.at/
    Verlag & Arbeitskreis fuer umwelt- und menschengerechte Planung und Architektur, Vienna
    Eco-UK.com
    http://www.eco-uk.com/
    Environmental contacts online (UK)
    Ecological Design Institute
    http://www.ecodesign.org
    Ecosustainable Links - Sustainable Environment
    http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/links.htm
    Energy-Efficient Building Association
    http://www.eeba.org
    EnviroLink Network
    http://envirolink.netforchange.com/
    Environmental Building News - Your Guide to Building Green
    http://www.BuildingGreen.com/
    "Our articles, reviews, and news stories are a prime resource on energy-efficient, resource-efficient, and healthy building practices".
    Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
    http://home.telepath.com/~edra/
    Friends of the Earth
    http://www.foe.co.uk/index.html
    GDN - Green Building Resource Center
    http://www.greendesign.net/gbrc/index.html
    More than 600 green building resources. Extensive links.
    GEO Network - Resources for the Green Design Community
    http://www.geonetwork.org/
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    Global Ecovillage Network
    http://www.gaia.org/
    GEN is a grassroots non-profit organization that links together ecovillages and related projects around the world. GEN promotes and supports models of sustainable living globally, in order to inspire and encourage the creation of more viable lifestyles on this Earth.
    Green Building Information Council - Energy and Environmental Performance of Buildings
    http://greenbuilding.ca/
    Site of the Green Building Information Council, a Canadian non-profit organization whose mission is to disseminate information about energy and environmental issues in the building sector. GBIC is a small organization with extensive international links, and through this site it brings abroad range of information from other sources and organizations around the world
    Green buildings (Wastebook)
    http://www.recycle.mcmail.com/grebuil.htm
    UK listings which provide advice and information sources on the environmental issues related to buildings, conservation and traditional crafts as well as expertise on some alternative construction techniques and suppliers of potentially more environmentally benign products for new buildings.
    Green Pages - The Global Directory for Environmental Technology
    http://www.eco-web.com/
    Green Seal
    http://www.greenseal.org
    An independent, nonprofit organization in the USA dedicated to protecting the environment by promoting the manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products
    Greenpeace International
    http://www.greenpeace.org/index.shtml
    Environment at Harvard (1998-1999 edition)
    http://environment.harvard.edu/
    Homecheck
    http://www.homecheck.co.uk/
    A free service for homebuyers and r homeowners. Enter postcode to obtain an instant report on risks assosciated with a property. These risks range from subsidence to flooding, radon levels, toxic sites, contaminated land etc.
    IAEEL (International Association for Energy Efficient Lighting
    http://www.iaeel.org/
    The International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (IAEEL) is a global contact network and an information resource for high-quality, energy-efficient lighting. "Here you can read all IAEEL Newsletter issues, visit the far-reaching Lighting Crossroads resource index, check out Lighting and Energy Meeting & Events, and search for background information in the IAEEL Archives."
    IISDnet (International Institute for Sustainable Development)
    HTTP://IISD1.IISD.CA/
    London Environment Online
    http://www.leo.ucl.ac.uk/
    A prototype website designed to provide environmental information to London's public over the internet. It is being developed at University College London (UCL) by the Jackson Environment Institute and the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA).
    National Center for Appropriate Technology
    http://www.ncat.org
    NetworkforChange.com
    http://library.envirolink.org/
    o2 - International network for sustainable design
    http://www.o2.org/
    An international volunteer network of ecological designers, rooted in a range of local O2 groups, O2 liaisons and large number of individuals.Founded in 1988, O2 has been active in organising workshops and events, research projects, publishing newsletters and magazines related to sustainable (product) design and developing the network.
    Oikos: Green Construction Source
    http://www.oikos.com
    Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) and CREST (Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
    http://solstice.crest.org/
    Publishes information about renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainability available on the Internet.
    Rocky Mountain Institute
    http://www.rmi.org/
    Rocky Mountain Institute is a nonprofit research and educational foundation with a vision across boundaries. Its mission is to foster the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security.
    Solar Power in the UK
    http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/uksolar/sol.html
    Straw Bale Construction at Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture
    http://www.sustainableabc.com/strawbale.html
    Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture
    http://www.west.net/~prince/
    Sustainable architecture:eco design and landscape
    http://www.aloha.net/~laumana/index.html
    This is an archive of information about sustainable architecture: ecological planning, design, integrated architecture and landscaping for tropical, sub-tropical or temperate climates.
    Sustainable Communities Network
    http://www.sustainable.org/
    USA
    United States Green Building Council
    http://www.usgbc.org/
    Promotes the understanding, development, and accelerated implementation of Green Building policies, programs, technologies, standards and design practices.
    The Waste Book
    http://www.recycle.mcmail.com/
    Guide to recycling and better waste management for organisations in the UK: Northern Home Counties and North London
    Weather and climate data, info, stats, & comparisons
    http://www.bestplaces.net/html/climate.html
    World Energy Efficiency Association Home Page
    http://www.weea.org/
    Yahoo! Environment and Nature (UK)
    http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/united_kingdom/society_and_culture/environment_and_nature/
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    Events

    Archetours, Inc.
    http://www.archetours.com/
    Vacation travel packages for architects and designers to Bilbao, Berlin, Barcelona, Veneto, Tuscany, Belgium, Sicily and other destinations
    Architecture Week
    http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/
    UK event, normally in June
    Architecture Symposium Pontresina
    http://www.archisymp.com/
    The International Architecture Symposium Pontresina takes place every year. The first time was in September 1998.
    Gallery Guide ... Portal to the fine arts!
    http://www.galleryguide.org/
    Gallery and museum listings (mostly US)
    La Biennale di Venezia
    http://www.labiennaledivenezia.net/
    In Italian and English
    London Open House
    http://www.londonopenhouse.org/
    London Open House is an architectural education charity which has three principal objectives:

    • To foster public awareness and understanding of London's built environment and architecture by means of direct access
    and experience.
    • To promote an understanding of architecture and the public environment across all sections of the community, particularly with children and young people
    • To encourage civic pride amongst the capital's residential and business community
    • To promote visual literacy and citizenship through the medium of architectural appreciation and understanding.
    The London Open House weekend is the highlight of the charity's yearly initiatives: a unique London event that takes place
    across the capital over a weekend each September that provides public access, completely free of charge, to buildings of
    architectural and community interest.
    London String of Pearls
    http://www.stringofpearls.org.uk/
    The London String of Pearls Millennium Festival brings together the nation's great institutions in a special programme of activities designed to open them up to the public. Festival will run for the whole of the year 2000, with different exhibitions, events and other happenings taking place at different times.
    National Construction Week
    http://www.ncw.org.uk/
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    Government (UK)

    Acts of Parliament
    http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts.htm
    BBC News: Politics, A-Z of Parliament
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/default.stm_
    Guide to the workings of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
    British Official Publications Current Awareness Service - Main Index
    http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/
    Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
    http://www.cabe.org.uk/
    CABE started work on 1 September 1999 as a proactive, nationally-based champion for architecture with a role including urban design, education and community involvement and the development of a regional dimension in the promotion of good architecture. It will concentrate its attention on new buildings and projects in England.
    Cyburbia - Local Government - United Kingdom
    http://cyburbia.ap.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/pairc/loc_uk
    Government Information Service
    http://www.open.gov.uk
    Access point to UK government sites. Includes a topic index, an alphabetical listing of UK government bodies on the internet, and a search facility.
    Greater London UK local government council web sites
    http://www.oultwood.com/localgov/uk/london.htm
    Environment Agency
    http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    http://www.heritage.gov.uk/
    UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
    http://www.detr.gov.uk/
    UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions - Local and Regional Government
    http://www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/
    UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions - Local and Regional Government: Rethinking Construction (Egan Report)
    http://www.dti.gov.uk/construction/pdf/fcloughr.pdf
    Report of the Construction Task Force to the Deputy Prime Minister for improving the quality and efficiency of UK construction. Published 16 July 1998.
    UK Building Regulations
    http://www.safety.odpm.gov.uk/bregs/brads.htm
    UK Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Urban White Paper and Urban Policy
    http://www.urban.odpm.gov.uk/whitepaper/index.htm
    Local Government: UK
    http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/
    Lists all UK local government bodies.
    Euro Info Centre
    http://www.euro-info.org.uk/
    Specialist business enquiry services dealing with the spectrum of questions which different companies have on the European business environment ranging from EU and national legislation to technical standards, from research and development programmes to EU funding.
    Euro Information
    http://www.euro.gov.uk/
    The official UK Government website for the euro. This site contains information for UK businesses to help firms understand the business implications of the euro and to make practical preparations to maintain competitiveness in Europe.
    Europa (European Union)
    http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm
    Europa is the portal site of the European Union (http://europa.eu.int/). It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and essential information on European integration. Users can also consult all legislation currently in force or under discussion, access the websites of each of the EU institutions and find out about the policies administered by the European Union under the powers devolved to it by the Treaties. Includes: One Stop Internet Shop for Business.
    Foreign & Commonwealth Office
    http://www.fco.gov.uk/
    With advice for travellers
    HMSO
    http://www.hmso.gov.uk/
    The Stationery Office Limited
    http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/
    This site contains full text Government reports and links to Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and other official information.
    Statutory Instruments (1997- )
    http://www.hmso.gov.uk/stat.htm
    Draft Statutory Instruments 1997
    http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/draftsis.htm
    Tagish's Directory of UK Government Offices' Web Sites
    http://www.tagish.co.uk/links/
    Directory of UK local government web sites down to Parish level, and also provides links to central government websites as well
    TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) WWW Gateway
    http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/
    TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) is a database containing all European calls for tender published in the Official Journal Supplement S of the European Communities. TED is the one-stop official information source for timely information on public procurement opportunities from the European Union, the European Economic Area and beyond. Included are: public contracts for works, supplies, and services from all European Union Member States utilities contracts (water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors public contracts from European Union institutions European Development Fund contracts (Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific countries) PHARE, TACIS and other contracts from Central and Eastern Europe European Investment Bank (EIB), European Monetary Institute, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) financed projects European Economic Area contracts (Norway, Iceland, and Lichtenstein) contracts pursuant to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) concluded within the framework of GATT/World Trade Organisation (WTO) from the USA, Japan and Switzerland notices concerning European Economic Interest Groups (EEIG) public contracts for food aidpublic contracts for air services. TED Demo is free of charge.
    Yahoo! - Regional_Countries_United Kingdom_England_Government_Councils
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Government/Local_Government/Councils/
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    Grants

    Architectural Heritage Fund
    http://www.ahfund.org.uk/
    Arts and Humanities Research Board
    http://www.ahrb.ac.uk/
    Provides financial support to postgraduate study and advanced research in the Arts and Humanities, through a number of specific awards and schemes. The AHRB also provides funding for university museums and galleries
    The Arts Council of England
    http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
    The British Academy
    http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
    Charities Direct
    http://www.caritasdata.co.uk/index.htm
    UK
    Charity Commission
    http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/
    UK
    CharityNet
    http://www.charitynet.org/
    Community of Science
    http://www.cos.com/
    Database of funding opportunites in all fields
    Department for Culture, Media and Sport
    http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/
    Foundation Center - Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web
    http://fdncenter.org/
    Funders Online - Search Europe's Online Philanthropic Community
    http://www.fundersonline.org/
    Fundsnet Online Services
    http://www.fundsnetservices.com/
    Graham Foundation
    http://www.grahamfoundation.org/
    Grants and loans from the European Union