- Architectural History - General outline from architecture student Oki, plus specific information on Egyptian, Roman and 19th-20th century architecture and design. [Geocities pop-ups and music.]
www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/4460/arch.html
- Architectural Images - Online image catalog of architectural structures, providing thumbnails and oversized jpegs, from NC State University College of Design.
www.design.ncsu.edu/pages/CMZ.00001.HTML
- Architecture Through the Ages - An introduction to world architecture produced by American teenagers through Think Quest. Images, discussion and bibliography for Egyptian, Chinese, Aztec, Mayan, Greek Roman and Gothic buildings.
library.thinkquest.org/10098
- Art Historians' Guide to the Movies - A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.
personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm.htm
- ArtServe - A huge collection of images of architecture across the world, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region, Australia and Japan, collated by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University.
rubens.anu.edu.au
- Bibliography for the History of Western Architecture - Stanford University supplies this comprehensive list of books arranged by period.
www.stanford.edu/~cemp/ahi25/biblio.html
- Cities and Buildings Image Database - A searchable photographic database of buildings from around the world and across the ages, designed by the University of Washington's Architecture, History and Art History Departments.
content.lib.washington.edu/cities
- Cupola - A picture gallery of cupolas, architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes from around the world. Also US state capitol building histories, wordplay, FAQ and Autocad links.
www.cupola.com
- Digital Archive of Architecture - Images of buildings in Europe and America from prehistoric to 20th century by Prof. Jeffrey Howe of Boston College, USA.
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch
- Digital Images of Historic Architecture - Galleries of photographs of European and North American architecture from Classical to Post-Modern, whole facades and details, with explanations, by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College, US.
www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm
- Famous Architecture - Photographs, some with history and description, of a selection of famous buildings of the world, including temples, canals, towers and dams, from Top Education.
www.top-education.com/Architecture
- Glass Steel and Stone - Offers photographs and descriptions of outstanding buildings across the world, historic and modern.
www.glasssteelandstone.com
- Historical Floorplan Emporium - Floorplans for major historic buildings around the world are supplied here free by B-Ware Software. As they are large and detailed, some are slow-loading.
www.b-ware.com/hive/fplans
- History of Western Architecture - Galleries of images arranged by period from Egyptian to Baroque, with basic information, courtesy of the Leo Masuda Architectonic Research Office.
web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hst/hist.html
- SPIRO: Architecture Slide Library - Online images from the large collection of slides at the University of California at Berkeley. Can be searched by period, place, building name, personal name, subject type.
www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html
- Thais 4000 Years of Architecture - A photographic guide to Egyptian, Greek, Islamic and Romanesque architecture, indexed by localities, subjects and periods.
www.thais.it/architettura/default_uk.htm
- World Art Treasures - Images of a range of ancient and historic art and architecture from the collection of slides in the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland.
www.bergerfoundation.ch
- Great Buildings Online - Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects across the world with 3D models, photographs and drawings, commentaries, biographies and bibliographies. Searchable.
www.greatbuildings.com
- World Heritage - Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each. French and English language options.
whc.unesco.org
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