Modules and Lists: Reference books and websites : Images
Cities and Buildings Database http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/
Emporis Buildings http://www.emporis.com/en/
An index of all buildings and structures in order to be able to compare cities and region. Includes many pictures and data on buildings past, demolished, completed, in conception, and in progress. 9/06
Great Buildings Collection
http://www.artifice.com/gbc/buildings.html
CD: Arch Media NA203 M38 2004
International Archive of Women in Architecture: Imagebase http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/iawa
SPIRO, Architecture Image Library, Query Form
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/
With over 250,000 digital images (and growing each year), this site is invaluable for image identification and source information. Topical areas include: architecture, landscape architecture, urbanism and city views, fine arts, minor arts, material culture. Searchable by architect and building name, building types, building materials, building components. 10/08
structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures http://www.structurae.de/en/
"structurae is an International Database and Gallery of Structures. It is provided as a free service to engineers, as well as teachers and students of structural engineering. This site contains contemporary and historical information on works of structural engineering and their designers, and firms that constructed them. The intention is to provide a broad overview of structures and as much technical information as reasonable." Also points to relevant print and web materials. Searchable; browsable by designer, geographic area, type of structure, firm, and project name. 9/06
THAIS http://www.thais.it/architettura/default_uk.htm
Images of Egyptian, Greek, Islamic and Romanesque architecture, indexed by location, subject, and period. 9/06
World Architecture Index: A Guide to Illustrations
Arch Ref NA202 .T4 1991
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