Architecture+and+Engineering

Some great links and excellent databases
**Great Buildings** . http://www.greatbuildings.com/types.html A database that allows you to search great buildings by name, style, location, and building types ranging from Neolithic times to today. Site includes 3-D models and is called the leading architecture reference site on the web.

http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page **Archiplanet**, a “community-constructed (wiki) collection for all the [|buildings], building users, and [|building creators] on planet Earth” [|Search categories] include: • [|Buildings] • [|Houses] • [|Images] • [|Skyscrapers] • [|Architects] • [|Architecture Firms] • [|Architecture Firms in USA] • [|Construction Firms] • [|Countries] • [|Cities] • [|Great Buildings] • [|Historic Buildings] • [|Buildings by Country] • [|Buildings in England] • [|Buildings in the United Kingdom]

http://www.emporis.com/en/ World’s largest free website for building information in 60,000 cities worldwide created by the **Building Industry**. The database features all imaginable construction types and usages: office buildings, hotels, towers, metro stations, tunnels, schools, stadiums, police stations, bridges, to name just a few.

http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/ Collection of some of the best and most popular buildings in America

Math and Architecture From Yale http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2006/4/

[|NYC Architecture - 5 boroughs]

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ **Built in America**: American Memory, Library of Congress Extensive database of all documents from **The Historic American Buildings Survey** (HABS) and the **Historic American Engineering Record** (HAER) 1933 – present “The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the [|Pueblo of Acoma], [|houses] , [|windmills] , [|one-room schools] , the [|Golden Gate Bridge] ”

http://archnet.org/library/images/ An extensive **international database of Muslim Architecture**; Can be searched by eras, buildings, collections and countries. Examples date back to the 1st century.

http://www.arcspace.com/ Online presence of the magazine, **Arcspace**, featuring the newest architects and projects worldwide
 * Magazines **

http://archrecord.construction.com/ Online presence of the magazine, **Architectural Record** (in our library) featuring the latest articles about architecture, engineering and constructions trades, materials, education, design ideas and trends. An award-winning multimedia web site covering the entire field

http://www.arplus.com/home.htm **The Architectural Review** (in our library) a magazine that covers the international scene of contemporary engineering, construction and architectural trends.

http://info.arplus.com/?jlnk=csl0015 **Architectural Review**: Official Subscription WebSite

http://www.inhabitat.com/ **Inhabit**, a blog about **sustainable architecture**

http://www.skyscraper.org/home.htm The **Skyscraper** **Museum** of New York City Hosted by the Smithsonian Museum, this web site contains a wealth of information related to American Art. Materials include images, letters, photographs and allows users to search for specfic information. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this website provides timelines, thematic essays, and details on works of art.
 * Archives of American Art
 * Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History


 * Fun Stuff **

Fun website for exploring architecture, building materials, games, DIY building projects, curriculum ideas and links. For kids and adults
 * archKIDecture** http://www.archkidecture.org/

http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html Frank Lloyd Wright Interactive Site

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat **Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online** from the J Paul Getty Trust and Museum in Los Angeles

http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/tallest.htm A Timeline of the world’s tallest buildings

[|http://www.tape.net/~gerry/sullivan/] A personal page about Louis Sullivan

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0808901.html This introductory Bridge site provides some basic information about bridges.
 * Bridges **

2) Basic Bridge Types from //Matsuo// //Bridge// http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/index.shtm 3) Bridge Basics: A Spotter's Guide to Bridge Design http://pghbridges.com/basics.htm 4) Bridge Building: Art and Science http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm 5) Bridge Building Information http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm 6) Bridges from Idaho PTV's Building Big http://www.idahoptv.org/buildingbig/bridges.html 7) Geometry of Bridge Construction http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm

http://www.abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm **ABCD's Bridge Design Tips for Kids.** Information about building bridge models with links from the Association for Bridge Construction and Design.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=julia.963409415 Bridge Builder Magazine


 * Companion sites for DVDs in our collection **

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/ Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with **BUILDING BIG™**, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston. (we have the book and the DVDs in our collection) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/episode1.html Companion website to the PBS documentary “**Building to Extremes**” (also in our library) about what it takes to build skyscrapers

National Building Museum http://www.nbm.org/