History
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Thais 4000 Years of Architecture
- A photographic guide to Egyptian, Greek, Islamic and Romanesque architecture, indexed by localities, subjects and periods.
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- Center for the Study of Architecture/Archaeology
- Housed on Bryn Mawr Campus, US, it provides an archival home for computer models of architectural monuments and archaeological sites.
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- Institute of Classical Architecture
- Founded in 1991 in New York to provide a resource for the study, research and perpetuation of the classical tradition.
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- Moscow State University
- Departments of Russian History of Art and General History of Art offer some architectural history. English language outline of course content.
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- Texas A&M University: Department of Architecture
- Offers architectural history and theory as an optional addition to the core curriculum for architecture. Course details.
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- University of Melbourne, Australia: Faculty of Architecture Building & Planning
- Offers postgraduate programs in architectural history and conservation.
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- Yale University, US: History of Art
- Courses, events, Art and Architecture Library, Yale Center for British Art, digital resources.
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- Agram
- A database by R. Saariste of the work of some historically important architects, with photographs, drawings, and models. The architects covered are: Le Corbusier, Jujol, Loos, Duiker, Schinkel, Wright and Melnikov.
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- Azulejos de Lisboa
- Colin Manning gives a photographic tour of some of the Portuguese tiles, known as azulejos, which adorn the inside and outside of almost every home in Portugal.
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- Rick's Bricks
- A compilation of documents covering the history of brick-making and brick-building, particularly in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, US. Includes a bibliography.
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- Roman Concrete
- David Moore's writings and references on Roman and modern concrete technology and construction.
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- Stone Roofing Association
- Provides an introduction to sandstone and limestone roofs, giving the geology, history and use of stone slates, with bibliography and glossary.
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- The Traditional Paint Forum
- A non-profit group with an interest in historic decorative schemes, which publishes the journal "Traditional Paint News" (contents listed online). Annual conference, membership, news.