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Online version of the print magazine, covering issues in architecture, professional directories, and recruitment listings.
Aims to advance the application of technology to the conservation of the built environment. Conference, bulletin, membership, local chapters, scholarships.
Opposition to the building of a gold plant in Olympias.
Concerned with conserving the best of Ireland's heritage, both built and natural. Policy, environmental programs, National Spring Clean, planning, events.
Photographs and history of this New York schoolhouse constructed circa 1923.
Photograph and brief history of this two story brick California school constructed in 1870.
Photographs and history of this circa 1870 West Virginia school which has been moved to the West Virginia State Farm Museum complex.
Extensive collection of castles, palaces, fortresses and monasteries. Organized with search engine, maps, descriptions, photos and a directory.
Enthusiast Marko Tjemmes supplies clear histories of castles close to his home in Rotterdam, illustrated with photographs, earlier images and ground plans. Bibliography.
Robert Rongen presents images and brief details of hundreds of medieval castles, sorted by country, region and castle type. Includes a quick guide to castle types with plans, and a list of the top 100 castles, as rated by surfers.
History, purpose, architecture, sieges, examples, photographs, castle tours, renting and hiring castles, châteaux and manor houses
History and current status of Blue Ridge Sanatorium in Virginia.
The 1840s home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln is now an 86-acre living history farm run by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, which includes a replica of the Lincoln log cabin and two other farm houses of the period.
Exploring the different tiny or small house structures available today.
The official site gives an illustrated history and virtual tour of this Italian Renaissance villa with frescos and ornate 18th-century stables. Visitor information.
An introduction to this cluster of works by Andrea Palladio and his students which are listed as a World Heritage site. The list of villas includes links to illustrated articles on specific villas.
Photographs by Don Uvick along with brief historical overview. Covers many in the U.S. and some in Canada.
Brief overviews of lights within the western Bay of Fundy area of Maine and New Brunswick.
An illustrated description and history from the collaborative online encyclopedia of the magnificent palace that acted as a country house for French monarchs for centuries.
An illustrated history of the main London residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, from the online collaborative encyclopedia.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University promotes research and teaching in Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism.
One of the world's oldest schools of architecture. It aims to provide an artistic and scientific course of study to diploma level. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oldest architecture school in Romania, founded in 1892. Includes five sections - architecture, interior, urbanism, architectural college, and advanced studies. Named after architect Ion Mincu, Romanian master of the local 1900 style.
Official web site of the architect. Attempts to put his theory into practice via the web, users can design buildings online using Alexander's principles. Extensive excerpts from the architect's texts and reviews.
Biography of the Spanish architect and engineer in Great Buildings Online.
Official web site of the Mumbai based architect. Extensive project descriptions with photographs, biography and bibliography.
Brief introduction, excerpts from texts by Peter Eisenman and commentaries. Project descriptions and gallery.
Illustrated biography at Princeton Patron Magazine.
Works and biography at Great Buildings Online.
Biography, detailed project list with images and bibliography archived at ArchINFORM database.
Photographs and descriptions from the Digital Archive and American Architecture.
Katrina Heron interviewed Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas for Wired Magazine when he was commissioned to redesign MCA headquarters and its 420-acre Universal Studios lot in Los Angeles.
Pritzker Architecture Prize site offers a biography, chronological list of projects, 1998 citation by the jury and photograph of Piano accepting the prize at the White House with President Clinton.
Based in New York and Paris. Includes several texts by the architect, who is an academic and theorist, winner of several international awards and responsible for projects such as Parc de la Villette.
Illustrated essay by Heidi Dressler on the Art Deco buildings of Kalamazoo, Michigan, US.
The town of Napier, New Zealand was rebuilt in the early 1930's after an earthquake and has many Art Deco buildings, some with Maori motifs. Provides photographs, history and an introduction to the style.
An illustrated history and description of the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.
A clear, illustrated introduction to the building process: materials, tools, methods, planning, forms. Descriptions of a worker's house at Deir el Medine and the townhouse of Djehutinefer.
An illustrated description of the architecture of ancient Egypt and its characteristics.
An extract from John Ruskin's influential book "The Stones of Venice" (1851-3).
An illustrated description of the origins and characteristics of the style and its variants and revival. It includes a list of notable Gothic structures.
Aims to foster awareness of City of London churches and ensure their preservation. Features a clickable map and index leading to details of opening hours.
Non-profit organization which saved and opened to the public the summer homes of the 19th-century New York elite. Visitor information, events, news, membership.
Statewide not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of Illinois's architectural and historic resources. Membership, events, programs, current issues.
An association for the preservation of the historic buildings of this area of Hamilton, Ohio. Gallery, membership, activities, events.
A non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings in Iowa City and Johnson County, Iowa. Directors, projects, events, newsletters.
Promotes protection and enhancement of America's historical resources.
Professional association of the State government officials who carry out the national historic preservation program. Includes news, preservation issues and meeting information.
Castle in the Champagne-Ardenne built in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th century, it retains its moat and is a rare example of the pre-Renaissance French castle.
The official site of this 19th-century fantasy castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria includes an illustrated building history, tour and biography of Ludwig.