Architecture

Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text.

Constructed reason,record of war,size of building.

Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting.

Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat.

An interactive map, pictures and information about the Castles of Japan.

Lists British castles and fortifications built between 1000-1600.

Several large interior and exterior photos of Northampton State Hospital.

Map showing location of nine lighthouses, plus historical information and technical details.

Data, information and links provided.

Vintage and contemporary photographs, information on the lighthouse keeper and historical overview of light located on Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia.

Photo gallery and information on lighthouses in the United States. From the Public Broadcasting Network series of the same name.

Information on lights from the Montauk Point Light at the tip of Long Island, New York south to St. Simons Light in Georgia.

The sea mill on a small island in Brittany. Location, photographs, illustrated description of its workings, progress of its restoration. History only in French.

A comprehensive guide along with photographs to Buckinghamshire's only working watermill with original machinery.

A retired 18th-century watermill, part of the National Trust's Kingston Lacy estate near Wimborne, in Dorset. Includes an illustrated history and online tour of the mill, visitor information and bibliography.

Restored traditional corn windmill in Clayton, West Sussex. Includes history, virtual tour, photographs, events, membership details, opening times, directions and map.

The official site includes a history and photographs of the building, which was completed in 1921 and designed by Baltimore architect Joseph Evans Sperry in a Byzantine-Moorish style.

Short descriptions with photographs of Vancouver's high rise buildings, and a skyline gallery, by Lostman.

The Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company is the developer of the Dubai Marina, district of Dubai with over 200 high-rise buildings. Their portfolio includes the world's tallest tower, Burj Dubai and also the largest shopping mall, the Dubai Mall.

Gives information about the college, its history and academic programs.

Gives an overview of the college and details of its academic programs.

Offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in architecture and interior architecture. Admissions, faculty, staff, programs, events, gallery of student work.

Information about the school, its curriculum, community programs, events, publications and current architectural news.

Gives information about the school, admission process, programs, places, people and events.

Gives information about the school's courses, news, fields of study, people, publications, and admission process.

Information on admissions, the curriculum, faculty and its publications, research, facilities and events.

Information about the school's history, philosophy, courses, faculty and people, scholarships, lecture series, libraries and galleries.

Offers a biography, bibliography and list of the Finnish architect's buildings, as well as information on the Alto archives, museum and academy.

Biography of the original Dutch architect by Frank Derville from Art Nouveau World Wide.

Exhibition by the Albertina Collection of Graphic Art, Vienna, to celebrate 400 years of the famous architect of Italian Baroque. Biography and images including original drawings.

Illustrated, detailed description of the influences on Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and his impact on Florence, from Your Way to Florence.

Brief notes on the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield from Bob Speel.

Brief details on the architect of the Parthenon and Temple of Athena Nike in Athens, with photographs of both and plan and downloadable 3D model of the Parthenon provided by Great Buildings Online.

Illustrated online monograph by Georges Lukomski on the Scottish Neoclassical architect who worked at Pavlovsk and Tsarskoe Selo for Catherine the Great.

An introduction to some of Fuller's innovations: synergetics, geodesic domes, fuller projection maps, with illustrations.

Buckminster Fuller's description of his inventions with pictures of Fuller.

Brief biography; photos and information about selected works.

Biographical sketch plus photos of the Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Brief biography of the Ancient Egyptian official best known as the architect of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, with photograph and description of the pyramid, from Intercity Oz.

Brief biography of the joint architect of the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President of the USA, was an able and influential Neo-Classical architect. Portrait, works, drawings and bibliography from R. G. Wilson, University of Virginia.

Extensive site devoted to prolific St. Louis, Missouri-based landscape architect and city planner George E. Kessler (1862-1923).

Biography of the architect in Great Buildings Online, with information on selected works in Austria.

The history and ethos of a unique 1960s housing project in Kent - New Ash Green - developed by Span and their architects Eric Lyons and Partners. Biographies, plans, photographs. Extensive use of Flash.

Society information and news, brief biography, illustrated introduction to Mackintosh's major works, links to other Mackintosh sites.

Illustrated profile of Mockbee and the Rural Studio by Ted Katauskas in Architecture Week.

Biography, bibliography, list of holdings regarding the architect.

Photographs of the landscape architect and his grave in Old North Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut, from Find A Grave.

New York Times review of Witold Rybczynski's book on Frederick Law Olmsted, who co-designed New York City's Central Park and was among the first to call himself a landscape architect.

Outline of the life and work of this Scottish architect from Gazetteer for Scotland, with information on Melville Castle, which he designed.