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Architectural Images
Check out these free Internet databases with thousands of art and architecture photos and images.
Last update 11/19/2009
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A comprehensive guide to skyscrapers all over the world. Includes photos, diagrams, and news articles.
by archINFORM - Berlin, Germany
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One of the largest online databases on international architecture. It includes over 9500 built and unbuilt projects from international architects and planners.
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Digital collection of over 80 architectural drawings and sketches of Milwaukee architects Willis and Lillian Leenhouts. Projects range in date from the mid-1940s through the 1980s and include residential homes as well as many public buildings and urban development projects.
by Library of Congress - American Memory
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Contains over 29,000 architectural and interior images. Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner from 1935-1955.
by MIT School of Architecture and Planning
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"ArchNet is an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations." Register for free to access their vast collection of images.
by Kohl, Alan T.
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Emphasis on ancient, medieval, and Renaissance European art and architecture.
by Mark Harden
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Contains thousands of images and information on artists, art movements, and styles.
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Contains over 8,500 renowned artists with links to their works in museums and art galleries. Also includes works by major architects. Search by artist, museum, or browze by art movement.
by University of Illinois at Chicago
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Includes images of buildings, floor plans, maps, and historical images in the Chicago region.
by University of Washington
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Part of the digital collections at the University of Washington Libraries. It contains over 10,000 images of cities and buildings from around the world.
by Jeffrey Howe, Boston College
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Contains over 1,500 images of American architecture from the 17th - 20th century. You can search by location, architect, building type, and style. Provides additional links.
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One of the leading free architectural web sites available. Documents thousands of buildings, architects, and places around the world and throughout history.
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Contains biographies and main works of famous artists.
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Provides comprehensive information on skyscrapers from all over the world. Includes diagrams, discussion forums, and news on currrent highrise projects.
by University of Californian, Berkeley
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Contains over 250,000 slides and 20,000 photographs from the Architecture Visual Resources Library (AVRL) at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Jefferson County, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, is an area filled with historical homes and buildings.
