Resources in Art and Architecture on the Web

Approximately 1300 19th and early 20th century photographs of architecture. From Cornell University Library.

Over 6,100 images from the slides collections of the AGSL. From University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Libraries.

Over 10,000 images and still under development. From the University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Libraries.

Links to lectures by architects and historians, especially about modern architecture.

Great site for the latest news on architecture around the world.

Database of worldwide architecture including built and unrealized projects.

Online journal about contemporary architecture.

"Digitized books (late 15th through the early 19th century) on architecture and garden design."

Subject guide to the most important books in many areas relating to architectural research.

Includes photos from the Marburger Index. Site is in German.

"This is a personal, non-commercial, one man operated website, launched in November 1999. It started with descriptions of 7 Dutch castles, was continually updated and now describes more than 1800 castles, towers and other fortifications in Europe and beyond! And new castles are regularly being added."

Urban design and urban planning for cities around the world from the 16th century to the present. From Harvard Digital Collections.

"Photos of European colonial architecture around the world."

"The world’s leading nonprofit organization for all those interested in the future of cities."

Non-profit organization documents worldwide cultural heritage sites, especially endangered ones.

Online magazine about contemporary architecture and design.

Architectural photography by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University. Free to use for educational or personal purposes.

Company offering virtual tours of cultural heritage sites, including reconstructions.

Site started by students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Descriptive and practical information about buildings.

Guide to collections including architecture and architectural photography.

A rather clunky, old school website that can be slow to load, but it often includes plans for well known buildings or buildings by well known architects.

Public domain images available for free downloads. Good for plans and architectural drawings of older buildings.

Website dedicated to museum architecture and exhibition design.

Site from Virginia Tech gives basic information about living and dead women architects and links to websites,

Large collection of digitized catalogs.

Documents planning practices and responses to urban issues from 15 countries. From Cornell Library.

Society headquartered at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Official site with information about current and past laureates.

An index to architectural projects outside the mainstream of Eurocentric architects and countries.

"The central hub of the global Placemaking movement, connecting people to ideas, expertise, and partners who share a passion for creating vital spaces."

Glossary of terms used in construction and remodeling.

Photographs by architectural historian at University of Virginia. Available by Creative Commons license via JSTOR.

Photographs or worldwide architecture by architectural historian at the University of Virginia. Available by Creative Commons license via JSTOR.

Panoramic views of buildings in many different countries, including many Islamic sites.

Links to a number of online collections of trade catalogs.

Includes over 10,000 postcards purchased by Cole during his travels of 1911 to 1914. Primarily from pre-World War I Europe, the collection also includes postcards from the state of California. Available via JSTOR.

Site of worldwide sacred sites compiled by National Geographic photographer Martin Gray.