| Architecture education and A Guide - Resources and Review
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| A set of teaching modules about architecture and historical design. The modules offer varying levels of detail about historical time periods, covering the ancient world, early Christian period, Gothic period, Renaissance and Baroque periods, 18th and 19th centuries. The image collection offers photographs and information on a variety of architectural, decorative and furniture styles.
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A guide to historic houses in the US with emphasis on late Victorian and craftsman style bungalows. Also covers cottage, modern, and ranch styles.
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Provides a guide to design, film, literature, music, and performing and visual arts, with profiles of individuals involved in each area. Also offers information on specific movements within genres such as fashion design, architecture, American film, literary theory, poetry, international dance, and photography.
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This 1996 report lays out the findings of a Survey of Information Needs and Search Methods used by people involved in teaching, learning and research, in the broad areas of art, design, architecture and media.
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Searchable collection of information on technologies and practices designed to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and residential buildings. Methods relate to building structure, finishes and furnishings, heating and cooling, plumbing and waterheating, lighting, load management, electricity production, ventilation and air quality, site services, and motors and equipment. Discusses the benefits, limitations, application, experience, and cost for each technology.
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An association of university educators in architecture who support excellence in the teaching of environmental science and building technologies.
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Features links to other lighting resources on the Web, descriptions of the LRC's research projects, a catalog of lighting publications, and information for students interested in the LRC's Master of Science in Lighting graduate degree program. Visitors can also request free publications and subscribe to a free newsletter on new lighting technologies, Lighting Futures.
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Annotated links to selected Internet resources covering architectural techniques, ancient history, architecture from 1400 AD, public structures, religious structures, residential buildings, buildings for education and research, landscape design, and architects by country.
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A digitised collection of over 29,000 photographs taken by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner between 1935 and 1955. Entries can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject. Images returned depict architectural subjects including agricultural buildings, airports, banks, city and town halls, dams, government buildings, housing, ironwork, plumbing fixtures, and theatres, focusing largely on the northeastern United States, particularly New York City and Florida.
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Documents the historical usage of gargoyles, discussing their origins, their place in Medieval society, and the symbolism represented by their typical disembodied heads, species combinations, and gaping mouths. Includes interactive maps which users can click on to access examples of architectural carvings around the UK and France, and gargoyles at Duke University are highlighted specifically. An additional section looks at modern day gargoyles created by Walter S. Arnold.
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Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of architecture and building.
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Aims to promote high quality learning and teaching within the disciplines of architecture, planning, landscape, building, and surveying.
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A guide to architecture in America from the 17th century to the present, with particular emphasis given to local architectural monuments. Houses, churches, commercial buildings, skyscrapers and public buildings such as libraries, museums and universities are featured, together with examples of different architectural styles and information on individual architects.
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Centre for Education in the Built Environment aims to encourage and support the use of computers in higher education throughout the UK. Includes a software catalogue, resource list, and a newsletter, Habitat, available free of charge to all individuals involved in the teaching of Architecture, Planning, Building Construction and Property Management in UK higher education.
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