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Guide to Basic Architectural Research 

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Online Catalog 

Staff 

Architecture Library Main

Architecture and Building Resource Guide   
Subject guide to architecture-related web sites, compiled by Jeanne Brown, Architecture Librarian at UNLV.  http://library.nevada.edu/arch/index.html   

Cyburbia   
(formerly called: Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center)   
Dan Tasman U/Buffalo, put this subject guide together.  Another well-organized set of evaluated links.   
http://www.arch.buffalo.edu/pairc/   

WWW. Virtual Library: Architecture   
U/Toronto subject guide to sites.   
http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html   

Yahoo: Architecture   
http://pb.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture   

Selected Sites    

Americans with Disabilities Act 

ADA & Disability Information   
This site provides numerous related links.   
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~sbilling/ada.html   

Buildings   

Office Buildings   
Graphics, maps, & information about office buildings in NYC, NJ, and elsewhere.   
http://www.yrinc.com/   

How to Research a New York City Building   
Information from the Avery Library Web site. Some suggestions are specific to Columbia's Avery Library, but much of the information is applicable to a general search for building information.   
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/avery/nycbuild.html   

Careers  

AIA Online   
The American Institute of Architects' Web site.  Check out their career resources including online resumes and job openings.   
http://www.e-architect.com   

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Architects   
Product of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information from the most recent handbook.   
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos038.htm   

Construction 

Online Resources for the Construction Industry    
Resources and links for people in the construction industry: builders, contractors, construction managers, trades workers, architects, designers, engineers, and vendors.   
http://www.copywriter.com/constr.htm      

Sweet's Catalog Files 
Searchable product information. More limited than the print version.   
http://www.sweets.com   

Firms   

Profile on the Web   
Listing of US firms.   
http://www.cmdg.com/profile/   

Images  

Medieval Architecture   
Many images on French and English architecture   
http://www1.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html   

Alvar Aalto - Saynatsalo Town Municipal Center   
His renowned town hall.   
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~rmccuaig/art_425/aalto/  

Exploring Image Collections on the Internet 
Compiled at MIT. Image collections worldwide on architecture, art, landscape architecture, and urban design. 
http://nimrod.mit.edu/depts/rvc/imgcolls/imgsub.html

Landscape Architecture   

ASLA Web Site   
Information on student chapters, competitions, accredited landscape architecture programs, etc.   
http://www.asla.org/asla   

Wave Hill   
General information on this beautiful 28-acre public garden in the Bronx. Links to the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Aboreta. Many botanical links through that association's page.   
http://Cissus.mobot.org/AABGA/Member.pages/Wavehill/wavehill.html   

Library Catalogs  

Columbia University   
Includes online access to the Avery Architectural Library's catalog. Click on "Connect via telnet."   
Choose # 2. Similar to CUNY+.   
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/clio_plus   

New York Public Library   
Strong collection in art and architecture in the Research Library. (Choose CATNYP catalog)   
http://www.nypl.org/catalogs/catalogs.html   

LibWeb 
Library servers via WWW. Access online library catalogs around the world. 
http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/Libweb/  

Periodicals   

Architronic   
Refereed electronic journal out of Kent State.   
http://arcrs4.saed.kent.edu/Architronic   

List of Electronic Journals in Arts, Architecture, and Allied Disciplines   
Maintained by the Architecture & Fine Arts Library/U.Florida   
http://afalib.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/ejournals.html   
  
Schools  

e-architect 
Site of the American Institute of Architects. NAAB-accredited programs in architecture.  Arranged by states. Links to the schools. 
http://www.e-architect.com 

MIT's Rotch Library   
Links to architecture schools around the world.   
http://libraries.mit.edu/rotch/architecture/internet.html   
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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