| Architecture:
International Websites & Resources
Web resources helpful for architectural research For architecture directories on the web, try: Cyburbia, architecture.com, Architext, ArchNet, Architecture Virtual Library, arplus.com NOTE: Newspaper and journal articles
can be good sources for information on specific buildings, projects or
architects - search Avery
Index, Art
Full Text or APId
for overseas topics; Index
New Zealand, ARCH:
Australian Architecture Database and NewzText for NZ & Pacific topics. |
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| Palaces | Château de Versailles (France) / Domaine National de Versailles. An introduction to the palace at Versailles, France. Of primary interest to architecture students is Explore the Estate, which contains a history of its construction and information and images of the main building, the Trianon palaces, grounds, and the town. A look is also provided at some of the Masterpieces in the palace and the site provides information and photos about the storm damage of December 1999. |
| Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580 | Il
Redentore Church / Nathan O'Brien. Images from an undergraduate
dissertation of the interior of the Il Redentore church on the island Chiesa
del Redentore in Venice. The building was designed by Andrea Palladio (in
1577) and was completed in 1592. The images were produced using Rayshade
(version 4).
Palladio's Italian villas / Carl I. Gable. Profiles eighteen Renaissance villas which survive in the Veneto region around Venice, Italy. See the entry on Palladio at: Great Buildings Online |
| Parks |
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| Philosophy | Architecture
and Humanities=Arquitectura y Humanidades / Postgraduate School
of Architecture, National Autonomous University of Mexico. A project
which surfaced in 1999 as the outcome of the "Architecture and Humanities"
Master's Degree in Architectural Design Research Workshop from UNAM.
Aims to explore the origins and essence of what Architecture is. It is
also an "interactive space of knowledge...which promotes research and tries
to diffuse a more humane vision when faced with Architecture, emphasizing
the design."
Implosion: Anthropology of habitat and architecture / Nold Egenter. Pluridisciplinary website on Architecture and Habitat Anthropology. For those interested in reconstructing cultural evolution based on constructive behaviour. The "primary focus is on fibroconstructive objects, semantic and symbolic processes, as well as on sedentarisation, domestication and extended territorial control." The site includes sections on Japanology and Indology. (Egenter, Oct 2000) |
| Piano, Renzo | Out
of the blue: Renzo Piano Building Workshop / Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle
der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Exhibition which aims to "pass on
the experience which Renzo Piano has gathered through his building projects
around the world." Profiles 8 buildings, including the Centre Pompidou,
Kansai International Airport, Center for Culture J.M. Tjibaou and Potsdamer
Platz.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop / RPBW. Website of the Foundation. Describes the foundation's aims and includes a biography of Piano including indepth commentary on his works and links to the websites of some of his buildings. See the entry on Piano at: Great
Buildings Online
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| Preservation |
See also Conservation & restoration, Historic buildings & structures. |
| Prison architecture | Index |
| Prizes & awards | Aga
Khan Award for Architecture: 2007 Awards / Web page dedicated
to the 2007 ceremony and winners.
Aguirre Newman Arquitectura - iAZ ZONE International Awards / Internet Architecture Zone (iAZ). Granted yearly to support and highlight the professional and academic initiatives of young architects. The Awards are granted in four categories, two international and two Spanish. Architectural Institute of Japan Architectural Design Prize / AIJ. Given to outstanding architectural designs(including landscape, interior, etc.) completed in recent years, which have a high standard from both social and cultural point of views, and which contribute to the comprehensive development of technique and art. The prize is given to a maximum of 3 designs annually. Kenneth F. Brown Asia Pacific Culture & Architecture Design Award / School of Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Honors contemporary architecture in Asia and the Pacific Region that successfully balance the spiritual and material aspects in designing an environment that is in harmony with its natural and cultural setting. Pritzker Architecture Prize / Hyatt Foundation. Current information about the world's most prestigious architecture award and its Laureates. RAIA Architecture Awards / Royal Australian Institute of Architects. RAIA's online architecture gallery 'architecture.com.au projects' contains state and national winners from the Institute’s awards program. UIA Gold Medal and Prizes / UIA (International Union of Architects). Awarded every 3 years. The Gold Medal is awarded to a living architect in recognition of their lifelong achievements and contributions to the benefit of man and society, and the promotion of the art of architecture. The architecture prizes include: The Auguste Perret Prize, for applied technology in architecture; The Jean Tschumi Prize, for architectural criticism and/or architectural education; The Sir Robert Matthew Prize, for the improvement in the quality of human settlements. Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design / Harvard Design School. Awarded biannually to recognize excellence in urban design with an emphasis on projects that contribute to the public realm of a city and improve the quality of urban life. See also Competitions.
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| Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore | Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin 1812-1852 / V. & M. Farrow, with the support of the Pugin Society. Website profiling "Great Britain's foremost architect and designer of the nineteenth century....A man who believed in himself, and harboured a passion for Gothic and the Roman Catholic Church." |
| Quotations |
Index |
| Remodeling | World
of Old Houses / Ian Evans. Practical guide offering information,
advice & assistance for anyone restoring, renovating, remodelling or
maintaining an old house, heritage building or traditional architecture. Scope includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and
the USA.
See also Conservation & restoration. |
| Renaissance architecture | Index |
| Rendering | Douglas
House Rendering / John Lim. Images of the Douglas House
produced for a architecture paper where students were asked to model a
Living Room.
See also Architectural drawing, Computer-aided design. |
| Richard Meier & Partners | Architecture
of the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California / C.S. Rhyne,
Professor Emeritus, Art History, Reed College. After fourteen years
of planning, design and construction, the J. Paul Getty Center in L.A.
opened to the public in December 1997. It is one of the largest privately
funded architectural complexes ever designed and constructed in a single
architectural campaign. The site focuses on the architecture of the
Center, including its landscaping. Photographs and text provide images
of additional aspects of the architecture, landscaping, and details. Includes an annotated bibliography to assist students, architects, and
others interested in exploring other publications dealing with this much
discussed architectural complex.
Douglas House Rendering / John Lim. Images of the Douglas House produced for a architecture paper where students were asked to model a Living Room. Richard Meier & Partners / RM & P. Homepage of the firm. Gives a broad overview of both recent and past projects, including City Hall & Central Library The Hague and the Getty Center. Provides a brief biography and a list of books which detail Meier's works. See the book entitled "Making Architecture : The Getty Center" available at 727.7(73) G394w. See the entry on Meier at: Great
Buildings Online
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| Richard Rogers Partnership | Richard
Rogers Partnership / RRP. Richard Rogers founded the
practice with John Young, Marco Goldschmied and Mike Davies in 1977.
Includes links to ongoing and completed projects and a list of articles
both on Richard Rogers and written by the partners.
See the entry on Rogers at: Great Buildings Online |
| Richardson, H.H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 | Thomas
Crane Memorial Library
See the entry on H.H. Richardson at: Great Buildings Online |
| Roadside architecture | Diner
city / Ron Saari. "A comprehensive guide to classic diners
and the American roadside". Includes diner facts and a list of recommended
reading. Searchable by state.
Googie architecture / Chris Jepsen. Website devoted to Googie, a style of architecture that thrived in the 1950s and early 1960s, designed to make the most of strip shopping centers and other roadside locations. It fit the needs of the new California "car culture" and the dreams of the even newer space age. Googie has also been known as Populuxe, Doo-Wop, Coffee Shop Modern, Jet Age, Space Age and Chinese Modern. Index |
| Roman architecture | Classics
and Ancient World / Digital Librarian. Large selection
of links relating to all aspects of the classical and ancient world.
Each link has been evaluated by a librarian. Regularly updated.
Forum of Trajan in Rome: a virtual tour / ArtsEdNet. This Web exhibition draws from "Beyond Beauty: Antiquities as Evidence," the major opening exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in 1999. The exhibition focuses on a virtual reality model of the forum built by the Emperor Trajan, one of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome. This virtual reality (VR) model re-creates an ancient urban environment based on the best archaeological evidence available today. LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World / Bill Thayer, University of Kansas. One of the largest sites on the web about ancient Rome. A complex site which includes "photographs, Latin texts, public domain classics...maps, book reviews, bibliographies...and a list of over 1,600 sites deading with ancient Rome." The site will be of interest to scholars of Roman and Etruscan antiquities, particularly those with an interest in the architecture of the time. (Electronic Resources Review, 3 (6) 1999). Maecenas: Images of Greece & Rome / Leo C. Curran, University of Buffalo. The project is funded by grants from the Classical Association of the Empire State and the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Pompeii Forum Project / Prof J.J. Dobbins, University of Virginia. A unique interdisciplinary venture. The goals are to provide the first systematic documentation of the architecture and decoration of the forum, to interpret evidence as it pertains to Pompeii's urban history, and to make wider contributions to both the history of urbanism and contemporary problems of urban design. The site is divided into 4 main sections: Archival Photographs, Notes for Students & Teachers, Volcanic/Seismic Structural Response Investigation. See also Classical
architecture, Greek architecture
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| Romanesque architecture |
See also Gothic architecture, Medieval architecture. Index |
| Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 | The
Arts & Crafts Movement Archive: John Ruskin / Arts & Crafts Society. Brief biography plus links to a number
of digital resources on Ruskin (eg. photographic images, scanned drawings,
websites).
Ruskin Bibliography / Ruskin Library, Lancaster University. Annotated bibliography, regularly revised. Last updated January 2007 Includes edited works and works on Ruskin. |
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