Resources

Architectural History

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals: “The only comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture and design, the Avery Index now surveys more than 2,500 US and foreign journals.”
http://rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=168

Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-present: Digitized photographs and drawings from the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

A Digital Archive of American Architecture: Links to web sites containing information about American architects, both contemporary and historic.
http://bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/architec.html

The Urban Past: An International Urban History Bibliography: Extensive bibliographies of urban history, organized geographically and by historical time period.
http://uoguelph.ca/history/urban/citybiboutline.html

Community

Congress for New Urbanism: “The leading organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl…providing leadership in community building.”
http://www.cnu.org/

Internet Resources for City Planning Research: “Here is a gathering place for selected Internet sites for city and regional planning. The focus is on sites likely to be of interest to the city and regional planning students and faculty at UC Berkeley.”
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/cityweb.html

Architecture For Humanity: “A charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings design services to communities in need.”
http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/

Sustainability

Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction: Promotes innovative approaches to sustainable construction mainly through Awards competitions and an international Forum.
http://www.holcimfoundation.org/

US Green Building Council: Good source for information on LEED certified buildings.
www.usgbc.org

EPA Environmental Protection Agency: Fellowships/Resources by Environmental Topic.
www.epa.gov/.webloc

Image Banks

ARTstor: A database with over 10,000 images of digitized works of art, including 940 QuickTime Virtual Reality panoramas of important architectural sites, from the early Christian to the modern masterpieces of architects such as Le Corbusier.
http://artstor.org/

Digital Archive of Architecture: An extensive compilation of architectural images organized both geographically and temporally.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/

Digital Imaging Project: Another extensive compilation of images of sculpture and architecture over time, but also features contemporary projects.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index3.html

The Great Buildings Collection: “This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds.”
http://www.greatbuildings.com/

Catalogs of libraries with extensive architecture collections:

* Columbia
http://clio.cul.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
* Harvard
http://lms01.harvard.edu/F/9H3RSEE1I1JMK66G1NKK5JRLFTG9675GLASX61PBQ2TLGR1HTT-01281?
* Library of Congress
http://catalog.loc.gov/

Online and Offline Journals and Magazines

* Architecture Ink
http://www.architectureink.com/
* Architecture Magazine
http://www.architectmagazine.com/
* Architectural Record
http://archrecord.construction.com/Default.asp
* Design Architecture
http://www.designarchitecture.com/
* Ecotecture
http://www.ecotecture.com/
* Harvard Design Magazine
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications/hdm/current/index.html
* Architectural Review
http://www.arplus.com/home.htm
* Metropolis
http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/
* Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
http://sah.org/index.php?meid=1&POSTNUKESID=a82224fcbba073e77eab019d44223ff3

Historic Preservation Resources

* National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org/
* National Park Service Links to the Past
http://www.nps.gov/history/

Graduate Schools

Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture: A nonprofit association comprised of over 250 schools in Architecture. “Unique in its representative role for schools of architecture, [ACSA] provides a forum for ideas on the leading edge of architectural thought. Issues that will affect the architectural profession in the future are being examined today in ACSA members schools.”
http://www.acsa-arch.org/