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Directory | Architecture


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    • Arbitat
    Pictures and slideshows of architecturally interesting buildings from around the world, features on current projects (submissions accepted) and biographies of famous archirects.

    Archinform
    International architectural database listing thousands of built and unbuilt projects. 20th-century architecture is the main theme.

    Archiplanet
    A community-created a collection of architectural information using MediaWiki software. It covers many thousands of buildings, architects and firms worldwide, and a large number of images.

    Archiseek
    Architecture forums, planning news, architectural competition announcements, and guides to the architecture of selected countries and cities.

    Architecture for Humanity
    A volunteer non-profit organization set up to promote architecture and design to seek solutions to global social and humanitarian crisis.

    Architypes.net
    A library of architectural design issues, solutions and ideas, built up by collaboration and mostly available to share under a Creative Commons license. Images and commentary.

    Arounder
    This online travel magazine offers a huge collection of 360-degree Quicktime virtual reality full-screen panoramas of world-class architectural, artistic and historical landmarks.

    Arqhys
    The English-language version of a portal created by architecture students in the Dominican Republic. Covers architectural history, famous architects and buildings monuments, and methods and materials of construction.

    Floornature
    Interviews with architects, news, flooring projects with man made tiles. Manufacturing process, environmental impact and international standards for ceramic tiles and man made stones.

    Godden Structural Engineering Slide Library
    University of California collection of 560 engineering slides from around the world. Historic and modern structures: beams, arches, cable and suspension, domes and shells, columns, frames, grids, slabs and trusses.

    Made of Light
    A project conceived and designed by Speirs and Major Associates, which aims to provide a thought-provoking presentation of the art of light and architecture.

    Marvelous Architectures
    Photographs of outstanding modern buildings of the world.

    New 7 Wonders
    This project offered the public the opportunity to vote for the new seven wonders of the world. Results were announced on 7 July 2007. It gives condensed, illustrated descriptions of the winners and other finalists.

    Ribanet
    Professional association of architects in the United Kingdom along with international members. News, exhibitions, online shopping, directories of architects, British Architectural Library.

    The Virtual Study Tour
    The New Zealand School of Architecture presents computer models of a selection of buildings ancient, modern and proposed, including a sustainable eco-house.

    World View
    The Architectural League of New York presents persectives on architecture and urbanism from around the globe. Includes illustrated reports on Beirut, Caracas, Dhaka, Oslo and Tijuana.


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    Architecture News and Info:


    Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter") can mean:

    • The art and science of designing and erecting buildings and other physical structures.
    • The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use.
    • A general term to describe buildings and other structures.
    • A style and method of design and construction of buildings and other physical structures.

    A wider definition may comprise all design activity, from the macro-level (urban design, landscape architecture) to the micro-level (construction details and furniture). Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and constructing form, space and ambience that reflect functional, technical, social, and aesthetic considerations. It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material, technology, light and shadow. Architecture also encompasses the pragmatic aspects of realising buildings and structures, including scheduling, cost estimating and construction administration. As documentation produced by architects, typically drawings, plans and technical specifications, architecture defines the structure and/or behavior of a building or any other kind of system that is to be or has been constructed.

    Architectural works are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.

    Architecture sometimes refers to the activity of designing any kind of system and the term is common in the information technology world.


    Information courtesy of Wikipedia.



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