Architecture - Internet Resources

The purpose of this guide is to point visitors to relevant sites relating to Architecture and allied disciplines on the Internet and the World Wide Web. This is not a comprehensive guide or gateway, but a starting point for finding information. The Internet provides access to very current material, material not in print and contacts to researchers
If you have a site or know of a site that you think is appropriate to include in this guide, please send it to Lindy Collien architecture@library.usyd.edu.au

Subject Gateways

ADAM
A searchable catalogue of over 2000 Internet resources on Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information. The sites have been selected and catalogued by professional librarians.
url:http://adam.ac.uk/

archINFORM
A database of over 12000 built and unrealized projects by architects and planners, mainly of the 20th century. It originated as a record of interesting building projects compiled by students. Based in Germany.
url:http://eng.archinform.net/

The WWW Virtual Library - Architecture
A large number of links provided in easily scanned categories.
Frequent updates.

url: http://vlib.org/Architecture

Cyburbia
Cyburbia (formerly called PAIRC - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center) contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups.
url: http://www.cyburbia.org/

Jeanne Brown's Guide to Architecture and Building Sources on the Internet
A very comprehensive list of links to sites on architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture. Regularly revised.
url: http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html

RUDI
A multimedia information resource for research, teaching and professional practice in the field of urban design in the Western cultural context.
url:http://www.rudi.net/

UNECE Human Settlements Database
The database is maintained by the Environment and Human Settlements Division, with specific reference to data on housing and building. Data are collected for the ECE Bulletin of Housing and Building Statistics and through the Country Profiles on the Housing Sector from a number of both national and international sources.
url:http://w3.unece.org/stat/HumanSettlements.asp

Urban Ecology Australia
Urban Ecology Australia is a non-profit organisation working to promote and create ecologically integrated human settlements. Incorporated in December 1991, UEA is a United Nations accredited, non-profit, educational association and Australia's only national, federal government recognised, community based, urban environmental organisation.
url:http://www.urbanecology.org.au/

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Australian Image Databases

Picture Australia
Produced by the National Library of Australia. Search for people, places and events in the collections of libraries, museums, galleries, archives, universities and other cultural agencies, in Australia and abroad.
url:http://www.pictureaustralia.org/

PICMAN Database
Produced by the State Library of NSW. The PICMAN catalogue contains records of the pictures, manuscripts, oral history and printed posters collections of the Mitchell Library, Sir William Dixson Library and Dixson Galleries. PICMAN contains records for material catalogued since 1992.
url:http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/picman/

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Discussion Groups

Topica
A list of dicussion groups under the heading "Design Arts":
url:http://lists.topica.com/dir/?cid=98

ENVB-L
The environment, design and human behavior discussion group (ENVBEH-L) addresses topics concerning the relations of people and their physical environments. Send a message to listproc@duke.poly.edu with text: subscribe ENVBEH-L [first name last name] to join the discussion.

LARCH-L
A list for landscape architecture. Send a message to mailto:listserv@listserv.syr.edu with text: subscribe LARCH-L to join the discussion.

URBAN-RESEARCH-L
An Australian based list for urban planning and history. Send a message to majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au with text: subscribe URBAN-RESEARH-L to join the discussion.

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