Gossamer Links

An introduction to world architecture produced by American teenagers through Think Quest. Images, discussion and bibliography for Egyptian, Chinese, Aztec, Mayan, Greek Roman and Gothic buildings.

A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period.

A huge collection of images of architecture across the world, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region, Australia and Japan, collated by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University.

Stanford University supplies this comprehensive list of books arranged by period.

Housed on Bryn Mawr Campus, it provides an archival home for computer models of architectural monuments and archaeological sites.

A photographic database of buildings and cities from around the world, designed by the University of Washington's Architecture, History and Art History Departments. Searchable.

Thousands of professional photographs of historic buildings are available for purchase, but can be viewed free on-line.

An eclectic collection of cupolas, architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes from around the world. Other galleries include Wordplay and Autocad sections.

Images of buildings in Europe and America from prehistoric to 20th century by Prof. Jeffrey Howe of Boston College, USA.

Galleries of photographs of European and North American architecture from Classical to Post-Modern, whole facades and details, with explanations, by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College, US.

Advertising CDs with an image library of historic and contemporary styles of Western architecture. A few samples online.

Offers photographs of outstanding buildings in North America and Europe, historic and modern. Laden with advertising.

Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects across the world with 3D models, photographs and drawings, commentaries, biographies and bibliographies. Searchable.

Floorplans for major historic buildings around the world are supplied here free by B-Ware Software. As they are large and detailed, some are slow-loading.

Brief introduction to the history of this ancient building material from brick manufacturer Austral Bricks.

A series of articles from Plumbing and Mechanical magazine following the development of plumbing from ancient Babylon to modern America, hosted by theplumber.com

Galleries of images arranged by period from Egyptian to Baroque, with basic information, courtesy of the Leo Masuda Architectonic Research Office.

A one-page guide to researching the history of old houses from World of Old Houses.

The Technological Institute of Monterrey, Campus Tampico, Mexico, offers an illustrated outline of Western art and architecture.

Several thousand professional photographs from around the world, many of them of architecture. Subscribers can access guide book text.

Online images from the large collection of slides at the University of California at Berkeley. Can be searched by period, place, building name, personal name, subject type.

Lengthy, illustrated article in Encyclopædia Britannica, with full bibliography, tracing architecture of European origin from Minoan Crete to the 20th century.

Images of Renaissance gardens and Rococo architecture in Europe, and temples in Egypt and the Far East from the collection of slides in the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each. French and English language options.