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Architects
 Websites presented in alphabetical order All-Wright Site: An Internet Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright 
 "This site offers a complete guide to Frank Lloyd Wright's built work, along with pages concerning other aspects of this important architect, such as his life and quotations." Includes links to related resources. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated May 1, 2005 Alvar Aalto
The museum devoted to this twentieth century Finnish architect provides a timeline of his life, information about his projects in Finland and elsewhere, photos, a lengthy bibliography, and links to related sites. Available in Finnish and English. Searchable. http://www.alvaraalto.fi/ Topics: Architecture, Museums, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections Last updated Oct 1, 2004 AR Awards for Emerging Architecture
These awards, dating back to 1999, are "intended to bring wider international recognition to a talented new generation of architects and designers, ... [and] have attracted entries from more than 80 countries, representing every inhabited continent." Features photos and descriptions of projects for winners, highly commended and commended entries, and honorable mentions. http://www.architecturalreviewawards.com/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Dec 4, 2007 Architect Studio 3D
"[Frank Lloyd] Wright inspired a generation of architects. Are you one of them? On this Web site, you can design a house, walk through it in 3D, and then share it with the world. You can also learn more about architecture, past and present, and explore Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work." Includes a handbook that discusses interior design, landscaping, and related topics. From the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jul 20, 2005 Buckminster Fuller Institute
This site is devoted to the "principles articulated by Buckminster Fuller," creator of the geodesic dome and design science. Full text articles and books on alternative living structures, natural resources conservation, and sustainable development are available. There are links to related Web resources on Fuller, design science, domes, energy, hunger, synergetics, international conferences on global ecological issues, and more. http://www.bfi.org/ Topics: Architecture, Environment, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Poverty, Science, Technology Last updated Apr 10, 2009 Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud
A collection of materials on the life of this American engineer, architect, poet, and philosopher who developed the geodesic dome. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) "American Masters" series. http://www.thirteen.org/cgi-bin/bucky-bin/bucky.cgi Topics: Architecture, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Science, Technology Last updated May 2, 2005 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society
The site of this nonprofit organization provides information about the life and works of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928). Features a timeline, FAQ, information about his wife Margaret Macdonald, image collection of his works, and a virtual tour of Mackintosh attractions in Glasgow. Also includes a list of exhibitions featuring the work of Macintosh, and selected articles from the society's journal (in the "Free Downloads" section). Searchable. http://www.crmsociety.com Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Jun 21, 2005 Christopher Wren: Architect and Astronomer
Questions and answers about Christopher Wren, scientist, mathematician, and architect of London's St. Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (England). Features biographical information and details about his architectural projects. From the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/explore/astronomy-and-time/astronomy-facts/history/christopher-wren-architect-and-astronomer Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Christianity, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 22, 2009 Daniel Libeskind
A biography of the architect, information on his projects, and an essay about and images of his award-winning World Trade Center design study. http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 15, 2005 Dante N. Bini
The official site for this professional architect who is "a pioneer in automated building construction systems. Automated construction systems are obtainable by using applied physics and/or robotics." The site provides images and information about his "BiniSystem" for building construction, which often features dome-shaped buildings. Also includes a video about "Binishell" construction, and a bibliography of his publications. http://www.binisystems.com Topics: Architecture, Discover New Trails at LII, Housing, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Feb 23, 2005 Dearborn-Massar Photographs
Presents examples of Pacific Northwest architecture photographed by Robert Massar and Phyllis Dearborn Massar between 1943 and 1963. Searchable, or browsable by name. Also features an excerpt from the book "Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects." From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/dearmassarweb/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Washington State: Arts and Humanities, Washington State: History By Place Last updated Jan 12, 2005 Frank Gehry: Architect
Information about the California-based architect. The site contains a brief biography as well as information and photographs of a few of his projects. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/uploads/area_prensa/dossieres/en/doss_gehry.pdf Topics: Architecture, Museums by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Dec 11, 2007 Frank Lloyd Wright
A beautifully designed companion to the film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick about the great American architect. Life & Work is an overview of Wright's most famous buildings. You can see drawings, photos, and video clips, including an interview with Mike Wallace. Legacy includes reviews and essays. Locator allows you to search for Wright buildings. The last two sections are profiles of the filmmakers and resources, including classroom materials, a bibliography, and Web links. http://www.pbs.org/flw/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections Last updated Jun 7, 2002 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Information about this organization that "conserves the work of [architect] Frank Lloyd Wright and advances design through the integration of architecture, education, and the traditions and ideals embodied in Taliesin [the architect's house]." Both the original Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in Arizona are reviewed in depth, accompanied by photographs. Includes a geographic listing of Wright's buildings all over the country, with information about tours and access. http://www.franklloydwright.org Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
"This exhibit focuses on these five projects: a prototypical suburb, resorts, an automobile objective, a desert retreat. Although none was ever realized, they embody Wright's changing views of the fundamental relationship between building and land." An overview, sketches, plans, elevations, perspectives, and models of each project are provided. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/flw/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Travel Last updated Aug 31, 2004 The Gamble House
History, background on the architects, photographs, a virtual tour, and visitor information about this Pasadena, California National Historic Landmark. It is "an example of American Arts and Crafts style architecture. The house and furnishings were designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908." http://www.gamblehouse.org/ Topics: Architecture, California: Arts and Humanities, California: Photograph Collections, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Schools of Art Last updated Jan 5, 2004 Great Buildings Online
"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." Find construction dates, locations, building types, photos, and more. Also browse timelines, building types, climate, locales, architectural styles, contexts, and building elements. Searchable. http://www.greatbuildings.com/ Topics: Architecture, History, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, September 11 & Beyond Last updated May 11, 2005 The History of Interior Design
An overview of prominent designers of interior spaces mainly from the 20th century. Features brief information and selected thumbnail images for designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudi, Gerrit Rietveld, Alvar Aalto, Philip Johnson, and Charles Eames. From Architecture Week magazine. http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0905/culture_1-1.html Topics: Architecture, Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jul 20, 2005 I.M. Pei
Background about 1983 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Ieoh Ming (I.M.) Pei, whose "structures have received global recognition ... beginning with the Mile High Center in Denver, Colorado in 1955" and including buildings such as the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the West Wing of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Includes a biography of Pei, prize announcement, Pei's acceptance speech, and related material. From the Hyatt Foundation. http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/1983/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Apr 20, 2009 International Archive of Women in Architecture
A collection of "professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women's architectural organizations, from around the world." Includes hundreds of images, biographical information (under "Online Inventories of IAWA Collections" as well as the biographical directory), and information on the Milka Bliznakov Prize. From the libraries and architecture school at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 An Introduction to the Marcel Sedletzky Archive
Website of an archive of materials from this Russian-born architect who was "active on the Central Coast of California from the late 1950's into the 1990's." Includes a brief biography, annotated photographs of homes designed by Sedletzky in areas such as Big Sur and Carmel, California, and a guide to the materials in the archive. From Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. http://library.ucsc.edu/oac/exhibits/ms46web/intro/intro.html Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, California Regions, California: Arts and Humanities, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Aug 9, 2006 Julia Morgan: An Online Exhibition
This exhibition highlights the work of architect Julia Morgan, who in 1904 "became the first woman licensed to practice architecture in California. ... Her trailblazing career helped open the field of architecture to women in the United States." Exhibition sections cover Morgan's education, early work, design of William Randolph Hearst's estate in San Simeon, California, and other Morgan-designed buildings on California's Central Coast. From Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic University (Cal Poly). http://lib.calpoly.edu/specialcollections/architecture/juliamorgan/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 17, 2009 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): Exhibits: Ettore Sottsass
Companion to a 2006 retrospective of the work of Ettore Sottsass, the Italian architect and designer who is "best known for his association with the groundbreaking Memphis design collaborative of the 1980s" and who died in December 2007. Includes an illustrated essay describing his furniture, ceramics, glass, and product designs. Also includes links to additional Sottsass and Memphis works in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/sottsass/ Topics: Architecture, Artists, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Mies in Berlin/Mies in America
Includes drawings, scale models, video and digital displays, photographs, a bibliography, and a biography of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/mies/ Topics: Architecture, Museums, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States Last updated Feb 23, 2005 Palladio's Italian Villas
Information on the life and works of this influential Italian Renaissance architect. Additionally, there are categorized links, a Political Timeline of the Republic of Venice , and a bibliography. http://www.boglewood.com/palladio/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Aug 29, 2002 Pioneering Architect Philip Johnson Dies
Audio of a radio program about architect Philip Johnson, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 1979, who died in January 2005 at the age of 98. "Johnson was a promoter of the 'glass box' skyscraper. He designed California's Crystal Cathedral, and the AT&T Building in New York." Includes images of a few of his building designs and links to related stories. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4467292 Topics: Architecture, California: Media, Christianity, Discover New Trails at LII, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Website for this Italian architect who has designed buildings around the world, including an expansion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco), both of which opened in 2008. Features a biography of Piano, multiple images of selected projects (such as the Centre George Pompidou, Paris, Kansai International Airport Terminal, Osaka, and Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern), and an interactive map showing projects around the world. http://www.rpbw.com/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 1, 2008 Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture
Official site for Richard Neutra, the Vienna-born architect associated with Southern California modernism, and Dion, his son and partner. The site features an image gallery (including video clips) of Neutra architecture, news about Neutra buildings, articles written by Dion Neutra, and links to articles and related information. http://www.neutra.org Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Feb 23, 2005 Santiago Calatrava: The Unofficial Site
A site devoted to this contemporary Spanish architect and engineer, complete with images and descriptions of his bridges and buildings as well as a brief biography. Search his work by city, state or province, or country, and by work type (bridge or building). Developed by a Calatrava fan. http://www.calatrava.info/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Sir John Soane's Museum
"The architect Sir John Soane's house, museum and library at No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields [London] has been a public museum since the early 19th century." The site includes a description of the museum's collections (from Egyptian and classical antiquities to paintings by William Hogarth) and exhibits, a bibliography, a chronological list of Soane's building projects (1779-1831), museum news, and related links. http://www.soane.org/ Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, Museums, Museums by Place, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Walter Burley Griffin: In His Own Right
This site contains biographical information; images of works of the prairie school architect; a bibliography; interviews with scholars; and information on Frank Lloyd Wright, "The 18" of Chicago, Marion Mahony Griffin (his wife and "the first licensed female architect in history"), and Griffin's projects in Mason City, Iowa and Canberra, Australia. Online companion to PBS documentary of same title. http://www.pbs.org/wbgriffin/ Topics: Architecture, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Women in Architecture: Julia Morgan (1872-1957)
Profile of architect Julia Morgan, who is known for projects in Northern California such as Hearst Castle (San Simeon), Chapel of the Chimes (Oakland), the bell tower at Mills College (Oakland), Asilomar Conference Center (Pacific Grove), and several commissions for the YWCA. Includes related links. From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture. http://www2.arch.uiuc.edu/organizations/wia/archtspotl/morganjulia.html Topics: Architecture, Architecture by Place, California: Arts and Humanities, California: People, Christianity, Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women Last updated Jun 2, 2005 |
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