Web Resources

ARCAT

Provides information on building materials for architects, spec writers, engineers and contractors. with cad details, specifications, BIM families, and links to Manufacturer’s web sites.
ARCAT web site

Architonic

Source for Products,Materials and Concepts in Architecture & Design.
Architonic web site

Azo Materials

On-Line Materials Information Web Site.
Azo Materials web site

Building Blog

Blog on issues related to architecture, landscape and urban design. Check the “Architecture Links."
Building Blog web site.

Building Green

Find green building products organized by CSI section, design strategy, LEED relevance, and green attribute.
Building Green web site.

CSI UniFormat

UniFormat is the Uniform Classification System for organizing preliminary construction information into a standard order or sequence on the basis of functional elements.
CSI UniFormat web page

Reed Construction Data: Smart Building Index

Product Search software using CSI 2004 Format
Reed Construction Data: Smart Building Index web page

Materia

Materia offers free use of their material database. In addition, their website is continually updated about innovative materials and their applications, and trends in architecture and design, through newsletters, publications, and presentations.
Materia web site

Materials Lab, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin

With a collection of over 12,000 building material samples, the Materials Lab offers information on material composition, manufacturing, fabrication and emerging materials.
University of Texas Materials Lab web site

Material ConneXion

Material Connexion’s Library has over 4,500 of the most advanced and innovative materials in the world, with 50 - 60 new materials added every month. Subscription fee is required to enter their material library database.
Material ConneXion web site

MatWeb

MatWeb is a searchable database of material properties includes data sheets including physical properties and alloy composition.
MatWeb web site

Materialicious

materialicious™ is a weblog featuring residential architecture, design, craftsmanship, materials and products.
Materialicious web site

Materialworks

With their database, Materialworks provides in-depth information on standard materials as well as highly innovative developments
Material Works web site

Ecospecifier

A database of over 3500 eco-products, eco-materials, technologies and resources, source of sustainable development & life-cycle assessed green product information. Subscription Fee required.
ecospecifier web site

DETAIL.de Portal for Architecture

Detail Magazine’s website for on line articles:
http://www.detail.de/rw_3_ZiBB_En_DETAILsearch.htm

El Croquis – Architecture Magazine

Subscriptions and available single issues to purchase
http://www.elcroquis.es/Home.aspx?lang=en

l’ARCA Architecture Magazine

Architecture database, Newsletter, & Magazine subscription
http://www.arcadata.com/index.jsp

http://www.arcaedizioni.it/web_pages_UK/info/prodotti.htm

Metropolis Magazine

Online abbreviated version of Metropolis Magazine
http://www.arcadata.com/index.jsp

Topos - The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

Database, Newsletter, Competitions, and Magazine subscription.
http://www.topos.de/

Competitions Magazine

Announcements and entry forms of major competition events in architecture, landscape architecture, and public art.
http://www.competitions.org/

Library World MRC Catalog

Sweets Catalog

Campus Plans

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

http://www.aia.org/

American Solar Energy Society

http://www.ases.org/

Americans with Disability Act Standards

ADA standards for accessible Design
http://www.ada.gov/stdspdf.htm

ArchNet

An international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations.
http://archnet.org/library/

ArchINFORM International Architecture Database

http://eng.archinform.net/index.htm

Architecture Week

Internet Magazine of Design and Building
http://www.architectureweek.com/

Architonic

Source for Products,Materials and Concepts in Architecture & Design
http://www.architonic.com/about/

ASTM International. American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM is an international standards organization that develops and publishes technical standards for materials & products.
http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?L+googleorgstore+qecv0055+1208217277

Kennedy Library Collection: TA401 .A653

ARTSERVE. Australian National University

Art & Architecture image database from Michael Greenhalgh
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/

Bildarchiv Foto Marburg's Image Index of Art and Architecture

http://www.bildindex.de/rx/apsisa.dll/init?sid={610f6512-6d6e-4dd3-bc59-5cb77f5cd88b}&cnt=247393

Building Blog

Blog on issues related to architecture, landscape and urban design.
Check the “Architecture Links”
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/

Building Green

BuildingGreen provides research and writing through many publications, including Environmental Building News, the GreenSpec directory of green products, and the BuildingGreen Suite of online.
http://www.buildinggreen.com/

Building Products Resources

Materia: Materials Selection for Art and Architecture
http://www.materia.nl/

Materials Connexion
http://www.materialconnexion.com

MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource
http://www.matweb.com

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Reed Construction Data
http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/building-information-modeling/

Building Technology Research at MIT

http://bt.mit.edu/?page_id=5

Great Buildings Online

Architecture reference site on the web. Documents a thousand buildings with photographic images and architectural drawings, 3D building models, commentaries, bibliographies, etc.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html

Campus Building Plans

http://www.facilities.calpoly.edu/mapsplans/index_chili.htm

Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

Construction Specification Institute. CSI 2004 Master Format

The construction industry standard for classifying building products & systems
http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/sec.asp?TRACKID=&CID=1377&DID=11339

CSI Uniform Format

http://www.csinet.org/s_csi/sec.asp?TRACKID=&CID=1379&DID=11342

Engineering News Record

http://enr.construction.com/Default.asp

Environmental Protection Agency

Technological Information on environmental issues ,i.e. air quality
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

Environmental Energy Technologies Division. Berkeley Lab.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
http://eetd.lbl.gov/eetd.html

FirstSourceOnline

Product Search software using CSI 2004 Format
http://www.reedfirstsource.com/

Historic American Building Survey HABS_ Built in America

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

Perseus Project, Tufts University.

A digital library of resources for studying the ancient world. Seach the Architecture Catalog by site, period, architect, region, and type.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html

Pilkington Sun Angle Calculator

www.sbse.org/resources/sac/PSAC_Manual.pdf

Planning Commissioners Journal

http://pcj.typepad.com/

Resource for skyscraper and urbanism

http://skyscraperpage.com/

Society of Architectural Historians. Image Exchange

http://www.sah.org/index.php?src

Structurae

Information on works of structural engineering, architecture or construction; deals mostly with bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, stadiums, towers, etc. http://www.structurae.de/

The Landscape Architecture Image Resource (LAIR)

University of Maryland
http://www.lair.umd.edu/default.htm

University of California Berkeley Vital Signs –Energy Project

http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/Default.htm

U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Vernacular Architecture Forum

http://www.vernaculararchitectureforum.org/index.html

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