Architecture & Interior Design
This guide provides general sites relating to architecture and interior design, including sites about individual architects and practices, and sites about specific buildings.
Other relevant web guides: Public Art. Also see the listing of Architectural Events in London.
Starting Points
AJ+
Not an online version of the Architects Journal but a portal site produced by AJ. Full of useful information including news and a product directory. The Buildings Bank is a collection of reports on buildings, complete with descriptions, images and drawings.
http://www.ajplus.co.uk
Archinet
British architecture/construction includes news, views, events listing.
http://www.archinet.co.uk
Archiseek
Irish gateway site, includes news, competitions and lots of links.
http://www.archiseek.com
Architecture and Building: net resources
Probably the most comprehensive set of architecture/construction links on the web.
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html
Resource for Urban Design Information
British gateway site for planning and urban design.
http://www.rudi.net/
Organisations
Architectural Association School of Architecture
Avant-garde London architecture college.
http://www.arch-assoc.org.uk
Architecture For All
RIBA V&A joint project, promoting their architectural collections.
http://www.architectureforall.com
Art and Architecture
A&A is a society which promotes the collaboration between art, architecture and landscape for a more stimulating environment.
http://www.artandarchitecture.co.uk
Building Centre
Information about what’s on at the building centre, bookshop and other activities, plus links to exhibiting firms.
http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk
International Union of Architects
International links to national organisations, schools of architecture and museums.
http://www.uia-architectes.org/count-uia.shtml
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
http://www.architecture.com
RSA art for architecture
An organisation that fosters collaborative ventures between artists and architects across the UK. The site contains information about previous projects.
http://www.rsa.org.uk/afanew/intro.htm
Galleries & Museums
The Lighthouse
Scotlands’s centre for architecture, design and the city.
http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/index.html
MoDA: Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture
The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) houses what is widely regarded as one of the world's most comprehensive collections of nineteenth and twentieth century decorative arts for the home. MoDA, often referred to as 'the home of domestic design', provides an invaluable resource for everyone interested in the history of design for the home.
http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk
Quondam a virtual museum of architecture
http://www.quondam.com
Selected Sites
- Architects
- Architectural theory
- Buildings
- Building products and trade directories
- Design for Disability
Architects
This is just a tiny selection from the enormous number of the websites dealing with the work of individual architects. Sites like these can be found using the gateway sites or ordinary search engines.
Alvar Aalto
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/
Daniel Libeskind
http://www.daniel-libeskind.com
Ove Arup
http://www.arup.com
FAT
http://www.fat.co.uk
Foreign Office Architects
http://www.f-o-a.net/flash/index.html
Norman Foster and Partners
http://www.fosterandpartners.com
Steven Holl
http://www.stevenholl.com
Richard Meier
http://www.richardmeier.com
MVRDV
http://www.archined.nl/mvrdv/mvrdv.html
Renzo Piano
http://www.rpbw.com/
Richard Rogers Partnership
http://www.richardrogers.co.uk
Alvaro Siza
http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/blau/siza.html
Bernard Tschumi Architects
http://www.tschumi.com
Frank Lloyd Wright
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw.html
Architectural Theory
Hugh Pearman
Website of the architecture critic and historian Hugh Pearman, includes texts of his recent articles.
http://www.hughpearman.com
Buildings
The Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/gbclist.html
Images of England
Prototype database of photographs of English buildings (mostly historical).
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
There are many websites dealing with individual buildings, the following are just examples.
The Picture Palace
Online sources of information about cinema buildings and their architects.
http://mysite.freeserve.com/picturepalace
Sydney Opera House
Aimed at Sydney concert goers but includes information about the building.
http://www.soh.nsw.gov.au/
Building Products and Trade Directories
Bricsnet Product Center
The Online Warehouse for Manufacturers' Products. An index of British and international companies offering building products and services, includes search facility, indexes of products and suppliers and links to company websites. Users do not need to register.
http://pdc.bricsnet.com/pdc/index_9.html
Building Information Warehouse
Searchable database of products and companies with links to company websites.
http://www.thebiw.com/
Building Products Index
Database of UK building materials which links users to manufacturers websites. Registration is required but use of the site is free.
http://bpindex.co.uk/
KPM Design Online
The UK's largest online source of interior design information, including details of over 1800 interior designers and architects.
http://www.kpmdesignonline.com/
Otis Elevators
This site includes details, dimensions and downloadable AutoCAD drawings of Otis elevators. Answers the eternal question "How much space will the lift take up?"
http://www.otis.com/
Product Selector Online
A searchable index of UK manufacturers of building products includes links to companies' own websites. Not the same as the RIBA Product Selector reference book. Users need to register to use this resource. It is free for the first three months then it is on a subscription only basis.
http://www.productselector.co.uk/
Design for Disability
Disability Resources on the Internet
The built environment section of a general disability information resource.
http://www.disabilityresources.org/ARCHITECTURE.html
E-journals
Architronic: The electronic journal of architecture.
Scholarly architecture journal.
http://www.saed.kent.edu/Architronic
Concrete Quarterly Online
New online version of respected technical journal.
http://www.concretequarterly.com/
ISDesignet
The online version of Interiors and Sources magazine. American commercial Interior design magazine.
http://www.isdesignet.com/
Nominated Resources
Web sites and other web-based resources nominated by users of this site will be posted here.
Subterranea Britannica
A society for the study of man-made and man-used underground places. Information about and pictures of tunnels, bunkers and other underground spaces. The emphasis is on transport and military structures. There is an associated site which looks at Cold War bunkers.
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/
Nominated 17 February 2003
Architecture on 3
A Radio 3 website about architecture. Includes interviews with rising stars of architecture, walks and an archive of programmes about architecture.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/architecture