The DETAIL inspiration online databank gives users access to more than 5,500 DETAIL project documentations from more than 55 years of DETAIL. By using professional search functions and filter options to find key terms such as building type, material, construction year or the topic of an issue, DETAIL inspiration supports architects both in their quest for solutions and in their daily work. With every new issue of DETAIL, the databank expands by the current projects in question. Furthermore, the projects can be organized and saved as needed in personal watchlists.
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The DS is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscriptions from a variety of U.S. institutions (Huntington Library, Jewish Theological Seminary, Grolier Club, UC Berkeley, etc.).
The ICAA Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art digital archive provides access to primary sources and critical documents tracing the development of twentieth-century art in Latin America and among Latino populations in the United States.
Supports research in areas including drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
GenderWatch features publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas including media, health sciences, political science, and more.
Special Papers includes monographs, symposium-based volumes, and longer, multi-author volumes with dedicated volume editors.
Free full text publications from the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Museum, and the Getty Research Institute.
Produced by McGraw-Hill Construction, this free website (with ads) focuses on environmental and sustainable building news and projects around the world (but with a US emphasis).
Encyclopedia of the built world published by the Society of Architectural Historians and the U. of Virginia Press containing histories, photos, and maps for over 16,300 structures and places in 17 states.
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Online Media Archive of lectures recorded at the school since 1974. The archive includes over 600 videos spanning more than 1000 hours of footage.
A database of nearly 60,000 works of structural engineering, architecture or construction through time, history, and around the world.
The online version of the printed Sweets Catalog File (In AFA Reference,Call No. TH455.S7864), this free website (with ads) allows searching by word or the MasterFormat 2004. Includes links to articles in Architectural Record.