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- Art and Architecture-Mainly Mediterranean
Provides Art and Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin, Japan, India, and Cambodia. 09-09
- Islamic Architecture in Isfahan (Rochford)
"Isfahan (pron. esfahaan) has been designated by UNESCO as a world heritage. It contains a wide range of Islamic Architectural styles ranging from the 11th century (C.E.) to the 19th. This archive contains photographs and descriptions of some of the most interesting and unusual ones." 09-09
- Architecture Glossary (About.com - Craven)
Provides a full description and examples of key terms used in architecture. 3-01
- Architecture Timeline (About.com - Craven)
Describes highlights of architecture throughout human history. Includes more recent styles, such as Renaissance, American Colonial, Baroque, Rococo, Georgian Colonial, Neoclassical, Federalist, Idealist, Greek Revival, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco. 3-01
- Architecture - Great Buildings and Structures (About.com - Craven)
Provides examples of some of the most dramatic buildings and structures. 3-01
- Lessons and Projects in Architecture for K-12 (About.com - Craven)
Provides many lessons and projects to help children better understand architecture. 3-01
- Editorial: Sustainable Architecture (Wikipedia.org)
"Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger discussion of sustainability and the pressing economic and political issues of our world." 04-07
- Sustainable Architecture (GreenHomeBuilding.com)
"I have come up with a list of thirteen principles of sustainable architecture (listed as links on the left) that can guide you in your housing choices." 04-07
- Sustainable Architecture Resources (UC Berkeley Library)
Provides resources to support sustainable architecture. 04-07
- Bridges in Architecture
- Rainwater Harvesting: Cisterns (Landscape Architecture)
Provides a history on the use of cisterns and shows how to make one. 08-07
- Green Architecture Certification (New York Times)
"On a recent Friday, when the rest of the staff of the architecture firm Beyer Blinder Belle was out of the office enjoying a beautiful August day, about 25 people sat in a windowless room learning about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process." 08-08
- Sustainable Architecture
- Architecture
- Research - How to Research an Architectural Structure (New York Public Library)
- Research - Interior Design (New York Public Library)
- Arts Search (World Wide Arts Resources)
Searches for information in the arts, including architecture, paintings, dance, theatre, opera and more.
- Architects - Biographies (About.com - Craven)
Provides biographies of some of the most influential architects.1-02
- Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Architects - Wright, Frank Lloyd (About.com - Craven)
Provides a short biography and related resources on a very influential architect. Sometimes visitors misspell as Loyd. 3-01
- Architects - Sullivan, Louis Henri (About.com - Craven)
Provides a short biography and related resources on a very influential architect. "Louis Sullivan is widely considered America's first truly modern architect. Instead of imitating historic styles, he created original forms and details." Sometimes visitors misspell as Louise Henry. 3-01
- Architectural Style - Modernism (About.com - Craven)
Describes the modernism style and its role in the twentieth century. Also discusses other styles, such as structuralism. 3-01
- Architects - Palladio, Andrea (About.com - Craven)
Provides a short biography and related resources on the Renaissance architect. "Andrea Palladio is often described as the most influential, and most copied, architect in the Western world." 3-01
- Types of Buildings and Structures (About.com - Craven)
Provides a wide range of types of architectural structures. 3-01
- Theater (Thinkquest.org/21722)
Provides many aspects of theater, including Architecture, Stage Craft, Lighting, and Sound. Also includes historical effects theater has had on societies, literature, economies, social environments and cultures throughout the world. 4-01
- Catholic - National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Basilica of the National Shrine)
Provides a virtual tour of the National Shrine. "The Basilica of the National Shrine is the largest Catholic church in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world." The Shrine is an example of modern Byzantine architecture." 5-01
- George Washington Bridge (NYCRoads.com)
Provides facts about the bridge, pictures of rejected designs, pictures of the bridge, information on the expansions of the bridge, and a description of how the master bridge designer, Othmar Ammann, gained the contract to build the bridge. "The bridge's two steel towers, embedded deep in rock and concrete, soar 604 feet into the sky, each as tall as some of Manhattan's great skyscrapers." 7-02
- Builders - Ancient Romans (Roman Empire)
Provides examples of some of the bridges, walls, and buildings of ancient Rome. (Includes some grammatical errors.) 11-00
- Building Structures (Exploratorium - Science Learning Network)
Provides directions and drawings for creating (small scale) replicas of bridges and other structures. 2-01
- Golden Gate (San Francisco) Bridge (About.com - Malloy)
Provides facts about the bridge, pictures of rejected designs, pictures of the bridge, information on the expansions of the bridge, and a description of how the master bridge designer, Othmar Ammann, gained the contract to build the bridge. "The bridge's two steel towers, embedded deep in rock and concrete, soar 604 feet into the sky, each as tall as some of Manhattan's great skyscrapers." 7-02
- Retractable Dome (Ballparks.com)
Describes Rogers Centre, formerly called the Skydome. 9-05
- New Ways to Grow the Internet (PBC.org - Cringely)
"Internet use in American homes is still growing, but the pace of that growth is slowing according to a study released this week by Parks Associates, a market research firm from Dallas, Texas. Based on a sample of 1,000 U.S, households, the survey concluded that 42 percent of U.S. homes have broadband, 22 percent use dial-up, but that 29 percent have no computers at all, thus placing a firm upper limit on potential Internet penetration."
"This is a stretch, but it makes sense to me: If the prime directive here is simply to grow the Net as big and as fast as possible, then the best way to do that is through the balancing of data loads as much as possible across the Net. This is contrary to the client-server model that has dominated the Internet for most of its existence. Put differently, the major impediment to eventual Internet hegemony is the problem of scaling client-server applications. How big a data center do you need before you realize that no data center is big enough for some applications? Only a server-server or peer-to-peer architecture makes sense in the long run."
"Grid's system, on the other hand, accomplishes two things from the end-user perspective: it is point, click and watch; and it is very very high quality. Using p2p, they can afford to send 1.5Mbps - 2Mbps video over their network because it costs the same as sending 150Kbps-200Kbps video. I was shocked by the video quality, watching a DVD-quality movie at Starbucks on my notebook computer with virtually no waiting." 03-06
- Maya Civilization (Wikipedia.org)
"The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, and sophisticated mathematical and astronomical systems." 1-07
- Green Homes to Buy or Sell (SustainableABC.com)
"List your green, healthy or eco home for sale at Green Homes for Sale. GHFS is the only Internet venue to buy and sell homes that have been built or remodeled with ecology and health in mind. Until now green, eco and healthy homes have been almost impossible to find. Now folks with environmental leanings can find wonderful and safe places to live." 04-07
- Poured Earth Construction (MichaelFrerking.com)
The design includes a modern element, placing a layer of insulation 4 inches inside of the exterior of the walls. 04-07
- Shipping Containers for Homes (MSNBC News)
"Used to import almost everything we use and wear, shipping containers are now a new concept in affordable housing." Sometimes these are called cargo contrainers, 05-07
- M81 (Bode's) Galaxy (MSNBC News)
"This beautiful galaxy is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our Milky Way, but our favorable view provides a better picture of the typical architecture of spiral galaxies. Though the galaxy is 11.6 million light-years away, NASA Hubble Space Telescope's view is so sharp that it can resolve individual stars, along with open star clusters, globular star clusters, and even glowing regions of fluorescent gas." 05-07
- Smaller Homes Coming Back (Christian Science Monitor)
"Even in this era of foreclosures and wallet- draining utility bills, plenty of suburban subdivisions still sprout 4,000-sq.-ft. McMansions. But between 2005 – when the average floor area in a new home hit a peak of 2,434 sq. ft. – and 2006, US architects reported less demand for increases in the square footage and volume of homes, says Scott Frank, a spokesman for the American Institute of Architects. He cites 'a reversal of the decades of expanding home sizes.' " 05-07
- The Small House Society (ResourcesforLife.com)
"We are a cooperatively managed organization dedicated to the promotion of smaller housing alternatives which can be more affordable and ecological." 06-07
- Sustainable Living Resources (EarthEasy.com)
"With every activity of our daily lives, we connect with the interdependent web of life on Earth. The health of our environment is a reflection of the choices we make." 06-07
- -07-06-07 Live Earth Concert Schedule (LiveEarth.org)
"Live Earth will reach this worldwide audience through an unprecedented global media architecture covering all media platforms - TV, radio, Internet and wireless channels."
"Live Earth marks the beginning of a multi-year campaign led by the Alliance for Climate Protection, The Climate Group and other international organizations to drive individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve global warming. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is the Chair of the Alliance and Partner of Live Earth."
"Live Earth is a project of the SOS campaign , which is using a powerful multimedia platform - films, television, radio, Internet, books, wireless and others - to move people to combat the climate crisis." 07-07
- Cargo Containers (CargoContainers.net)
Provides shipping or cargo containers. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 07-07
- Cargo Containers (AllStateContainer.com)
Provides shipping or cargo containers. Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 07-07
- Cargo Containers for Houses (FabPrefab.com)
"There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures. These "icons of globalization" are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure." Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 07-07
- Bridges in Infrastructure
- Mackinac Bridge (US News)
"Five miles long, the 'Mighty Mac,' which opened to traffic on Nov. 1, 1957, was to become the world's longest suspension bridge between cable anchorages. Even today, it remains the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere and the third-longest bridge in the world." 7-02
- -Editorial: Why We Have a Crisis and What's Next (CNN News)
"This is because the credit crisis reflects something more fundamental than a serious problem of mortgage defaults. Global investors, now on the sidelines, have declared a buyers' strike against the sophisticated paper assets of securitization that financial institutions use to measure and offload risk."
"In recent years, our banks, borrowing to maximize the leverage of their assets at unheard-of levels, produced mountains of financial paper instruments (called asset-backed securities) with little means of measuring their value. Incredibly, these paper instruments were insured by more dubious paper instruments."
"Therefore, the housing crisis was a mere trigger for a collapse of trust in paper, followed by a de-leveraging of the entire global financial system. As a result, we are experiencing the painful downward reappraisal of the value of virtually every asset in the world."
"Most banks are leveraged by more than 10 to 1. Translation: The U.S. financial system will have a whopping $15 trillion to $20 trillion less credit available next year than was around a year and a half before. The cost of money is rising and the availability shrinking."
"We need a private/public global bank clearing facility. The bankers don't trust each other. The central banks, working with the private institutions in providing enhanced data, need to begin to refashion the world's financial architecture." 10-08
- Cargo Containers for Houses (ABC News)
"Originally developed as an artistic experiment, shipping container homes are moving into the mainstream, as architects and builders recognize the economic and environmental benefits of working with the giant Lego-like steel boxes." 11-08
- Cargo Containers for Houses: the Need (WorldArchitectureNews.com)
"The redeployed containers are a critical element of the transportation infrastructure that facilitates global trade and with the ongoing trade imbalance; millions of containers remain in ports around the USA. Combined with technologies from the neighbouring aerospace industry, the containers have been brought together with a traditional stick frame construction to create a hybrid home. The use of materials and methods from other industries, non-related to residential construction is part of the architect’s philosophical approach."
"Airplane hangar doors open the family room to the courtyard where a subterranean cargo container swimming pool is located. The recycled containers, the ceramic based insulation (same that is used on NASA’s Space Shuttle), the prefabricated metal roof panels, the multi-skinned acrylic sheets employed on greenhouses, the formaldehyde free plywood, the tank-less hot water heaters, etc. all add up to a home that is innovative, affordable and environmentally conscious."
"The affordability of this building system, in addition to the containers being virtually mold proof, termite proof, fire proof and nearly indestructible, will enable the mass of society to realize the dream of creating a quality custom home at an affordable price." 11-08
- Cargo Containers for Houses: An Expensive Example (WorldArchitectureNews.com)
"At $125 per square foot ($1345 per square meter) the Redondo Beach house is not 'affordable' in the strictest sense, but it is certainly competitive with custom-designed houses in the region, and the cost of such construction is expected to go down with future mass production. This house is the first in what DeMaria describes as a 'new residential product line.' " 11-08
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