Library of Congress
Loc: Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
A detailed look at architectural styles and trends throughout the nation in the early to mid 20th century. Includes a fantastic teacher resource so you can better use the collection for classroom discussion.
Other
Kids Think Design: A Design Resource for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
A fantastic resource for future designers. Students can tap into their creative juices through various interactive activities and by learning about professionals in their field of interest. Design fields include fashion, graphic,...
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Australian Designers at Work
The Powerhouse Museum of Sydney, Australia, hosts an online exhibit about Australian designers. Visitors can explore careers in design by following links to each of six profiles on designers representing distinct design professions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Real Life, Real World Activity Architecture
Architects and Interior Designers use scale drawings that represent the house or room they are designing. This activity uses Cabri Jr. Geometry software to create a scale drawing with dilations.
Other
Contract Magazine
Magazine for commercial interior design and architecture. Provides pages of projects, articles about the business of design, links to organizations and publications.
Other
A+t: Magazine of Architecture and Technology
Published in Spain in English and Spanish, "a+t" covers contemporary architecture and related topics. Issues are thematically based, with wonderful photography of completed projects, project models, interiors and exteriors, public...
Careers New Zealand
Careers Nz: Architect
This Kiwi Careers site gives an overview of the architectural career field. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, there is information that is uniform throughout the architectural career field.
Other
Colemman Hollister House: Federal Style 1780 1820
Useful tool for investigating Federal style architectural elements. The interactive image of the Coleman House isolates architectural design elements. Don't miss the resources at the "in the classroom" link.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Art to Zoo: House Keys
Ideas for teaching and learning about Victorian architecture in the United States, both interiors and exteriors. Although directed to teachers, House Keys compiles much useful information of interest to anyone studying the design of...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Medieval Period: History
A solid introduction to Islamic art of the late medieval period (approximately A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1450) that relates historical events to the art production of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful reproductions that...
Curated OER
New York Times: The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago
Annotated slideshow reviews the design of an addition to the the Art Institute of Chicago designed by Renzo Piano. Exterior and interior views convey all of the essential characteristics of Piano's work.
Curated OER
Slate: Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Sholom Synagogue
A seven-part annotated slideshow about one of Wright's last masterpieces, the Beth Sholom Synagogue. Slate's architecture critic Witold Rybczynski explains what makes Wright's design such a significant and successful expression of...
Curated OER
Unesco: Nicaragua: Leon Cathedral
Built between 1747 and the early 19th century to the design of Guatemalan architect Diego Jose de Porres Esquivel, the monument expresses the transition from Baroque to Neoclassical architecture and its style can be considered to be...
Curated OER
Unesco: Netherlands: Rietveld Schroderhuis (Rietveld Schroder House)
The Rietveld Schroder House in Utrecht was commissioned by Ms Truus Schroder-Schrader, designed by the architect Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, and built in 1924. This small family house, with its interior, the flexible spatial arrangement, and...