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Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project
Explore this database of independent colleges that has a compilation of information and pictures of significant architecture, landscaping, and campus plans. You can browse by time period, university name, and type of architecture.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Who Was Known as The...?
Who Was Known As the Father of Texas? Who Was Known As the Yellow Rose of Texas? This resource identifies a selection of famous people from Texas history, and provides a biography for each.
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National Park Service: The Statue of Liberty
The National Park Service explains the history of The Statue of Liberty, which includes a brief biography on Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
Goethe-Institut
German Architecture From Goethe Institut
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German architecture sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German architecture, preserving and restoring historical ruins in Germany and world-wide,...
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Philip Johnson Glass House: Home
Homepage of the Philip Johnson Glass House, an architectural preservation and interpretation site, with images of some of the buildings, historical information about the site, and other resources such as news, events, and programs.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Philip C. Johnson
Biography highlights the career of Philip Johnson, founder of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and designer of many landmarks across the nation, including Pennzoil Place in Houston,...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: The Hall of Arts
Learn about the lives of famous people in the arts who exemplify what it means to live a meaningful life and achieve your goals.
University of California
Ucl Architecture
UCLA offers an extensive program in architecture. This impressive website will give you information on their offered courses and examples of student work.
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The House of Commons Heritage Collection
This comprehensive site from the Curatorial Services of the House of Commons in Ottawa collects and celebrates the architecture, fine art, and heritage spaces of Canada's Parliament. The Collection Profiles gives students web-based...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Falling Water: Interactive Tours
Visit one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most acclaimed works, "Falling Waters." Select an area to view on the floor plan and then see it in 360 degrees.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Business & Personal Finance: Module 1: Careers in Construction [Pdf]
If you have ever thought about a career in construction then this publication is for you! It talks about what you need to learn and do to get that first great job. Whether you want to be an environmental engineer, a skilled ironworker,...
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Tour of the Forbidden City
This photo slide tour offers images of important sites within the Forbidden City and historical information regarding the images shown.
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The Design Museum: Lesson Plan: Redesign Your Own Kitchen
Before the pioneering work of Margarete Grete Schutte-Lihotzky, kitchens would contain furniture such as dressers and chests of drawers, much like a bedroom, but in 1926 Grete changed everything. Watch the video to learn about the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mimar Sinan, Mosque of Selim Ii, Edirne
Elegant stacked domes, reaching to the heavens, and towering, slender pencil minarets characterize Ottoman mosque architecture. Few mosques, however, are as visually stunning and architecturally significant as the Selimiye Complex in...
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Architects of Peace: Norman Ernest Borlaug
Brief biography, and quotatios from the "father of the green revolution," Norman Borlaug.
Boston College
Boston College:20th Century Architecture: Skyscrapers 1925 1945
This skyscraper page features a large selection of thumbnail images to enlarge, with architect, title, location, date, and height.
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Bluffton Univ.: Paris, France Bastille Opera House
Features pictures of the Bastille Opera House in Paris. Inludes a links to artists and architects, as well as other places.
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.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: "Little Richard" Penniman
This resource is a comprehensive reference tool for learning about the life and career of Little Richard, "the architect of rock and roll." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and also won a Grammy Lifetime...
ArtLex
Art Lex: Architectural Model
An architectural modeling lesson that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to useful illustrations...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Prairie School
Resource informs how this popular style of house began and which architects started it all. Take virtual tours of several prairie school buildings and view prairie school objects by five leading artists. Biographies are included.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Building the Seed Cathedral
Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, and a power station. And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Solar House
Students in teams of architects are challenged to build a solar house, containing both active and passive solar components. They design the house, build a model, and test it to determine its ability to use solar energy efficiently.
Stanford University
Stanford Report: Edward Teller, Father of Hydrogen Bomb
Students don't generally learn much about Edward Teller in school. But with the progress in science in the 20th century, maybe they should. Edward Teller was one of the main architects of the hydrogen bomb. This is a great site by...
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