Learn about how and why skyscrapers were first built, and why they became a major symbol of New York City. This highly interactive site includes video lectures on the development and importance of skyscrapers, a timeline of commercial...

This site has several photos as well as a history of the Taj Mahal.

When completed in the 740s, Todai-ji (or "Great Eastern Temple") was the largest building project ever on Japanese soil. Its creation reflects the complex intermingling of Buddhism and politics in early Japan. View pictures and read...

This site has some very good pictures of the different aspects of the cathedral as well as explanatory text.

Cities in Central Europe were required to expand their infrastructure due to industrialization and an increase in the need for workers. This exhibit details and illustrates the shift and growth through modern architecture of the era.

Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...

An exhibition on the restoraion of the Kariye Camii, a Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, that is also known as the church of the Chora Monastery. This church was likely built in the sixth century, rebuilt around 1100 AD, then...

Excellent example of a Community History. Includes the origin of the community, the plan for settlement, early settlers, religions, important buildings, history through the years, events, and plans for the future.

An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information.

An extensive index of information about Spain and Spanish culture. It contains photo tours, city guides, a traveler's yellow pages, and a country and culture section filled with useful information. In Spanish and German also.

A great website specifically about the history behind the Taj Mahal. (Has audio cuts that can be heard by downloading RealAudio.) Also has a wonderful timeline that chronicles The Mughal Dynasty. Be sure to check out the "education" link...

This narrative site provides great overview to life in ancient Rome and Roman history. The geography, early settlers, Roman monarchy, Roman conquest of Italy are all mentioned.

A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...

Review key features of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of ancient Greek architecture, with diagrams that label the cornice, frieze, architrave, metope, triglyph, capital, and column shaft of each order.

Review key features of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of ancient Greek architecture, with diagrams that label the cornice, frieze, architrave, metope, triglyph, capital, and column shaft of each order.

Review key features of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of ancient Greek architecture, with diagrams that label the cornice, frieze, architrave, metope, triglyph, capital, and column shaft of each order.

Frank Lloyd's Wright's internationally celebrated house, Fallingwater, is an example of Organic Architecture which stems from Transcendentalism - the belief that human life is part of nature. Read the history and view pictures of this...

Robert Venturi's New Castle County House offers a modest but instructive example of the Post-Modern style set. Even though he never liked the stylistic term Post Modern, his buildings and critical writings helped propel late 20th-century...

The Sullivan, Carson, Pirie, Scott Building in Chicago is an important example of early Chicago skyscraper architecture, and can also be seen as a fascinating indicator of the relationship between architecture and commerce. View pictures...

This Wikipedia site offers a history of the Macintosh computer, detailing its origins and predecessors. Information regarding the architecture, models, and clones of the Macintsoh are also provided.

This resource presents a treasure trove of scholarly resources on the art and architectural history of Islam. A work in process, the network's resources focus principally on Cairo but are expected, over time, to move outward to cover the...

This website gives the history of the Rococo, a style of decoration in Europe and France in the 18th century. It applies to other forms of art, but not architecture. Provides related links.

This article discusses the architectural history of the Roman temple and provides photographs.

Take a tour with Sir Dig-a-Lot as he explains features of ancient Roman architecture.