Art 280: World Architecture

This archive from Boston College contains thousands of images of American architecture, organized by time period, location, architect, building types, and style.

This historic database includes a wide variety of building types, dating as far back as the 1930s.

Archnet bills itself as "the largest open, online architectural library with a focus on Muslim cultures. Its digital archives form a comprehensive resource on architecture, urban design, landscape, development, and related issues." It includes images and descriptive information about the images, including building style and location.

From MIT libraries, this archive provide images of architecture from Islamic countries around the world.

This database will provide users with access to many images from the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

From MIT Libraries archives, this database includes access to thousands of architecture, gardens, parks, and works of art from around the world.

From the University of Washington, this database contains contemporary images of buildings and cities from around the world. The database is searchable by country, city, style of architecture, architect, etc. and entries include some citation information.

The Getty Research Institute provides detailed information on architectural images within their various digital collection. These collection may also be browsed.

Editors of ArchitectureWeek have selected around 1,000 "classic" examples of architecture from around the world. The database allows users to search by building name, architect, and place, and it includes images and citation information for each record.

This prize is one of the most prestigious honors within the field of architecture. The website includes information on each year's winner of the prize, including images with background information on the works.

This database focuses exclusively on skyscrapers from around the globe. Here you can find detailed information on some of the tallest buildings in the world.

UNESCO lists information about properties around the world that are protected for the value of their natural and/or cultural heritage.

This world archive includes architectural images from around the globe and include descriptive and attribution information.