The study of structures built in periods earlier than the last fifty years, including those who commissioned, designed, built, altered and used them.
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A picture gallery of cupolas, architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes from around the world. Also US state capitol building histories, wordplay, FAQ and Autocad links.
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496,576
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5,810,000
3,620
299

Images of a range of ancient and historic art and architecture from the collection of slides in the Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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1,044,616
NA
97,100
18,800
967

Documents hundreds of buildings and leading architects across the world with 3D models, photographs and drawings, commentaries, biographies and bibliographies. Searchable.
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53,928
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4,150,000
85,700
23

A huge collection of images of architecture across the world, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean region, Australia and Japan, collated by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University.

Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each. French and English language options.
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8,513
1,267
895,000
153,000
19

Offers photographs and descriptions of outstanding buildings across the world, historic and modern.
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273,972
81,627
10,900
10,100
102

The University of California develops Virtual Reality models of ancient and historic buildings around the world. Mission, staff profiles, computer-generated reconstructions.

A prototype project to test the concept of a digital archive of 3D survey information of endangered world heritage sites.

Weblog by Matthias Ripp and information about UNESCO World Heritage.
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5,238,613
1,608,217
2,850
505
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