Recommended Websites
- designmanifestos.orgCurator: Tom Nelson. The content on this site has been collected for academic use by design scholars and practitioners.
- Dimensions.comFrom the site: Dimensions.com is an ongoing reference database of dimensioned drawings documenting the standard measurements and sizes of the everyday objects and spaces that make up our world.
- Library of Congress Architectural ResourcesScroll down for digital collections, such as Architecture, Design & Engineering Drawings
- The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image DatabaseFrom the website: Created to collect, host and display images made by travelers, mapmakers, historians, architects and artists of medieval and early modern monuments and cities of Southern Italy. It includes prints, drawings, ground plans and elevations, paintings, photographs, and any other type of image of sites from roughly 1100 to 1450. The image sources include public and private collections, museums, libraries and archives, print books, and online resources.
Videos & Podcasts
- TED Talks: ArchitectureFrom the site: In these TED Talks, master architects share their vision for inspired buildings. Hear from Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Liz Diller, Daniel Libeskind, Moshe Safdie, Thom Mayne, Thomas Heatherwick, Bjarke Ingels and more
- 99% InvisibleAbout the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.