Architecture
- ArchInform
An Index of over 11,111 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. Provides excellent images.
- Archiprix International
World's best graduation projects from about 200 universities in the fields of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.
- Architecture Links from the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), a Montreal-based research centre and museum.
- Architecture Links from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York.
- Architecture Web Resources
This extensive list of resources was compiled by the UNLV Architecture Studies Library.
- Archnet
Emphasis on architecture in the Islamic world. See the Digital Library for images.
- Artifact
From England. A free gateway to internet resources for the Arts and the Creative Industries.
- Building Plans and Maps
A collection of architectural building floor plans of McGill buidings accessible through S.P.A.C.E. Users must sign in, follow instructions on site.
- Canada Green Building Council
A coalition representing various segments of the design and building industry which aims to promote the mainstream adoption of green building principles, policies, practices, standards and tools. The website also has information about Green Building Rating & Labelling Systems used in Canada.
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC/SCHL)
Canada's national housing agency provides information about building standards and construction, housing policy and programs, and housing research. Subjects of research reports range from green roofs to housing for seniors; most reports are available in PDF format and are free to download.
- The Canadian Architecture Collection (CAC) Archives
A-Z list of the archival collections housed at the CAC, the archival branch of Blackader Library. See also the Digital Collections of the CAC for detailed archival descriptions of selected collections.
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
An international research centre and museum promoting public awareness of architecture. Home to many archival collections of architects and artists on architecture, urbanism, and landscape design of the 20th and 21st centuries. Search the CCA collections.
- Canadian Wood Council
The Canadian Wood Council provides information on design with wood. The Council publishes a number of useful publications available (in Adobe PDF format ) for free dowload.
- Directorio de Arquitectos del Ecuador de TRAMA
A directory of architects in Ecuador.
- The Great Buildings Collection
Provides images, bibliographical and historical information concerning over 800 buildings. Keyword search or search by architectural styles and building types. Additional 3D models available on CD-Rom version (NA200 M38 2002 CD-ROM)- ask at Reference Desk.
- ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)
ICOMOS is an international (see individual list of countries) non-governmental organization of professionals dedicated to the conservation of the world's architectural and archaeological heritage sites; see also their bibliographic database online.
- Images of Montreal, Canadian Metropolis, 1872-1898
"Pointe Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, offers a collection of more than 300 images taken from old documents: L'Opinion publique. . . Art Work on Montreal. . . & Canada and Montreal Illustrated" - from the website [02/03].
- Kollectif
This website is a news blog dedicated to architecture/design news and events in and around Montreal and Quebec, a collaboration between the CCA, Design Montréal (City of Montreal), The Institute of Design Montreal and architecture professionals.
- McGill Architectural Plans Database
Holds records to architectural plans of McGill buildings; the plans are housed in the McGill Archives
- RIBA Library, drawings, and photographs; RIBA is Royal Institute of British Architects.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
An international organization devoted to the protection and preservation of world heritage sites.
- World Architecture News
A global online resource for architecture, an exchange forum for architects, planners and students. Updated daily.
- Yahoo Portal lists websites by category
Art
- Ad Access Project
Searchable and browsable collection containing images of North American ads from 1911 to 1955
- AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)
AIGA is a professional nonprofit association for design whose mission is to raise awareness about design as a professional craft. Serves as an exchange forum for professionals, educators and students engaged in varied design disciplines.
- Archives of American Art (Smithsonian Institution)
A collection of letters, photographs, diaries, oral history interviews, sketches, scrapbooks, business records, and other documents that support the study of the history of the visual arts in America.
- Art Historians: a Biographical Dictionary
"This database is designed to give researchers a beginning point to finding information on the background of major art historians of western art history" -from the website [03/03].
- Art History Resources on the Web
Over 7000 links to art history sites from all over the world and from all time periods. Additional links to museums & galleries, research guides, image resources, and online journals.
- Art in Context offers a searchable and browsable database of artists and images of their works.
- Art Scene China: Contemporary Chinese Art
Portfolios of contemporary Chinese artists
- Art-Related Links from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York
- ArtBabble
Online artists videos with 'running' notes and links to related material.
- The Artchive
Known for its collection of over 2,000 scanned general images, the Artchive may also be used as a general portal as it provides some biographical information, as well as entry points to online exhibitions, excerpts from a few art theory and criticism books and reviews of art-related CD-ROMs.
- Artcyclopedia
This site's greatest value is in the links to it provides to the online collections of museums and galleries
- Artefacts Canada
Contains over 3 million records and almost 580,000 images from Canadian museums and collections.
- Artexte
A documentation centre with a mandate to collect and disseminate resources pertaining to contemporary visual art. Their collection of monographs, artist's dossiers, exhibition catalogues and periodical titles is open to the public for consultation. The centre also actively promotes research and publishing and presents artists' projects.
- arthistoricum.net
An internet portal for research and teaching in the history of art. Provides printed and electonic publications as well as image databases.
- Artifact
From England. A free gateway to internet resources for the Arts and the Creative Industries.
- AskArt: American Artists on the Internet
Provides information on American artists, lists directories and other useful links.
- British Museum Online Image Collection: Compass
An "on-line database featuring around 5,000 objects chosen by the curators to reflect the extraordinary range of the British Museum's collections" (from the Website)
- Canadian Heritage Information Network
An often rich source of information related to Canadian Art. Also provides the Artists in Canada database.
- Celtic Art & Cultures Created for a course given at the University of North Carolina, this website comprises a database of images of objects drawn from Celtic history and research, presented both textually and graphically, on topics related to Celtic history.
- Clement Greenberg: Writings By and About
Brings together many articles by and about one of the most prominent and vilified art critics of the 20th century.
- Decorative Arts and Material Culture Digital Library "collects and creates electronic resources for study and research for the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and journals, image databases, and information on organizations, museums and research facilities."
- Electronic Arts Intermix
(EAI) is a leading nonprofit resource for video art and interactive media. Check the Online Catalogue for a comprehensive list of artists and their works in the EAI collection.
- Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
Photographic archive at Ohio State University; see the collection description
- Internet Sites for Art History from Cornell University's Fine Arts Library
- Looking for Good Art
An excellent guide to art resources on the Web.
- Mother of all Art and Art History Links Page
- Ontario Craft Council
The homepage of the Ontario Craft Council, this site contains news about upcoming events (such as craft shows), information for artisans (such as marketing one's craft), and also includes downloadable pdf versions of its current publications.
- Print Catalogue Raisonnés
An extremely comprehensive database supported by the Print Council of America. Search by the last name of the Printer or Artist. Covers all oeuvre-catalogues of prints by and after European and American artists (although there are a few qualifications in coverage. See "Notes on Using the Index").
Check the Catalogue for holdings in Blackader-Lauterman.
- Royal Academy of Arts Collections, Works of Art, Books & Archives
An excellent resource of mainly British art from the 18th century to the present, includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, historic books, archives, historic photographs and plaster casts. Searchable by artist's name or works of art, features artist of the month.
- Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art
"The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection" -from the website [03/03]. Provides theme specific searches, as well as general browsing.
- Video Art in Canada
Includes video from and biographies of artists that have been awarded the Bell Canada Award in Video Art. Video Art invites you to "explore narrative and storytelling, from autobiography to history; the body and personal identity, from gender to cultural heritage; and the ways in which technology impacts on personal, political, and cultural experiences."
- World Wide Arts Resource including the History Index of Artists
- Yahoo Portal lists websites by category
Art and Architecture
- The Arts in Victorian Britain covers painting, sculpture, applied arts and design and architecture in the Victorian era. Part of the The Victorian Web.
- ArtSource serves as a "gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture".
- Canadian Artist Files
From University of Calgary, this site provides files on Canadian artists including architects, with a cross-reference list for public art and buildings.
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
An international research centre and museum promoting public awareness of architecture. Home to many archival collections of architects and artists on architecture, urbanism, and landscape design of the 20th and 21st centuries. Search the CCA collections.
- Getty Institute
Check their list of resources in art and architecture.
- Images of Medieval Architecture
Site maintained by University of Pittsburgh Art History Department: provides images of plans, facades, details and overviews with some historical and bibliographical information regarding Medieval architecture in Britain and France.
- Intute, a free online service that will help you find the best resources for your subject of research. Check under heading Architecture and Planning.
- Librarians' Internet Index
Selected list of relevant internet sites compiled by librarians, searchable by subject.
- Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia covering various categories of art and architecture.
Urban Planning
- American Planning Association
Professional association organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning.
- Archiprix International
World's best graduation projects from about 200 universities in the fields of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.
- Artifact
From England. A free gateway to internet resources for the Arts and the Creative Industries.
- Auckland University
- Canadian Institute of Planners
Dedicated to the advancement of responsible planning throughout Canada since 1919, the CIP serves as the national voice of Canada's planning community.
- CMHC/ SCHL Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation/ Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement. Offers information on Canadian housing trends.
- Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
- Cyburbia: the urban planning portal
- Environment Canada
- Fannie Mae Foundation
The Foundation provides useful tools for students and professionals on how to buy a home in the United States. Provides a glossary of terms.
- MRSC (Municipal research and Services Center of Washington)
A rich resource of housing resources
- Planetizen
- La Société d'habitation du Québec
Government organization and resource centre specializing in housing in Quebec. Consult LOGIS, the Catalogue of the Centre de documentation de la Société d'habitation du Québec, offering the most extensive specialized collection of documents related to the field of housing in Québec. The Centre de documentation is open to the public by appointment.
- Spacing Montréal
Spacing Montréal provides daily articles and photos related to Montreal's urban landscape, offering both analysis and a forum for discussion. The site's contributors examine neighbourhoods, architecture, urban planning, transit, cycling, and just about anything that involves the public realm of the city.
- University of Connecticut
Resources for Urban and Community Studies.
- Urban Land Institute
Founded in 1936, the ULI is a nonprofit research and education organization committed to promote responsible and conscientious community building and development, both residential and commercial, across the U.S. and around the world.
- VRM Villes Régions Monde
Interuniversity resource for urban and spatial studies in Quebec. Lists current events and publications in this field.
- Yellow Pages France
See the streets of Paris, all of them! Various cities in France can be visited through this website by zooming in on the city or searching by specific addresses.
General
- Archives Canada
A gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada.
- LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center
A meta-portal for sites with a Latin American focus; included are art and architecture (under 'Humanities), and sustainable development
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
Provides annotated links by subject.
- Library and Archives Canada
Canada's national collection of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music, etc.
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Finding Aids Online
- Medieval Manuscripts on the Web
- Michael: Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe
A multi-lingual online portal linking digital collections from museums, archives, libraries and other cultural institutions from across France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Searchable topics include (but are not limited to) art, archaeology, family history, and ancient or modern history.
- Voice of the Shuttle
Website for humanities research, categories include Art, Art History, and Architecture.