General  Professional Societies and Organizations Reference Resources
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ArchitectureWeek - Online Architecture magazine which includes design tools, news, as well as links to directories of architects and other information.
Canadian Centre for Architecture - A museum and study centre devoted to the art of architecture past and present. The resources of the CCA's library and its collections of prints and drawings, photographs, and archives offer scholars and specialists a wealth of primary and secondary material for advanced research in the history, theory, and practice of architecture.Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932 - This project was organized jointly by the Library of Congress, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The plans featured here, a prototypical suburb, resorts, an automobile objective, a desert retreat were chosen because they embody Wright's changing views of the fundamental relationship between building and land. Images and explanatory text are included.
Great Buildings Collection - This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds.
OCAIW: Architects- Part of the larger Orazio Centaro's Art Images on the Web site, this site is a work in progress. Though a work in progress, each architect entry that has been completed includes a link to a biography, sites about the architect, and specific works of the architect.
Renaissance and Baroque Architecture: Architectural History 102 - From the University of Virginia, School of Architecture, no text, but an excellent collection of images of architecture from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Yahoo! Architecture - many excellent links to information in the architectural world.
Professional Societies and Organizations
American Institute of Architects (AIA) - All types of information about the architectural profession including: a directory of architects, links to current headlines; how to find an architect, architectural awards, etc.Royal Institute of British Architects - The premier society for architects. Offer a free index to over 175,000 articles from 300 journals, a directory of architects, how to find an architect, meetings, and awards.
Society of Architectural Historians - Founded in 1940, the Society encourages scholarly research in the field and promotes the preservation of significant architectural monuments that are an integral part of our worldwide historical and cultural heritage. Includes information on graduate programs, awards and fellowships, annual meetings, and even a listserv.
Getty Museum Art and Architecture Thesaurus Browser - The AAT is a structured vocabulary containing around 125,000 terms and other information about concepts. Terms in AAT may be used to describe art, architecture, decorative arts, material culture, and archival materials. The coverage of the AAT ranges from Antiquity to the present, and the scope is global.Pritzker Architecture Prize - The field of architecture was chosen by the Pritzker family because of their keen interest in building due to their involvement with developing the Hyatt Hotels around the world; also because architecture was a creative endeavor not included in the Nobel Prizes. The procedures were modeled after the Nobels, with the final selection being made by the international jury with all deliberations and voting in secret. Nominations are continuous from year to year with hundreds of nominees from countries all around the world being considered each year.
