Architecture in North and Central America

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A Guide to Historic Architecture in Fresno, California
The site is dedicated to providing information about historic architectural resources in Fresno, California, and encouraging their preservation. Includes lengthy descriptions and photos of important buildings, and biographies of their architects, suggested walking tours of the city, and historic building surveys of selected areas.
http://www.historicfresno.org/|

American Architectural Foundation (AAF)
The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) is a nonprofit educational organisation dedicated to cultivating the public's understanding of architecture. Concentrates on America's architectural heritage.
http://www.archfoundation.org/|

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
Details of a collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides representing an historical view of American buildings and landscapes built during the period 1850-1920, with special presentations.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/landscape/|

America's Favorite Architecture
The results of a poll to find the best 150 buildings and structures is the USA. The site allows you to choose your own top five and see how they compare to the top five chosen by the public. There are images and details on all buildings in the list. Site uses Flash.
http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/|

Barn Journal
The Barn Journal is dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of traditional farm architecture in the USA. Includes extensive descriptions of featured barns, most with images.
http://www.thebarnjournal.org/|

Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record Collection
Library of Congress collection of material relating to the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), documenting achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/|

Canadian Architectural Archives (CAA)
The Canadian Architectural Archives is the largest collection of architectural drawings, business records, photographs, and models related to modern Canadian architecture in the world. Includes details of its collections, some of which have digitised images available to view.
http://www.caa.ucalgary.ca/|

Canadian Architecture Collection (CAC)
The CAC represents the development of the architectural heritage of Quebec and Canada, with highlights of special collections and exhibitions available online.
http://cac.mcgill.ca/|

Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
The Canadian Centre for Architecture is a museum and study centre devoted to the art of architecture past and present.
http://www.cca.qc.ca/en|

Center for American Architecture and Design
The Center for American Architecture and Design is dedicated to promoting a deeper understanding of the forces that shape the American environment - its artifacts, its buildings, its cities, and its landscapes.
http://soa.utexas.edu/caad/|

Chicago Architects Oral History Project
The Chicago Architects Oral History Project (CAOHP) records the life experiences of architects who shaped the physical environment in Chicago and surrounding communities.
http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm4/index_caohp.php?CISOROOT=/caohp|

Digital Archive of American Architecture
Archive currently consisting of nearly 1,400 digitized images of American architecture (280 buildings) plus explanatory material.
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/|

Heritage Documentation Programs
Overview of the programmes administered by the HDP. Documentation produced through the programs constitutes the USA's largest archive of historic architectural, engineering, and landscape documentation.
http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/|

Parkitecture in Western National Parks
Parkitecture in Western National Parks celebrates the concept of designing with nature through the exhibition of black and white photographs and measured drawings of representative structures and sites in ten well-known US national parks.
http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/exhibits/parkitect/|

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project (PAB) is a regional initiative to provide free public access to information on the built environment of the Philadelphia area, with over 25,000 images and biographies of more than 2500 architects.
http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/|

PreservationDirectory.com
PreservationDirectory.com is an online resource for historic preservation, building restoration and cultural resource management in the United States and Canada.
http://www.preservationdirectory.com/HistoricalPreservation/Home.aspx|

Streetscape and Townscape of Metropolitan New York City, 1860-1942
Provided by the New York Public Library, the site comprises several hundred prints and photographs offering the complete content of a wide range of selected image collections and illustrated monographs. It can be searched or browsed.
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?col_id=243|

Unified Vision: The Architecture and Design of the Prairie School
A comprehensive online guide to the architecture and design of the Prairie School collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Featured architects include William Gray Purcell, George Grant Elmslie, Frank Lloyd Wright, and George Washington Maher. Related components include online tours of the Institute's Purcell-Cutts House, a Purcell-Elmslie designed home; and of Prairie School buildings throughout Minnesota.
http://www.artsmia.org/unified-vision/|

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