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Here are some selected links you might like to try.

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Bathing Beauties
A gallery of new seaside architecture on the Lincolnshire coast, UK, as part of national and international design competitions to transform seaside architecture for the 21st Century.
http://bathingbeauties.org.uk/main.htm|

Cinema Theatre Association
The Association works for the preservation and study of all UK cinema buildings, as well as live theatres, music halls and those entertainment buildings now in use as bingo halls or for other purposes.
http://www.cinema-theatre.org.uk/|

Cinema Treasures
Cinema Treasures is an American website devoted to movie theatre preservation and awareness. The site includes FAQs, a comprehensive link list, and the world's largest and most up-to-date guide to classic cinemas, with thousands already listed.
http://cinematreasures.org/|

Hotels
A Great Buildings Online site, covering hotel buildings. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/hotel.html|

Housing the Spectacle: the Emergence of America's Domed Superstadiums
Discusses the completely enclosed sports stadiums becoming common in the USA and starting to appear elsewhere. Gives the history, technical information, and a lot of photos.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/domes.html|

Some Enchanted Evenings: American Picture Palaces
A series of illustrated essays chronicling the development of cinemas in America from the 1920s to the 1940s. Includes a list of further reading.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PALACE/|

Sydney Opera House
Official site of one of the most famous buildings in the world, which includes an excellent virtual tour and information on the history and development of the Opera House.
http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/|

The Picture Palace
An online source of information about cinema buildings in the UK and their architects, with a lot of information and photos of the cinemas in their hey-day.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/picturepalace|

Theaters
A Great Buildings Online site, covering theatre buildings. Includes links to entries on individual buildings with full details and images, and in some cases 3-D models.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/theater.html|

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