Subject Guides: Architecture: Images

Library Databases

From ArtStor: "Unbuilt. This drawing is part of the Walking City project that Ron Herron worked on from 1964-66. "Ron Herron, a founding member of Archigram, the influential British group known for its admixture of science-fiction and pop culture, created his Walking City out of an indefinite number of giant roaming pods containing different urban and residential areas. The pods could be connected by retractable corridors and, together, form a conglomerate metropolis. This literally mobile and indeterminate architecture was not so much a serious proposition for a structure as a commentary on the way in which change dominates every aspect of the modern city." Bevin Cline and Tina di Carlo in "The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings from the Howard Gilman Collection" (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002)."

ARTStor
Nearly 1 million images. Can create a free account to save and share images, as well as send them to PowerPoint.

Selection of Online Image Sources

American Geographical Society Library
Approximately 5,000 of their 500,000 maps and nearly 100,000 of our their 500,000 photos are available for online viewing.
Architecture of the Pacific Northwest Database
Contains selected architectural drawings from the Pacific Northwest Architecture Collection representing regionally significant architects and designers spanning the period from the 1880's into the 1980's. From the University of Washington Libraries.
Archnet
Research resource focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues related to the Muslim world.
Asian Historical Architecture
Photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage.
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur
Image database of 2 million photographs of art and buildings in Germany and Europe, from Foto Marburg.
Casselman Archive of Islamic and Mudejar Architecture in Spain
Over four thousand color slides and black and white photographs of medieval Spain taken by the late Eugene Casselman (1912-1996) during his thirty years of travel throughout the Iberian peninsula.
Cities & Buildings Database
Collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world.
Digital South Asia Library
Photo collection of architecture, sculpture, paintings and numismatics.
Flickr
Flickr is a free, photo sharing site. Search for images and then limit your results to those with the appropriate license for what you plan to do with the image.
Getty Images, present-day
High resolution royalty-free images, editorial stock photos, vector art, and more.
Google Images
Search for images and then limit your results with the Search Tools feature to the appropriate usage rights.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types, engineering technologies, and landscapes, including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge, and buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
International Architecture Database
Includes information from over 57,000 built and unrealized projects from various architects and planners. Architecture of the 20th century is the main focus of this database.
Library of Congress Design & Engineering Drawings
Approximately 40,000 drawings, from 1600 to 1989, with most dating between 1880 and 1940. The designs are primarily for sites and structures in the U.S. (especially Washington, D.C.), as well as Europe and Mexico. American architects and architectural firms created most of the images. Building types range from the United States Capitol and the Library of Congress to private residences and hamburger restaurants.
Mapping Gothic France
Database of images, texts, charts and historical maps.
Miller House and Garden digital collection
Contains 17,699 downloadable images, including architectural drawings, material samples, photographs and administrative documents related to the history of the property. The archive spans more than 50 years, from the initial planning and construction of the house to later renovations and interior design projects.
SPIRO
Online catalog & image database of the College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center @ University of California, Berkeley.