Web Directory

» ArchitectureWeek: Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court
   Don Barker explains the history of the great neoclassical British Museum designed by Robert Smirke in the context of the new steel and glass roof.
   http://www.architectureweek.com/2001/0214/design_1-1.html

» Art Galleries and Museums
   Information on the architect, location, date, construction system, context and style of a world selection from Great Buildings Online.
   http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/gallery.html

» Exhibition and Exposition
   Great Buildings Online provides images and information on a selection of buildings in Europe, North American and Japan designed for exhibition purposes.
   http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/exhibition.html

» Kunsthaus Graz
   An extraordinary exhibition hall in Austria designed by London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. Includes images and description of the "friendly alien" design.
   http://www.kunsthausgraz.at/

» The British Museum: History
   The official site gives a history and an historic image of the buildings at its core designed by Sir Robert and Sidney Smirke and erected between the 1820s and 1850s.
   http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx

» The Crystal Palace
   Computer models of this Victorian marvel designed by Joseph Paxton from the University of Virginia, with an illustrated account of its history and construction.
   http://www.iath.virginia.edu/london/model/

» The Crystal Palace Foundation
   Group dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace, who have created a museum on the site. Includes images and a history of the building after the Great Exhibition closed in October 1851.
   http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/

» The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
   The Shrine of the Book, erected in 1965 for the preservation and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Brief illustrated history of this remarkable building designed by American-Jewish architects A.Bartos and F. Kiesler.
   http://www.imj.org.il/eng/shrine/building.html

» The Natural History Museum: History and Architecture
   An illustrated outline from the official site of the remarkable Victorian buildings in South Kensington, designed by Waterhouse and decorated with carvings of animals and plants.
   http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/history-architecture/