Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/resources
Pictures, drawings and media files[edit]
Please use pictures and drawings in the article! Pictures, drawings, videos etc. should be uploaded to the Commons, not to any national Wiki. For more information see Commons:About and the Commons:FAQ. For naming the image files, see: Commons:CommonsProject Architecture#Naming_of_Files.
- Images, sketches, drawings and photographs may also be requested at WikiProject Architecture/Requested images or Wikipedia:Requested pictures
 Free image sources for the United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | License | Tag | |
| Wikimedia Commons (Cat:United States) | Various | N/A | |
| Historic American Buildings Survey ([1]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
| Historic American Engineering Record ([2]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
| Historic American Landscapes Survey | P.D | {{PD-USGov}} | |
| National Park Service ([3] and [4]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} | |
| U.S. Coast Guard ([5]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-DHS-CG}} | |
| Library of Congress - American Memory ([6]) | P.D. | {{LOC-image}} | |
| Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs ([7]) | P.D. (not all) | {{LOC-image}} | |
| NOAA ([8]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}} | |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ([9]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
| Creative Commons (by,sa) on Flickr ([10]) | C.C. | {{cc-by-2.0}}{{cc-by-sa-2.0}} | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture ([11]) | P.D. | {{PD-USGov}} | |
- Category:Architecture in the Commons
- www.greatbuildings.com - Architecture database
Information databases[edit]
- www.archinform.net - Architecture database archINFORM (en/de), here you can find many literature links
- www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro - SPIRO, an image database, from the Architecture Visual Resources Library at UC Berkeley
- www.structurae.de - Database Structurae with engineer buildings (en/de/fr)
- Online Catalogue of the Canadian Centre for Architecture - architects and architecture (photographs, prints, drawings)
- www.imagesofengland.org.uk - Registration required but is free - Images are copyrighted but most listed buildings are described in a detailed shorthand
Terminology[edit]
- aat - a source of controlled vocabulary (used in CCA documentation) for art and architectural terms