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Cyburbia: Internet Resources for the Built Environment (SUNY Buffalo: Planning and Architecture Resource Center)

U.C. Berkeley: Green Design / Sustainable Architecture Resources

U.C. Berkeley: Landscape Achitecture and Planning Resources on the Internet

Planner's Web: City & Regional Planning Resources (from the Planning Commissioner's Journal)

Virginia Commonwealth University: Planning Related Resources on the Internet

Guides to Research on Related Subjects

Art Resources (University of Texas Libraries)

Selected Classics and Archaeology Resources (University of Texas Libraries)

Useful Earth Science Resources (University of Texas Libraries)

Library Resources for Economics (University of Texas Libraries)

Engineering Information (University of Texas Libraries)

Resources for Geography Research (University of Texas Libraries)

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Web Starting Points and Examples (U.T. Austin School of Architecture)

Government Information (University of Texas Libraries)

Housing and Community Development KnowledgePlex (Fannie Mae Foundation)

Landscape Resources (Texas A&M)

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) (U.T. Austin Institute for Latin American Studies)

Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) (U.T. Austin Center for Middle Eastern Studies)

Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC) (U.T. Austin Center for Post-Soviet and East European Studies)

Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)

Statistics and Demographics (University of Texas Libraries)

Sustainable Communitites Network

Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT)

Urban Transportation Research Links (U.T. Austin School of Architecture)

Selected Architecture and Planning Internet Links

City of Austin and Capitol Area Information

Austin City Connection (Official Web site of the City of Austin)

Austin Growth Watch

Austin History Center

Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO)

Capitol Area Planning Council

City of Austin Development Process (including building regulations, permits, inspections, & geographic information)

City of Austin Neighborhood Planning and Zoning Department

City of Austin Zoning Information

Edwards Aquifer Homepage

Green Building Program

Heritage Society of Austin

Land Development Code (Title 25 of City of Austin Code of Ordinances)

Lower Colorado River Authority

Smart Growth Initiative

State of Texas Information

Texas Association of Regional Councils

Texas Board of Architectural Examiners

Texas General Land Office and its Map Collection

Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Texas Historical Commission

Texas Master Gardener (Agricultural Extension Service)

Texas State Government

Texas State Historical Association

Texas Water Development Board

WetNet (The General Land Office's Texas Wetlands Information Network)

U.S. Federal Government Information

The Access Board (a federal agency committed to accessible design)

Council of Environmental Quality (White House)

Environmental Protection Agency

FedWorld (National Technical Information Service)

Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record

Historic Federal Buildings Program

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)

National Parks Service: Links to the Past

National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (includes link to Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Bureau of the Census

U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs (includes link to HUDUSER Database)

U.S. Dept. of Transportation

U.S. Geological Survey (includes links to Geographic Information Systems)

U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service

U.S. Green Building Council (includes link to LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the Green Building Rating System)

Professional Associations

ACADIA: The Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture

ACSA: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

American Architectural Foundation

American Horticultural Society

American Institute of Architects

American Planning Association and its Texas Chapter

American Society of Interior Designers

American Society of Landscape Architects

Architectural Research Centers Consortium

Architecture Research Institute

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

College Art Association

Construction Specifications Institute

Council for Interior Design Accreditation (formerly FIDER)

do.co.mo.mo (Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement)

Initiative for Architectural Research

International Confederation of Architectural Museums (ICAM)

Internation Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB)

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Royal Institute of British Architects

Society of Architectural Historians

Texas Society of Architects

Union Internationale des Architectes = International Union of Architects (includes links to national and international bodies and associations of architects)

On-line Publications

University of Texas Libraries Electronic Journals Listing (Note: you can browse lists of journals by subject or publisher)

University of Texas Libraries Electronic Books Listing

University of Texas Libraries Electronic Maps Listing

University of Texas Libraries News and Newspapers Listing

American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 (a study collection from the Harvard Graduate School of Design)

Architects' First Source for Products

ArchitectureWeek

Architronic: Electronic Journal of Architecture

ArchNet (with a special focus on the Islamic World)

Cityscape: a Journal of Policy Development and Research

Construction Market Data

The Great Buildings Collection

Handbook of Texas Online

Metropolis

Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project

Citizen Planners Resource Center: Planning Commissioners Journal

ProFile (American Institute of Architects Membership Directory)

Texas Architect

Texas Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970

ULI Development Case Studies

Libraries

Avery Library (Columbia University)

Canadian Heritage Information Network

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

EPA Libraries (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

The Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library (High Point, North Carolina)

Harvard University Graduate School of Design Frances Loeb Library

Houston Metropolitan Research Center

Library of Congress and its American Memory Project (Historical Collections for the National Digital Library)

National Trust for Historic Preservation Library

New York University's Real Estate Institute Jack Brause Library

RIBA British Architectural Library (inludes their online catalogue which incorporates the Architectural Publications Index) and their List of Recommended Books

Rice University Brown Fine Arts Library

SPIRO Architecture Slide Library (U.C. Berkeley)

University of California at Berkeley Environmental Design Library

University of Florida Architecture and Fine Arts Library

University of Houston William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library

Schools, Colleges and Universities

Aggie Horticulture (Texas A & M Horticulture Program)

Architectural Association

Columbia University: Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Harvard Design School

MIT: School of Architecture and Planning

Rice School of Architecture

Rhode Island Shoool of Design

Texas A&M University: College of Architecture

Texas Tech University: College of Architecture

U.C. Berkeley: College of Environmental Design

U.C. Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies

UCLA: Architecture and Urban Design Homepage

University of Houston: School of Architecture

University of Miami: School of Architecture

University of Michigan: College of Architecture and Planning

University of Texas Arlington: School of Architecture

University of Texas at Austin: School of Architecture

Institutions

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture

Alvar Aalto Museum

Arcosanti

Brookings Institution

Center for Watershed Protection

Charles W. Moore Center for the Study of Place

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

Construction Specifications Institute

Cooper-Hewitt: Design Museum

Getty Conservation Institute and is listing of Cultural Heritage Policy Documents

Getty Research Institute (provides access to Research Tools and more)

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

National Building Museum

Rice Design Alliance

Texas Water Resources Institute

The Urban Institute

The Urban Land Institute

Wave Hill (Gardens and Landscape History Research)

Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

Subject Listings

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Voice of the Shuttle (at U.C. Santa Barbara): Architecture Page

Yahoo: Architecture

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