Links

Architecture and Structures - General Search

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
http://riba-library.com/index.html
The Royal Institute of British Architects' British Architectural Library (RIBA Library) is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. Be sure to click on the 'links' section - there are thousands of architecture related links organized by different categories.

Great Buildings Online
http://greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
A comprehensive list of buildings, structures, and architects that contains a searchable database.

WWW Virtual Library
http://www.vlib.org

Civil and Structural Engineering Resource
http://web.singnet.com.sg/~icyh1955/civil.html
The links listed here are listed free of charge and are freely viewable. These links are organized into Commercial, Educational, Organizational, and Journal groups. The database of links is completely searchable to provide easy viewing.

World Federation of Great Towers
http://www.great-towers.com/eng/
nformation on some towers around the world.

Galinsky
http://www.galinsky.com/architects.htm
A listing and description of various architects and structures.

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus Browser
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/index.html
Contains a list of terms associated with architecture - may be beneficial when searching.

ArchInform
http://www.archinform.net/start.htm
Contains a comprehensive list of buildings, structures, and architects.

Built in America
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/hhhome.html
A site devoted to some structural icons throughout the United States.

Structure - International Database and Gallery of Structures
http://www.structurae.de/en/index.html
This is a free web site intended to provide information on structures of interest to the civil engineer. While the database may contain works of civil engineering as well as architecture, the focus is on those works designed mainly by engineers or of specific interest in their structural conception. This site provides contemporary as well as historical information.

InfrastructureWorld
http://www.infrastructure.com/corporate/default.asp
InfrastructureWorld provides organized knowledge, transaction facilitation, life-cycle project management tools and deal structuring assistance through a combination of the internet, other technology solutions and advisory services for businesses and governments involved in infrastructure projects around the world.

AEC Portico
http://www.aecportico.co.uk
A guide to architecture, engineering, and construction.

Architecture Web Sites
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html

Architecture Web Resources
http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/contents.html

NISEE Structural Engineering Slide Library
http://nisee.Berkeley.edu/godden/godden_d.html
Includes a list of structural systems with corresponding images.

American Wood Council - The Wood Connection Session. http://www.awc.org/HelpOutreach/eCourses/DES110/WSF2002Connections/ppframe.htm
This site provides an educational metasite dealing with various aspects of wood, including classification, connections, wood design, selection, and analysis.

Building Online
http://www.buildingonline.com/

QB Corporation
http://www.qbcorp.com/capacitytables.htm
Span and load capacity tables for glu-laminated products.

Shaping Structures
http://www.shapingstructures.com
Mostly a promotional site developed by Edward Allen, Waclaw Zalewski, and Joseph Iano dedicated to the relationship between structure and form. Contains some images and links to additional sources on the subject.

Kirk Martini's Home Page
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~km6e/
Kirk Martini teaches structural design as well as digital media at the Universty of Virginia School of architecture. This site contains many links to Kirk's research interests, including design and planning for wind and earthquakes, non-linear structural analysis, interactive computer animation, and ancient structures.

Skyscraper Page
http://www.skyscraperpage.com
A site devoted to the documentation of existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world.

Esto
http://www.esto.com
A site that contains many images of architects and structures.

Digital Imaging Project
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index2.html
A site that contains many images of architects and structures.

Metals
http://www.metals.about.com
A site devoted to information about metals. Includes articles, links, and resources.

Renew New York
http://www.renewnyc.com
A site sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation dedicated to redeveloping lower Manhattan and the former World Trade Center site.

iCivil Engineer
http://www.icivilengineer.com
Comprehensive internet resource for engineers. The site contains a large list of software applications used in engineering and architecture.

Arithmetic and Calculations

Visual Approach for Structural Education
http://www.iit.edu/~krawczyk/phdsza/main.htm
This research proposes a visual approach of structural analysis for architects that has great potential for improving and developing students' structural knowledge.

Efunda, Inc. Beam Calculations
http://www.efunda.com/formulae/solid_mechanics/beams/casestudy_beamtypes.cfm
This site allows you to test the strength of a beam by calculating shear, moment, deflection, and bending stresses due to loading.

Online Bridge Designer
http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/bridge/truss.htm
This site allows the user to design and test different truss configurations.

Truss Bridge Laboratory
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/activities/cdrom/civil/sample.html
This site allows the user to design and test different truss configurations.

Beam Analysis
http://www.strucsoft.com/applets/BeamStrength.htm
Beam analysis and force calculations.

Gear Simple Beam Forces Calculator
http://ellars.com/msenet/three/gear/beam.html
Beam analysis and force calculations.

Straight Cantilever Beams Materials Selection Calculator
http://www.brushwellman.com/www/Technical/StraightCantileverBeam/SCBLayout1.html
Beam analysis and force calculations.

MatWeb. - The Online Materials Information Resource
http://www.matweb.com/conversion.htm
Contains structural and mathematical information on different materials.

Convert It
http://www.convertit.com/Go/ConvertIt/Measurement
Convert units of measurement – very extensive.

MegaConverter2
http://www.megaconverter.com/Mega2
Convert units of measurement – very extensive.

The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, & Computing
http://www.eevl.ac.uk

Measure Converter
http://www.allmeasures.com
Converts units of measurement.

Bridge Design/ Engineering

SC Solutions Bridge Engineering Home Page
http://www.scsolutions.com/bridge.html
Provides technical information, documentation, and links to resources dealing with the engineering and design of bridges. Various photos of bridges around the world are also displayed.

Bridge Site
http://www.bridgesite.com
Contains links to learning centers, agencies, bridge design software, and other bridge related information.

The Bridges Project
http://128.42.22.60/bridgesproject/index.html
The Bridges Project is based at the Department of Civil Engineering at Rice University, and is a creation of Christof Spieler (graduate student) and Dr. Michael Terk. Their goal is to create a large online database of significant bridges, fully searchable and with features that make full use of the database's potential.

Cable Supported Structures
http://www.struct.kth.se/people/raid/cable.htm
The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of web sites containing information about cable supported structures and other related subjects.

Bridge Disasters
http://iti.acns.nwu.edu/clear/bridge/bri_dis.html

Build a Bridge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge

Bridge Load & Resistance Factor Design Homepage
http://www2.epix.net/~Irfd

World’s Longest Bridge Spans
http://www.hut.fi/Units/Departments/R/Bridge/longspan.html

Earthquake Engineering

EQNET - Earthquake Information Network
http://www.eqnet.org
Provides technical information and resources on earthquakes and earthquake engineering. Provides various links to earthquake research and engineering sites.

Multi Disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
http://mceer.buffalo.edu

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE)
http://www.nisee.berkeley.edu


Educational Meta-Sites

World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture
This site allows one to link to free online course material from around the world.

Merlot
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.

Martindale’s Reference Desk
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/Ref.html (Type in separately – link does not work)
This is the most comprehensive site on the world wide web devoted to educational material. The site contains links to websites, online calculators, tables, and basically everything and anything you want to know. Highly recommended.

WGBH Educational Foundation - PBS: Building Big
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Elementary structural learning center with links and technical explanations of some structures around the world. There is also a book and a home video available.

Marshall Brain’s How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
A site dedicated to providing descriptions and resources on how things operate.

Fabric Structures

The Gateway Coalition, National Science Foundation, & NJIT - Fabric Structures
http://www-ec.njit.edu/civil/gateway.html

Journals/ Magazines

Civil Engineering Magazine
http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/jrns.html

Journal of Structural Engineering
http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/st.html

Journal of Architectural Engineering
http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/ae.html

Journal of Bridge Engineering
http://ojps.aip.org/beo

Journal of Infrastructure Systems
http://ojps.aip.org/iso

Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/mt.html

New Steel
http://www.newsteel.com

Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
http://ojps.aip.org/sco

Societies, Institutes, Government Agencies

ACI
http://www.aci-int.net
The American Concrete Institute

ASCE Publications Homepage
http://www.pubs.asce.org
American Society of Civil Engineers Homepage.

Architectural Engineering Institute
http://aeinstitute.org

Structural Engineering Institute
http://www.seinstitute.org/index.html

Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS)
http://www.atlss.lehigh.edu

American Wood Council home Page
http://www.awc.org/HelpOutreach/eCourses/index.html

American Society of Civil Engineers Homepage
http://www.asce.org

American Institute of Steel Construction
http://aise.org

New York City Department of Transportation Bridges Information http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dot/html/get_around/bridges.html

Precast/Stressed Concrete Institute
http://www.pci.org

Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems
http://www.atlss.lehigh.edu

Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
http://mceer.buffalo.edu

American Iron and Steel Institute Steel Works
http://www.steel.org

American Institute of Timber Construction
http://www.aitc-glulam.org/About
The American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC) is the national technical trade association of the structural glued laminated (glulam) timber industry. AITC represents a majority of the glued laminated timber manufacturers in the U.S. in addition to a number of installers, suppliers, sales representatives, engineers, architects, designers, and researchers. The site provides technical information on timber products, including span tables, load capacity tables, and conversion tables.

Architects USA
http://www.architectsusa.com
A comprehensive listing of architects and schools of architecture for the United States

Center for Design Informatics
http://www.cdi.gsd.harvard.edu
The Center for Design Informatics conducts research on the impact of information technology and the internet on the real estate, design, and construction industry, on multi-media and visualization, and on internet-based learning.

Building Officials Code Administration (BOCA)
http://www.bocai.org/index.html
Provides national building code information.

Center for Digital Innovation
http://www.cdi.ucla.edu
The UCLA Center for Digital Innovation (CDI) is a University-wide resource established to deliver digital information and to examine its likely effects on society.