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Films on Demand - Streaming Videos
Films On Demand is a web-based digital video delivery platform that allows viewing of streaming videos from Films Media Group.
Kanopy (Streaming Video Service)
Beginning August 19, 2019, University of Cincinnati Libraries will be moving from a Patron Driven Acquisition model to a Mediated Model for all Kanopy Streaming video titles. More information about this change can be found at https://guides.libraries.uc.edu/Kanopy/FAQ
Please note that all currently licensed films will still be available for immediate viewing, and a request form will only be presented when clicking on unlicensed films.

Architecture Lectures

11h45 Montre l'architecure Vimeo and DailyMotion
Architectural Association, Video Archive
The Architectural League of New York, Podcasts
Architectural Record, Record Video
Architecture Lab, Videos & Interviews
Architekturclips (by Urbanfilmlab.e.V.)
Architekturvideo (by Eric Strum)
Bartlett School of Architecture on Vimeo
Berlage Institute, Berlage's Memory, Videos
California College of the Arts on Vimeo
Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine on DailyMotion
Florida International University, School of Architecute on iTunesU
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Videos; also on YouTube
IE University on iTunesU
Illinois Institute of Technology on YouTube (Comprehensive university site with some architecture)
The Mackintosh School of Architecture Friday Lecture Series on Vimeo
Michigan State University, Taubman School of Architecture, Lecture Series Archive
Notre Dame, School of Architecture on iTunesU
Northeastern University, School of Architecture on iTunesU
The Ohio State University, College of Engineering, Knowlton School of Architecture iTunesU
Princeton University School of Architecture, Visual Resources Collection; also at iTunesU
Spiro Kostof Lectures, Berkley University of California
TED talks, Architectural Inspiration
Texas A&M, College of Architecture on YouTube
Universidad Michoacana, Facultad de Arquitectura, Video Arquitectura
University of Arizona, College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture on iTunesU
University of Minnesota, College of Design on YouTube
University of North Carolina at Charlotte's College of Arts + Architecture's School of Architecture on Vimeo
University of Southern California, School of Architecture on YouTube
University of Waterloo, School of Architecture on Vimeo
UrbanScraper, ultimos videos sobre arquitectura, urbanismo e ingenieria
VideoLectures.net, Architecture
Yale School of Architecture, Public Lecture Series on iTunesU

From AASL Column, May 2013 (Updated May 2021)

Column prepared by Kevin McMahon, LIbrary Manager, Sci-Arc
Barbara Opar, Column editor
AASL is pleased to share with you this listing of architectue lectures which are freely available online.
AASL welcomes additions to the list.

Architecture and Interior Design Images

Architecture & Interior Design Images

A Digital Archive of Architecture
Personal collection of architectural photographs taken by Professor Jeffrey Howe from Boston College and spans from perhistory through the present.
Africa Focus : Sights and Sounds of a Continent
Primary and secondary resources from the University of Wisconsin.
Aga Khan Visual Archive
"The Aga Khan Visual Archive (AKVA) consists of over 120,000 slides and digital images of architecture, urbanism, and the built environment in the Islamic world, donated by students, scholars, and architectural firms. The images span a 30-year period and document historic and contemporary sites in the Islamic world, often depicting sites not found in any published resource."
Ancient Theater Archive
Theaters in the Mediterranean from Whitman College.
Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
Early nineteenth and twentieth century buildings from the United States, Mexico, Greece, the Middle East and Europe.
archINFORM
Focusing on twentieth century and international architecture, online database of worldwide architects and buildings, both built and unrealized.
Archiplanet
Community-constructed collection of information on buildings and building culture worldwide.
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America
A collection of architecture and interior design; includes notable American homes.
ArchNet
The ArchNet Digital Library offers images of Islamic Architecture. Images can be viewed by collection, country of location, building type, use or style, century or decade, and site name.
Armenian Medieval Architecture
A collection of photographs of medieval Armenian architecture.
Art Institute of Chicago Architecture Collections
Architectural drawings, fragments, and architectural ornamental systems.
Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago Architects Oral History Project
Oral histories from Chicago in the 20th century.
Art, Architecture and Engineering Library, Lantern Slide Collection
"The Art, Architecture and Engineering Library Lantern Slide Collection is a collection of approximately 17,000 lantern slides of architectural and geographic topics. Lantern slides are glass slides that were used from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. They are made of two thin panes of glass that measure 3" X 4 1/4" or 3" X 3". Usually the slide is composed of a layer of emulsion laid on one pane of glass and covered by the other pane, but sometimes there is actually a layer of film sandwiched between the glass panes."
Asian Historical Architecture
Photographic survey of Asia's architectural heritage.
Basel Mission Picture Archive
The collection contains images from the early years of photography to the middle of the 20th century, including 28,400 images that are digitally accessible. The images were taken in the historic Basel Mission fields in Africa and Asia, with a principal focus on Ghana, Cameroon, South India (mainly Karnataka and Kerala), South China (mainly Hakka-speaking parts of the Guangdong province and Hong Kong), and Kalimantan.
Canadian Architectural Archives
Images of the modern Canadian city.
Castles of Japan
Castles from the Medieval to Edo Period.
Chicago Landmarks
Images of historically significant buildings and architects active in Chicago.
Cities and Buildings Database
Images of buildings and cities, international in scope and spanning across time.
Dearborn-Massar Photographs
The Phyllis and Robert Massar Photograph Collection of Pacific Northwest Architecture is a photographic archive created when they were professional architectural photographers in the Pacific Northwest during the period 1943-1963. During the time when they were active in photographing the contemporary architecture of the PNW, Robert Massar and Phyllis Dearborn Massar were professionally known as Dearborn-Massar. Both graduates of the University of Washington, they maintained homes in Seattle and New York, photographing in the summer in the west and returning to New York City in the winter. Their images represent the work of some of the most well known architects in the Northwest and document the transition into the development of a regional variant of Modernism, sometimes called the Northwest Contemporary style of architecture.
Flickr : The Commons
Forgotten Detroit
Images of vacant structures in Detroit from the pre-depression era.
Galinsky
Free access to exciting modern buildings and the means to explore them: photographs, descriptions and practical information for visiting them
Giza Archives Project
Online Giza archive.
Great Buildings Collection
Contains 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, & web links.
Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record / Historic American Landscapes Survey
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are among the largest and most heavily used in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Since 2000, documentation from the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) has been added to the holdings. 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. Administered since 1933 through cooperative agreements with the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, and the private sector, ongoing programs of the National Park Service have recorded America's built environment in multiformat surveys comprising more than 556,900 measured drawings, large-format photographs, and written histories for more than 38,600 historic structures and sites dating from Pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century. This online presentation of the HABS/HAER/HALS collections includes digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, written history pages, and supplemental materials.
Knowlton School of Architecture (KSA) Digital Library
Images of architecture from Ohio State's Knowlton School of Architecture.
Mapping Gothic France
"With a database of images, texts, charts and historical maps, Mapping Gothic France invites you to explore the parallel stories of Gothic architecture and the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries, considered in three dimensions"
MIMOA
A user-generated database that covers international contemporary buildings.
NYC Grid
A photo blog dedicated to exploring and discovering the City of New York block by block. Updated every weekday.
Oregon State Photo Archives on Flickr Commons
Oregon State University photo archive of images of natural resources, environmental history, forestry, and agriculture.
Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
Images and information about buildings, projects, architects, & engineers, contractors. Images and information focus primarily on structures in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas.
Professor Mary Ann Sullivan’s Digital Imaging Project (Bluffton College)
Encompassing pre-history to the post-modern era, the database is divided by geographic locations, and also features a chronology and artist/architect index.
Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build strong communities.
S. Charles Lee Papers
Drawings and photographs of the works of Art Deco movie theaters.
Sacred Destinations
Images and guide to sacred places and pilgrimage sites.
Save Wright
Images of architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Skyscraper Page
The Skyscraper Page offers the visitor access to information regarding skyscrapers throughout the world. Visitors can view diagrams, illustrations, photos, and garner information of over 27,700 structures.
University of Michigan Art, Architecture and Engineering Library – Lantern Slide Collection
The Art, Architecture and Engineering Library Lantern Slide Collection is a collection of approximately 17,000 lantern slides of architectural and geographic topics. Lantern slides are glass slides that were used from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century. They are made of two thin panes of glass that measure 3" X 4 1/4" or 3" X 3". Usually the slide is composed of a layer of emulsion laid on one pane of glass and covered by the other pane, but sometimes there is actually a layer of film sandwiched between the glass panes. In 2003 we've been cleaning and cataloging the slide collection. We've also been digitizing many of the images (not all images are high enough quality to merit scanning). Here you can browse or search the collection. You'll find data from all of the slides, and you'll find digital images for about 2/3 to 3/4 of the collection. If you have any questions about the collection, please contact Rebecca Price at rpw@umich.edu or 734-647-5274.
World Images
The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. . . It contains approximately 80,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery.

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