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Europe Green Heritage
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Professional: associations, virtual galleries, on-line information about gardens and landscape.
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Acropolis 360
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A virtual tour by Immersive360 of the ancient monuments at the heart of Athens. It combines 360-degree Quicktime panoramas, accessed via map and reconstruction drawing, with commentary and music.
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Palladio's Italian Villas
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Life and works of the seminal Italian Renaissance architect, whose impact was world-wide. Plans, photographs, descriptions, bibliography, visitor information by C. I. Gable.
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Roman Domestic Architecture: A Bibliography
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This bibliography compiled by Joshua Brandt lists sources in German, Italian, French, and (primarily) English.
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Exeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings
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Avril Henry and Anna Hulbert's searchable explanatory catalogue of the medieval interior sculptures. Images, descriptions, introduction, notes and bibliography; clickable plan.
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Southwark, St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral
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The official site includes images and brief history of this cathedral designed by Pugin.
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Robert Adam and the Building of Culzean Castle
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About Scotland explains how Adam transformed Culzean from a dowdy fortress to a grand, romantic and fashionable castle. Illustrations include some of Adam's drawings.
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Francesco Borromini (1599-1667)
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Biography and bibliography of the Italian Baroque stone-carver and architect in Great Buildings Online, with samples of his work.
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University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Construction
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Information on all the design-based and built environment programmes: architecture, urban design, 3D digital design, graphic design, garden design, real estate, housing, construction, surveying.
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Campbell Castles
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The Clan Campbell Society (North America) provides photographs, histories, descriptions and visitor information on the Scottish castles associated with the clan.
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Châteaux and Country
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Guide to French country houses: photograph, brief history and visitor information. (Site developed by châteaux owners).
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Fox Theatre Building, Detroit, Michigan
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Designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1928, it is the "most exotic eclectic Hindu-Siamese-Byzantine theater of the golden age of the movie palace". Photographs, brief history.
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Islamic Architecture Tutorial
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An on-line tutorial from San Jose State University focussed on the architecture of the Ottoman Empire, and other buildings with great significance in Islam, organized on a timeline.
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Gleaston Water Mill
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This water-powered corn mill in Cumbria had its last major rebuild in the 1770s. Provides a history, plan of the site and information on local attractions.
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Calgary Skyscrapers
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Pictures and information of proposed and existing skyscrapers in the city of Calgary, Canada.
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