Architecture

Arts, Architecture, History, Periods and Styles - Byzantium 1200. A non-profit project creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine monuments of Constantinople (now Istanbul) as they stood in 1200 AD.

Arts, Architecture, History, Periods and Styles - Hewn and Hammered. A collaborative community weblog devoted to Arts and Crafts movement architecture and design.

Arts, Architecture, History, Periods and Styles - Craftsman Perspective. A guide to the history, aesthetics and architecture of the Arts and Crafts style, with a special focus on American architecture from 1900 to 1920, by Ken Lonsinger.

Arts, Architecture, History, Periods and Styles - The Gamble House. The official site for this example of American Arts and Crafts architecture, designed by Charles and Henry Greene in 1908.

SkyscraperPage.com, the world's finest resource for skyscraper and building enthusiasts. Featuring unique skyscraper and building diagram illustrations, a world-wide buildings database, one of the world's busiest skyscraper-themed discussion forums and one-of-a-kind skyscraper posters, SkyscraperPage.com is a one-stop resource for the skyscraper enthusiast.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Waugoshance Lighthouse Preservation Society. Located in northern Lake Michigan, this site contains the history, photographs,and blueprints of the lighthouse.

Save or South Channel Lights is an all-volunteer, non profit organization that was formed to raise public awareness and support for the preservation and restoration of the Old South Channel Range Lights constructed in 1855.

Spencer House, built in 1756-66 situated in the heart of St. James's is London's only surviving eighteenth-century private palace. The House is open to the public and is available for banqueting and entertainment.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy. Nonprofit group dedicated to preserving lighthouses and life-saving stations and their artifacts.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Grand Traverse Lighthouse. Northport.

Jutting out into the Pacific Ocean from the spectacular Big Sur Coast, the Point Sur Lightstation stands as a silent sentinel to a by-gone era. Point Sur, a National Historic Landmark, is the only complete turn-of-hte-century lightstation open to the public in California. Point Sur State Historic Park and Lighthouse offers guided tours and field trips.

Arts, Architecture, History, Building Types - Porto-Colleoni-Thiene. The official site gives an illustrated history and virtual tour of this Italian Renaissance villa with frescos and ornate 18th-century stables.