Architecture

A database of more than 20 000 historic, natural and Indigenous places in the Register of the National Estate, the National Heritage List, the Commonwealth Heritage List, the World Heritage List, and places under consideration for any one of these lists. Information includes a place's values, its legal status, its significance, physical condition, history and photographs if available.

This database is an important resource for research on architecture and design, covering a wide range of international scholarly and popular journals including the publications of professional associations and the major serial publications of Europe, Asia, America and Australia. Coverage is from 1934 to the present with selective indexing of earlier publications, such as the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects back to 1865.

This site provides a guide to caring for and restoring old houses and includes a directory covering Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and South Africa. The site also includes a FAQ section, lists of books, essays on various topics such as paint removal and joinery, and a research directory.

Informit is the leading provider of online access to indexes and full text databases of Australasian scholarly research. A product of RMIT Publishing, databases can be divided into the following major subject areas: Agriculture, Arts, Asian, Business, Education, Engineering, Health, History, Indigenous, Law, Media, Reference, Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.

The state heritage register online database lists items of particular significance to the state. It includes items subject to an Interim Heritage Order under the NSW Heritage Act.

The Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) is the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession and the RIBA British Architectural Library, established in 1834, is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the UK for research on all aspects of architecture.

The Library's online catalogue is fully searchable by keyword, author, title, subject and series and provides:

(1) an index to articles in over 300 of the world's architectural periodicals and details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the RIBA Library.

(2) the holdings of the RIBA Library Photographs Collection.

(3) drawings, manuscripts and archives acquired by the RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection.

(4) a biographical database of architects.

The RIBA British Architectural Library holds a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from prehistory to the present and is international in scope. In addition to architectural theory, practice and history there is material on allied subjects such as building and construction, civil engineering, structural engineering, landscape architecture, interior design and decoration, the decorative arts, town and country planning, and construction law.

Contains drawings, photographs and information on major tall buildings throughout the world. Includes many skyscrapers in Australian cities and towns.