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Finding and Using Digital Images | Architecture

Architectural Image Collections
  Ancient Near East Photograph Collection - Images of artifacts and archaeological sites in Egypt and Israel, primarily of objects and sites dating from 3000 BCE to 200 CE, but also of more recent sites such as the al-Azhar Mosque and Lake Nassar.
Architecture of the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California - Contains photographs of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, divided into photographs taken pre-opening in 1997 and post-opening in 2000.
Asian Historical Architecture: a photographic survey - Contains over 9000 photos from 568 sites in eighteen countries, surveying Asia's architectural heritage.
Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) - Part of the American Memory Project, this collection contains more than 350,000 measured drawings, photographs, and written histories in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories.
Cities and Buildings Database - Contains nearly 10,000 images of buildings and cities from throughout history and throughout the world. A collection begun by UW professor Meredith L. Clausen to serve use in the classroom, student study, or for individual research purposes.
Dearborn-Massar Photographs - A photographic archive created by Phyllis and Robert Massar when they were professional architectural photographers in the Pacific Northwest during the period of 1943 to 1963. Includes list of architects represented.
Great Buildings Collection - Offered in conjunction with the website for Architectural Week, this collection of images includes 3D Models and blueprints of buildings from all over the world.
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome - Contains photographs of ancient architecture taken by Leo Curran, a classics professor at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). Images include Greek and Roman architecture from throughout Europe.
NYPL Digital Gallery: Cities and Buildings - A sub-collection of images from the New York Public Libraries digital collection that focuses on architecture, cityscape, infrastructure, monuments and town life.
Society of Architectural Historians Image Exchange - Survey collections of photographs of architectural sites from all over the world, emphasizing some images commonly used textbooks, as well as landmark buildings in the United States.
UW Image Bank UW Restricted - Images of cultural production from diverse time periods and world cultures, and major monuments of world art and architectural history.
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