Last updated 29 April 2004
New additions since April 2004 marked with [NEW]
Royal Institute of British Architects [NEW]
From the site: "The Royal Institute of British Architects, one of the most influential architectural institutions in the world, has been promoting architecture and architects since being awarded its Royal Charter in 1837. Then the RIBA's remit was 'the general advancement of architecture'. Today's mission statement continues to embody these sentiments."
[http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/Home.html]
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland [NEW]
From the site: "The RIAS is the professional institute for all chartered architects in Scotland. It has charitable status and offers a wide range of services and products for architects, students of architecture, construction industry professionals and all those with an interest in the built environment and the design process."
[http://www.rias.org.uk]
Archinet
Architecture and design web site
[http://www.archinet.co.uk/]
Architects Homepage
From the site: "Architects Homepage UK is a free service for UK architects, financed by sponsorship. Its index provides quick and easy access to more than 4,000 web resources that are of high quality, and useful to UK architects. They include online documents, websites, case studies, newsletters, and books for sale online."
[http://www.architects-homepage.com]
Architecture Studies Internet Resources
University of Nevada Libraries. Architecture Studies Library.
[http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/main0010.html]
Cyburbia
From the site: "Cyburbia (formerly called PAIRC - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center) contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, urbanism and other topics related to the built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas."
[http://www.arch.buffalo.edu/pairc/]
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
From the site: "The Society exists for the encouragement of the study of architectural history, by means of lectures, visits, symposia, conferences and publications."
[http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/CASA/sahgb.html]
The Society of Architectural Historians
From the site: "The Society of Architectural Historians and its members invite the support and active participation of all who share our interest in architecture--past, present, and future. Founded in 1940, the Society encourages scholarly research in the field and promotes the preservation of significant architectural monuments that are an integral part of our worldwide historical and cultural heritage."
[http://www.sah.org/]
The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
From the site: "The Society originated from a group formed in 1956 to respond to the threatened demolition of Edinburgh's George Square. It became the Scottish Georgian Society in 1959, and the present name was adopted in 1984 to reflect the broader scope of the Society's activities.... There is a network of regional groups of the Society throughout Scotland, for the convenience of organising local activities which are open to all members."
[http://www.ahss.org.uk/]
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
From the site: "The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings was founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects. Today it is the largest, oldest and most technically expert national pressure group fighting to save old buildings from decay, demolition and damage. We advise. We educate. We campaign. We offer help when it's wanted and informed resistance when we are alarmed. We encourage excellence in new design to enrich and complement the historic environment."
[http://www.spab.org.uk/index.html]
The Alexander Thomson Society
From the site: "Founded in 1991, The Alexander Thomson Society exists to promote the life and work of the Scottish architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson (1817-1875). On this website, you can find out more about the life and background of 'Greek' Thomson', about the many homes, churches, offices and tenements he created, and current news about what is happening to the buildings and monuments that remain. The Society produces a Newsletter twice a year, organises a programme of winter lectures, day visits to sites associated with Thomson and his contemporaries, as well as occasional weekend trips."
[http://www.greekthomson.com/]
The Scottish Centre for Environmental Design Research (SEARCH)
From the site: "SEARCH is an 'umbrella' organisation representing all Built Environment researchers at The Robert Gordon University. Research... is structured into three interdisciplinary research groups, whose focus is problem based and determined by perceived policy need. These groups are: The Materials Conservation and Waste Research Group; The Sustainable Housing Research Group; The Architectural Design and Theory Research Group."
[http://www.rgu.ac.uk/subj/search/]
Online resources for London architecture
From the site: "The following is centred on but not entirely limited to the architecture of London, both historical and contemporary. It is specifically intended for undergraduate students in the Humanities with applied computing programme, Centre for Computing in the Humanities (CCH), King's College London. It is occasionally maintained."
[http://ilex.cc.kcl.ac.uk/year1/architecture.html]
Robin Kent Architecture & Conservation
From the site: "Robin Kent Architecture & Conservation is a professional consultancy with a wide range of experience including: building design, conversions, extensions and alterations, specialising in conservation."
[http://www.robinkent.com/]
RestorationOnline.com
From the site: "Restoration Online is a full-service online resource for those having an interest or actively participating in the restoration of period homes and furniture. We are in the continuous process of building a wealth of information that provides access to suppliers who specialize in resources and services for period restoration, references for education and accuracy in restoration projects, as well as various interest pieces."
[http://www.restorationonline.com/]
CIB Program on Performance Based Building
From the site: "The CIB Program involves all aspects of the building and construction process. Various CIB Commissions and Task Groups have work programs that contribute to the CIB-wide Program. The priority tasks in the Program are:
Task 1: Compendium of Performance Models - The primary output of the CIB Program at the end of year 2001 is a publication and/or CD-ROM entitled CIB Compendium of Building Performance Models.....
Task 2: Economic Benefits
Task 3: Development of Pre-standardisation Documents"
[http://www.cibprogram.dbce.csiro.au/program/index.cfm]
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