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| Floornature Interviews with architects, news, flooring projects with man made tiles. Manufacturing process, environmental impact and international standards for ceramic tiles and man made stones. |
| Galinsky A showcase for the world's most exciting modern buildings. Photographs, descriptions and visitor information for more than 200 buildings across Europe, North and South America and the Asia-Pacific reg |
| Godden_Structural_Engineering_Slide_Library Collection of 900 engineering slides from around the world. Historic and modern structures: beams, arches, cable and suspension, domes and shells, columns, frames, grids, slabs and trusses. |
| The_Holistic_Architecture_Net Promotes built environments that are harmonious with their environment. Introduces Feng Shui, Platonic forms, sacred geometry, sustainability and Vedic building. Links to related sites. |
| Made_of_Light A project conceived and designed by Speirs and Major Associates, which aims to provide a thought-provoking presentation of the art of light and architecture. |
| Nethca Network for theory, history and criticism of architecture. Mission statement, archive and colloquia. |
| New_7_Wonders This project and voting booth to select the new seven wonders of the world also gives condensed, illustrated descriptions of the original ancient wonders. |
| Probert_Encyclopaedia__Architecture An illustrated a-z of architectural styles and terminology. |
| Ribanet The huge site of the Royal Institute of British Architects. News, exhibitions, online shopping, directory of architects, architectural drawings collection, large list of architecture links. |
| Talkin\'_About_Architecture A Yahoo group to express opinions or ask questions about architecture and art. Registration required. |
| Underground_Buildings__Architecture_and_Environment An exploration of the viability of underground buildings in contemporary America, with some discussion of international examples. |
| The_Virtual_Study_Tour The New Zealand School of Architecture presents computer models of a selection of buildings ancient, modern and proposed, including a sustainable eco-house. |
| World_View The Architectural League of New York presents persectives on architecture and urbanism from around the globe. Includes illustrated reports on Beirut, Caracas, Dhaka, Oslo and Tijuana. |
| About_com__Art_History Online community and resource guide for the artists and art periods of the past. |
| Andres_Blaisten_Museum Masterpieces of Mexican Art from the XIX and XX Centuries from private collections. |
| ARC_International_-_The_Art_Renewal_Center Offering biographical information and high-resolution images of many paintings from the great masters of the 19th century. |
| Art_Cellar_Exchange__Millenium_Archive The Art Cellar Exchange's alterego, Arty, looks back at some of the most significant art work produced in modern history and their impact on life today and in the coming millennium. |
| Art_Historians\'_Guide_to_the_Movies A record by Craig Eliason of appearances of and references to famous works of art and architecture in the movies, arranged by period. |
| Art_History_at_Loggia Explores the history of art with information about artists, styles, and periods. Includes resources and reference materials about art history, searchable database, and forums. |
| Art_History_with_Michelli The Art Browser divides categories of resources by time period and their movements. |
| Art_in_the_Picture_com Offers an introduction to visual art history. Famous artist's galleries and biographies, movements, major museums. |
| Art_of_Empire Features academic information about the art, architecture, and backgrounds of the Ottoman, Papal, Incan, Aztec, Persian, and Mughal empires. |
| Artists_and_Ancestors Exhibtion of miniature portraits from XVIII - XX century, information about artists and sitters. |
| ArtMagick Virtual art gallery displaying paintings and poetry from art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries with an emphasis on displaying works of art by artists who have been forgotten or neglected in re |
| ArtMuseum_net Internet-based art museum experience, includes specialized exhibitions with emphasis on background information not normally available to the public. |
| Audio_Recordings_of_Great_Works_of_Art Exploring the aural aura of masterworks as found in the sounds in the immediate locations of highly regarded paintings, sculptures, and other artworks. |
| Carol_Gerten\'s_Virtual_Art_Museum Broad gallery that includes biographies and images for hundreds of well-known American, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Japanese artists. |
| Christian_Art_and_Artists_from_Late_Medieval_to_Modern Examples illustrating the development of Christian art, from the Christian Traveler's Guides. |
| Delineavit_et_Sculpsit The Internet stepping stone for all those interested in Old Master prints and drawings: publications, events, links to the world's main print rooms, and the periodical Delineavit et Sculpsit. |
| Department_of_History_of_Art,_Belgrade History of art in Yugoslavia - related material: texts, images, projects. |
| The_Getty_Provenance_Index Collects and disseminates information related to the history of collecting and the provenance of individual works of art. |
| HuntFor_Art_History Quick reference for all periods in the art history, images and links. |
| Know_Your_Art Database for the study of the history of art from Utah University. Images and data about works of architecture, sculpture, and painting from prehistory to the 20th century. |
| Lübeck\'s_Dance_of_Death Dances of Death in Lübeck, Tallinn, Berlin and Denmark. Pictures, books and primary sources. Several books are reproduced. |
| Mark_Harden\'s_Artchive An art archive with thousands of images that are accessed through an alphabetical list of artist's names and art styles. Covers every style of art from ancient and African to impressionist and modern. |
| Mexican_Masks Collection of authentic danced masks from Mexico and Guatemala with discussions and comments on the art of collecting and other curious observations. Antique masks, patination techniques, insect infes |
| Mona_Lisa_Images_for_a_Modern_World A site exploring the enduring fascination of the Mona Lisa, including history, parodies, homages and comments from site visitors. |
| New_Deal_Art_During_the_Great_Depression Information and photographs of extant WPA/New Deal art, focusing on Illinois, Ohio, and California. There are extensive biographies, a timeline of the New Deal, and other odd bits of information. |
| OCAIW__Art_Images_on_the_Web Orazio Centaro's site. Includes a long alphabetical listing of artists and includes links to images that reside on both the OCAIW site and other artist sites on the Web. |
Patterns
Pattern of the DayDetailing and DecorationProblem / SituationWhen designing details, consider if and how you want to have decoration applied to those details.SolutionSome schools of architecture such as [link blocked]modernism reject decoration that is applied for decoration's sake. Instead, beauty is sought in materials and forms that perfectly serve their function.In other [link blocked]styles of architecture, a great deal of attention is paid to decoration that is applied to surfaces and forms. This desire for decoration comes out of the fact that people like to adorn what they adore, to elaborate their art, and to decorate and embellish the fine details of their work.These chimneys on Antonio Gaudi's Casa Mila are an excellent example of applied decoration that also melds beautifully with function. The chimneys are shaped into whimsically decorative heads, while the eyes and mouths form functional openings of the flues.Decoration can be particularly effective when confined to one area or against black background. The [link blocked]contrast that this creates helps to put a further exclamation point on the decoration.more 
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