archINFORM is an
online database An online database is a database accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its attached storage (such as a CD). Online databases are hosted on websites, made available as ...
for international
architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...
, originally emerging from records of interesting building projects from architecture students from the
University of Karlsruhe
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public university, public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association.
KIT wa ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
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The self-described "largest online-database about worldwide architects and buildings" contains plans and images of buildings both built and potential and forms a record of the architecture of the 20th century. The database uses a search engine which allows a particular project to be found by listing architect, location or key word. It has been described by the librarian of the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as "one of the most useful reference tools concerning
architecture available on the internet."
Barata, Ana. 2002. Librarian of the Biblioteca de Arte, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon.
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References
External links
archINFORM
- homepage of the database (English version)
Architecture websites
Online databases
German websites
Databases in Germany
Architecture databases
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