At his Oak Park Studio (1898-1909), Frank Lloyd Wright developed a uniquely American form of architecture, heading a movement later referred to as the “Prairie School.” Major buildings of Wright’s Prairie Era, including the Larkin Administration Building, Unity Temple, and the Frederick C. Robie House, were all designed at this site. Now you can virtually…
Histories, photos and maps for over 20,000 structures and sites in the U.S. are now freely available to the public via the new open-access, mobile-friendly edition of SAH Archipedia, an authoritative online encyclopedia of the built environment of the United States. Developed by the Society of Architectural Historians and University of Virginia Press with lead…
In her most recent article in PLATFORM, “City Smarts: An App for Civic Engagement,” History of Art & Architecture Professor Swati Chattopadhyay discusses how she gets undergraduates in her ARTHI 136I: The City in History class to think about power and agency in the metropolis — to get smart about cities — by using the…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwqNn1x7OoE] An added bonus: Lumion is free for students in the US, but many comments point out you could use Google Earth images as well.
The Library of Congress announced the availability of slides from the Eames Collection that document the work and interests of Charles and Ray Eames and projects undertaken by the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. The slides feature graphic design projects, architecture, furniture, exhibitions, publications, films, family, friends, travels, office staff and professional colleagues, as…
The 18th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Virtual Traditions: The Transience of Tradition in Changing Geographies and Global Landscapes, has put out a call for Paper and Poster Abstracts that support any of the three tracks within the conference theme: Theorizing the Virtual and the Traditional in…