American  Architecture and Interiors

The following resources will assist you in your search for information on American architecture & interiors.


  Internet Resources 

Architects

Digital Archive of Architecture - Architects: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/architec.html

Great Buildings - Great Architects: http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html
 

Interior Designers

Distinguished Women Past and Present - Architecture and Interior Design: http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/architec.html

Interior Design Collective - Interior Design and Designers: http://www.dezignare.com/libary/library-InteriorDesign.html

Architecture, Interiors & Furniture

 American Architecture: http://www.vintagedesigns.com/architecture/links.htm

Architectural Style - The Search for an American Style: http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/335book/335ch5.html

Architectural Styles of America: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~twp/architecture/

Interior Design Guide (see also architecture and furniture): http://www.dezignare.com/libary/library-InteriorDesign.html
Early American
(16th & 17th Centuries)		 17th Century Architecture - Historical Reconstructions: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/17house.html

Architectural Styles of America: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~twp/architecture/

Colonial American Art & Architecture: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm#K3

Built in America: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate: http://www.mountvernon.org/

Great Buildings - Architecture of the USA: http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/usa.html

Native American Homes in Olden Times: http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/homes.html

Native American Housing: http://www.greatdreams.com/native/nativehsg.htm

Native American Shelters: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/

Virtual Tour of Plimoth Plantation: http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/
 
18th & 19th Centuries Digital Archive of Architecture - 18th Century Architecture: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/18arch_europe.html

Digital Archive of Architecture - 19th Century: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/19arch_europe.html

 
20th Century to Present

Architectural Styles of America: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~twp/architecture/

Digital Archive of Architecture - 20th Century Architecture: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/20arch_europe.html

Great Buildings - Architecture of the USA: http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/usa.html

Wright on the Web [Frank Lloyd Wright]: http://www.delmars.com/wright/flwright.htm
 

If you don't find what you're looking for in any of the sites above, try your 
own keyword search using the following tips...

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "early American", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites about the early American as opposed to all of the sites containing the word early, plus all of the sites containing the word American.
     

  4. If you would like to search for something specific about the early American, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma followed by a space and your other search term. For instance; if I wanted to find out about the early American and the types of architecture and interiors they created and lived in, I would enter the following:
     

    "early American", architecture, interiors, homes
      

  5. Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     
  6. Be sure to evaluate each Internet site for the following:
    • Authority: Can you tell if the author is credible (believable)?
    • Objectivity: Is the information objective (honest and free of bias)?
    • Currency: Is the information recent and up-to-date?
    • Design: Is the site designed in a clear and user friendly way?
    • Navigation: Is the site easy to navigate through, and are all links current and usable?

     

  7. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on an Internet source, 
    you must include it in your bibliography.

Remember:  YOU MUST CITE EVERY RESOURCE YOU USED to gather information on your 
Works Cited (Bibliography) page.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
 

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