Digital Archives of American Architecture

ADAM
(Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information): This search engine of the Electronic Library Programme (sponsored by the UK Councils of Higher Education) can be used as a gateway to American Art and Architecture. E.g. typing the name “Sullivan” leads to “The Louis Sullivan Page” with an outline of the life of the American architect Louis Sullivan, and an index of web pages, images and other information on Sullivan buildings, grouped by building.

America in the 1930's
The American Studies program at the University of Virginia selected a number of architectural projects in the 1930’s to indicate America’s search for a new identity in a time marked by both Depression and the optimism of the machine age. These projects include the Chrysler Building, 1933 Chicago Century of Progress , 1939 NY World’s Fair, Dumbarton Oaks, Hoover Dam.

Digital Imaging Project
An extensive collection of ‘Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from Classical Greek to Post-Modern’, maintained by Mary Anne Sullivan of Bluffton College (on the basis of her own slides!). The collection can be browsed by architect, site or style period. Thus the AT&T Tower can be found by looking under USA/New York (site index), or under 20th Century Architecture (style period index), or by clicking Johnson & Burgee (architect index).

Great Buildings on the Web
This site offers an index by place, architect, building, or by building types and architectural style. You will find some basic information on the building, short discussions and even some 3D Models. For quick access to available pictures you can search the site’s Picture Index. The online archives of the journal Architecture Week can be searched for articles on American Architecture.

The Skyscraper Museum:
This beautiful site offers three museum exhibitions online: Downtown New York, Building the Empire State Building and Big Buildings.