Archipedia.http://www.archpedia.com Archipedia is a revamped version of Architecture Central (AR Decembrer 1999). Now much more comprehensive, the site covers news (North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. ), and it has links to some of the most important sites in what is predictably called the 'Hall of Fame'. There is a virtual bookstore with discounts, a discussion area and notice boards, and architectural quizzes if you want to fill in time. Undoubtedly a better and more comprehensive site, but difficult to read because there is not enough contrast between the buff, slate blue slate blue n. A grayish blue to dark bluish gray. slate  -blue adj. and grey layout. This reviewer was reduced to tears (of eyestrain eyestrain /eye·strain/ (-stran) fatigue of the eye from overuse or from uncorrected defect in focus of the eye. eye·strain n. , not misery). www.structurae.de Structurae is set up to provide an international database of structures, and focuses on bridges, skyscrapers, domes, dams and so on. Based in Nuremberg, the site can be approached in English, German and French. Coverage is mixed. You can look up Sostratos of Knidos (the chap who built the great lighthouse at Alexandria), Sir C. Wren wren, small, plump perching songbird of the family Troglodytidae. There are about 60 wren species, and all except one are restricted to the New World. The plumage is usually brown or reddish above and white, gray, or buff, often streaked, below. or Ken Yeang Dr. Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén) is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for developing environmental design solutions for high-rise buildings in the tropics. . Of the 800 structures featured, some are much more explicitly described than others (for instance, Nervi's Palazzo della Sport gets pictures: poor old Sostratos has to manage with a rather spare description). A wide range of links is offered (mainly to German engineers, though there is one to Ove Arup Sir Ove Nyquist Arup CBE, MICE, MIStructE, (born at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1895 and died in 1988) was a leading Anglo-Danish engineer, the founder of the internationally important firm of Arup and generally considered the foremost engineer of his time. & Partners' excellent site). Some curious omissions (Tony Hunt for example) will doubtless be amended as what is basically an excellent site grows in size and scope. |
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