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Sceno Plus: Creating Theatrical Spaces

For Students 9th - 10th
Sceno Plus is an architectural firm that specializes in theater design. At their site you can find out all about the company and examples of their work.
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Link Tv: A Constructive Madness

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating award winning documentary explores the decade long development of a project by architect Frank Gehry to design a home that was later abandoned, and eventually became the ideas that were used in creating the Guggenheim...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Getty Exhibitions: Shaping the Great City

For Students 9th - 10th
Cities in Central Europe were required to expand their infrastructure due to industrialization and an increase in the need for workers. This exhibit details and illustrates the shift and growth through modern architecture of the era.
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Musee Du Louvre (Louvre Museum)

For Students 9th - 10th
Official web site of the museum, with links to virtual visits, online exhibitions, and a storehouse of resources designed to make its collections available to a worldwide audience.
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Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Career Profiles: Architect

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides some interesting information on the architect's career field. It has sections on a typical day as an architect, requirements that are needed to become an architect, and future outlook for jobs in the architecture field.
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Goethe-Institut

German Architecture From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German architecture sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German architecture, preserving and restoring historical ruins in Germany and world-wide,...
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Oeuvre Notre Dame

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated with drawings and photos, this multi-lingual site includes sections on history, discussion of architecture, repairs, a news bulletin, a glossary and a document database.
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Philip Johnson Glass House: Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of the Philip Johnson Glass House, an architectural preservation and interpretation site, with images of some of the buildings, historical information about the site, and other resources such as news, events, and programs.
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Place Royale

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a summary about the Place Royale.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about engineering programs and education.
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Other

Opera De Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
Official web site of the Bastille Opera in Paris.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 4 11 16: Casa Del Ancantilado Is an Architectural Marvel

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about a very unusual house and its architectural significance. Includes video.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Objects From Colonial Dutch America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents "Architecture, Furniture, and Silver from Colonial Dutch America". This is an on-line overview of the exhibit that features works both decorative and utilitarian objects from from Colonial Dutch...
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: John Von Neumann

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St. Andrews provides a biography on John von Neumann. Learn about his contributions to game theory and computer science.
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United Nations

Unesco: World Heritage List

For Students 9th - 10th
UNESCO designates natural and man-made sites of "outstanding universal value" as world heritage sites to protect them for future generations. View sites by country or use an interactive world map to locate sites from around the world...
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University of California

Ucl Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
UCLA offers an extensive program in architecture. This impressive website will give you information on their offered courses and examples of student work.
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PBS

Nova: Tech & Engineering: Medieval Stained Glass Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this historical interactive, see beautiful examples of stained glass artistry, and learn how the craftsmen of the Middle Ages used chemistry to create them.
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Other

Society of Architectural Historians

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official homepage of the Society of Architectural Historians. Includes information on membership, jobs and careers, publications, research and more.
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Other

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Civil Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an online library of information about civil engineering.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Early Christian & Byzantine Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about architecture from the early Christian and Byzantine era, and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in Turkey, Greece, and Italy. A church in Istanbul, the Kariye Camii, can also be explored through its architectural...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Restoring Byzantium

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition on the restoraion of the Kariye Camii, a Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, that is also known as the church of the Chora Monastery. This church was likely built in the sixth century, rebuilt around 1100 AD, then...
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University of Virginia: Rome Reborn 2.0

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents 3D digital models that have been created to illustrate the urban development of ancient Rome. Follow the history of this project, chose the time period to re-create, and view the photo gallery of images.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Falling Water: Interactive Tours

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most acclaimed works, "Falling Waters." Select an area to view on the floor plan and then see it in 360 degrees.
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Design Museum (London)

For Students 9th - 10th
Included at this site is a large collection of links to individual architects and designers. Each link includes a lengthy biography of the artist along with a series of pictures, a timeline of their life, and a listing of bibliography...