Image Databases
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- Artstor This link opens in a new windowA digital image library for the arts and sciences with an unparalleled range of images licensed for educational use at UBC.
- Archivision This link opens in a new windowArchivision is a database of over 80,000 high quality, professionally photographed images of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, archaeology, and design searchable within the MDID platform.
Streaming Video & DVDs
- OnArchitecture This link opens in a new windowAn audiovisual database featuring the main trends in the field of architecture.
- Pidgeon Digital This link opens in a new windowA collection of historical and recent talks given by some of the world's most important architectural professionals.
- Global Environmental Justice Collection This link opens in a new windowDocumentaries related to Asian, Indigenous and environmental studies, geography, film making, journalism, anthropology, conservation biology, forestry, soil sciences, religion, gender studies and the humanities.
- Criterion On Demand This link opens in a new windowOver 2900 streamed feature films including classics, new releases, foreign films, literary adaptations, documentaries, animated titles, and independent features.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy provides online video streaming to more than 26,000 titles.
- NFB Explore (National Film Board) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to online viewing of films produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
In addition to online streaming databases, the UBC Library has an extensive DVD and video collection. To search the collection, add the keyword 'videorecording' or 'dvd' to your search in the Library Catalogue. Listed below are a few titles from the collection:
Open Source resources
Images
- UBC Library's Open CollectionsUse the advanced search in UBC Library's Open Collections to limit to images.
- American MemoryHosted by the Library of Congress, this national digital library contains material from more than 100 historical collections relating to the history and culture of the United States. Browse or search the Art & Architecture collections.
- Cities and Buildings DatabaseCollection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world. Produced by the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.
- Cities Around the WorldFrom the University of Wisconsin, this digital collection has over 6,100 photographic images from the slide collections of the American Geographical Society Library. The images selected for this project focus on architecture, city life, people, transportation and other aspects of urban development, such as neighborhoods, commercial streets, and business districts.
- PhotoshareThousands of International Health and Development Images
Free for nonprofit and educational use. - RIBApixA growing database dedicated the unique images from the collections of the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the world’s most extensive visual archive devoted to architecture. RIBApix covers world architecture of all periods together with related subjects such as interior design, landscape, topography, planning, construction and the decorative arts.
- UNESCO's MediabankUNESCO’s online photolibrary displays thousands of photos on the Organization’s activities. Photobank is the indispensable tool for all those who are interested in UNESCO and in its programmes in the fields of Education, Social and Natural Sciences, Culture and Communication.
- VPL Historical PhotographsThe Vancouver Public Library's Special Collections has a significant collection of historical photographs relating to British Columbia and Yukon.
Videos
- ASLA Sustainable Landscape animationsDesigned to be a basic introduction to sustainable design concepts, created for the general public and students of all ages.
- Columbia GSAPP - Youtube ChannelBrowse the various playlists of lectures, symposia, and other school events.
- Harvard Graduate School of Design - Youtube ChannelBrowse the various playlists of lectures, symposia, and other school events.
- Ted Talks: Urban PlanningA collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of urban planning.
- Urban Land Institute: Featured VideosVideos on a number of topics. Sample titles include: Buidling Healthy Corridors and Developing for Humanity.
Need Help?
For help with images, see UBC Library's Finding & Using Images guide, visit the Music, Art & Architecture Library's Information Desk, or contact the Architecture Librarian.