Image Databases
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- Artstor on JSTOR This link opens in a new windowArtstor is JSTOR’s cross-disciplinary collection of over 2 million* rights-cleared images from around the world, discoverable alongside JSTOR’s journals, books, and other primary sources on one feature-rich platform.. Highlighted collections include the Avery/GSAPP Architectural Plans and Sections (Columbia University) and the Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive (SAHARA).
- 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.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy provides online video streaming to more than 26,000 titles. You can also browse the database by subject: architecture.
- 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.
- 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.
- ArkitekturbillederDanish architecture from the 20th and 21st centuries
- Art Images for College Teaching(AICT) Free-use image resources for ancient, medieval, renaissance, baroque, 18 to 20th century, and non-western art and architecture. The AICT website was created by Allan Kohl of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is currently hosted by the Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota.
- British Columbia Historical Photographs OnlineContains annotated links to Online Photograph Databases and Online Photograph Galleries mounted on archival web sites in British Columbia.
- Canadian Architecture Collection (McGill University)CAC's mandate is to document the work of past and present architects who have studied and/or taught at the McGill University School of Architecture and Urban planning. Through photographs, drawings, and corollary documentation, the CAC also seeks to represent the evolution of the McGill campus, the city of Montreal, and the architectural heritage of Quebec and Canada.
- 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.
- Pacific coast Architecture (PCAD)A database of images and information about architecture in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia.
- 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.
- Smithsonian Open AccessIncludes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
- VPL Historical PhotographsThe Vancouver Public Library's Special Collections has a significant collection of historical photographs relating to British Columbia and Yukon.
Videos
- Architecture PlayerProduced by Image, an Italian communications company whose mission is “to promote architectural culture, enhancing a wider and more qualified dialogue between architects and their audience.”
- Ted Talks: Architecture"In these TED Talks, master architects share their vision for inspired buildings. Hear from Frank Gehry, Norman Foster, Liz Diller, Daniel Libeskind, Moshe Safdie, Thom Mayne, Thomas Heatherwick, Bjarke Ingels and more."
- UBC's SALA - Youtube ChannelBrowse the various playlists of lectures, forums & events.
- AA Lectures OnlineDigital archive of lectures given at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), London.
- 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.
- SciArc Media Archive"The SCI-Arc Media Archive hosts over 1000 hours of continually–updated videos of architecture and design lectures, symposia and events featuring the most significant voices in architecture since 1974."
- tvo TodayAn immersive home for quality current affairs journalism, award-winning documentaries and podcasts that explore important issues and inspiring solutions. Includes the documentary Magical Imperfection: The Life and Architecture of Moriyama
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.