http://www.lib.vt.edu/subject-guides/BC/drawings-case-studies.html en Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:30 -0400 tomlin@vt.edu tomlin@vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/art-arch-drawings-database.html <div style=" float: left; width: 200px;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/A/S_aadd.jpg" alt="Art + Architecture Drawings Database" height="85px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/aadd/search.php" title="Art + Architecture Drawings Database" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/aadd/search.php')" shape="rect">Art + Architecture Drawings Database</a> </span></h2><p>Contains over 400 architecture plan sets held in the <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/artarch/index.html">Art + Architecture Library</a> at Virginia Tech. The collection concentrates on American architecture of the late 20th century and includes plan sets specific to the Virginia Tech campus and Blacksburg. </p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/art-arch-drawings-database.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/A/art-arch-drawings-database.html Catalogs (about publications) Virginia Tech Freely accessible databases Restricted to Virginia Tech users http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/emporis-research.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/E/S_emporis.jpg" alt="Emporis" height="160px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://research.emporis.com/" title="Emporis Research" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://research.emporis.com/')" shape="rect">Emporis Research</a> </span></h2><p>Updated continuously, <i>Emporis</i> provides data on architecture, construction, and real estate developments from all over the world. Search by company (consultancies, contractors, design firms, engineering firms, suppliers), building type, style, construction time frame (complete, under construction, approved, proposed, demolished, visionary, on hold), exact location and address, total height, structural height, number of floors and cubical space, date of construction project, structural system, materials, etc. Contains roughly 300,000 photos of buildings. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000210"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/emporis-research.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/E/emporis-research.html Reports, standards, and financials Restricted to Virginia Tech users http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/U/uli-development-case-studies.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/U/S_uli.jpg" alt="Urban Land Institute" height="190px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="This resource is freely accessible" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_free-database.gif" title="This resource is freely accessible" width="20" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://casestudies.uli.org/" title="ULI Development Case Studies" target="_blank" class="vt_link_blank, vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://casestudies.uli.org/')" shape="rect">ULI Development Case Studies</a> </span></h2><p><i>ULI Development Case Studies</i> provides full-text case studies describing the development process of building projects (in HTML). Studies include general descriptions, contact information for the development team, the building site's background and history, special features of the project, what did and did not work on the project, key facts and figures, and photos of the site or floor plans. 1981-present. Limited to <span class="majax-erm-concurrentusers" title="e1000887"> </span> simultaneous user. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000887"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/U/uli-development-case-studies.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/U/uli-development-case-studies.html Reports, standards, and financials Reviews and critiques Freely accessible databases Restricted to Virginia Tech users http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/D/digital-sanborn-maps-1867-1970-from-umi.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/S/S_sanborn.jpg" alt="Sanborn Digital Maps" height="141px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://sanborn.umi.com/" title="Digital Sanborn Maps - 1867-1970 from UMI" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://sanborn.umi.com/')" shape="rect">Digital Sanborn Maps - 1867-1970 from UMI</a> </span></h2><p>Large-scale maps of towns and cities in Virginia and Washington, D.C., useful to urban specialists, social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians, planners, and environmentalists. Data contained includes the outline of each building; size, shape, and construction materials; functions of structures; locations of windows and doors; street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, and house and block numbers. Displays images in the browser using a plugin for zooming and scrolling. <span class="majax-erm-advisory" title="e1000274"> </span></p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/D/digital-sanborn-maps-1867-1970-from-umi.html">Full record</a></p> Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:42:13 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/D/digital-sanborn-maps-1867-1970-from-umi.html Multimedia Restricted to Virginia Tech users