Overview of building construction
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Art and Architecture encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online
Art and Architecture encyclopedias from Oxford Reference Online
Search or browse across ten subject encyclopedias and dictionaries with over 25,000 entries. References are linked via Get VText.
Emporis Research
Emporis Research
Updated continuously, Emporis 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.
Knovel Online Interactive Library
Knovel Online Interactive Library
Knovel provides a large collection of ebooks on engineering and related subjects. Each chapter is presented as a separate PDF. The entire collection is full-text searchable, and many results include interactive tables. Includes tables of properties for over 13,000 chemical compounds. Limited to simultaneous users.
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