Drafting/Architecture General
Article - Citrus High students in Howard Lindsey's class work on real problems when learning
their techniques. http://www.sptimes.com/2004/01/08/Citrus/Drafting_class_draws_.shtml
Technology Student Web covers EVERY TOPIC IMAGINABLE!
http://www.technologystudent.com/
Design Handbook Online Covers Many Topics
http://pergatory.mit.edu/2.007/Resources/drawings/index.html
Architectural Drafting Fundamentals
http://academics.triton.edu/faculty/jhalpin/ARC109/lectue_week_two.html
One of the Better Design Sites (comprehensive – covers numerous topics) – Look at menu on left
http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/school/courseware/design/index.html
Full Text Books Online at Questia – type “Architecture” in the Search field and use excerpts for
lessons
http://www.questia.com/SM.qst
PreK – 12 Engineering Lessons
http://www.prek-12engineering.org/
K-12 Engineering Curriculum Materials from CIESE
http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html
Architecture Sites Portal
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/archweb_noframes.html
The CAD Primer Online (downloadable)
http://www.caddprimer.com/CAD_Symbols_symbol_library/CAD_symbol_symbols_library.htm
Drawing Floor Plans – Basics
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/try_this_floorplan.htm
Floor Plan How To
http://www.rentaldecorating.com/Floorplan.htm
What is a floor plan with examples
http://www.math-kitecture.com/what.htm
Home Design Guide at the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/space_roomplans.shtml
Top Elevation and Floor Plans from the Math Lab
http://www.themathlab.com/geometry/section10b/elevations/floorplan.htm
Design and Technology Tutorials from the BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/
Comic Lettering (just for fun or practice)
http://www.balloontales.com/articles/tutorial/part5.html
Universal Design Homes with Checklist and Floor Plans
http://www.k-state.edu/humec/atid/UDF/ud_checklist.htm
Be an Architect Lessons at Sanford
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/PLAY/arch1/arch_teacher.html
Entire Set of Lessons from a Mechanical Drawing Class
http://www.punahou.edu/acad/sanders/mechdr/hw.html
Worksheets Rotational Symmetry and Angles and other topics
http://www.funmaths.com/worksheets/math_geometry_02.htm
Orthographic/Isometric/Axonometric Drawing
Samples and Instruction
http://www.cdli.ca/depted/g7/ortho.htm
Overview and description (images)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic
Drawing Lab Using Geometer’s Sketchpad (it’s installed on the network)
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/ci336kt/garrison/orthinst.html
Introduction and Projection (sample images)
http://www.designinfo.com/RefLibrary/CDS/project.htm
HS Site with great images and an animation for clarification
http://www.deyes.sefton.sch.uk/technology/Keystage4/orthographic_drawing.htm
Drawing Techniques (oblique, isometric, single point, etc.)
http://www.btinternet.com/~hognosesam/gcse/page5.html
Design and Technology Drawing Techniques
http://www.design-technology.info/page31.htm
Worksheets for Orthographic Projection
http://www.funmaths.com/worksheets/math_geometry_02.htm
Working Drawings from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/drawingformalrev5.shtml
Orthographic from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/design/graphics/drawingformalrev5.shtml
Interactive Isometric Drawing Tool Online
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=125
Brief Slideshow of Isometric Drawing of a Structure (step by step)
http://online.sfsu.edu/~janets/isometri.htm
Oblique and Isometric Drawing (grids, samples) at Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum98/participants/sanders/Oblique.html
The Principles of Artistic Illusion
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/3d/illus1.htm
Axonometric Drawing at a Very Comprehensive Website for Design
http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/school/courseware/graphics/Axonometric.html
The 30/60 Triangle
The 30/60 Triangle in Trigonometry
http://www.themathpage.com/aTrig/30-60-90-triangle.htm
Right Triangle
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RightTriangle.html
Force Vectors
High School Physics Tutorial on Force Vectors
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/vectors/u3l3b.html
Force Vector and Simple Machines
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Newtonian/Newtonian_164.htm
Net Force/Vector Forces Applet
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/kap4/cd082.htm
Gears, Gear Design
How Stuff Works – Gears
http://www.howstuffworks.com/gear.htm
Gear Ratios
http://www.howstuffworks.com/gears.htm
Detailed Parts of a Gear with Drawings
http://www.efunda.com/DesignStandards/gears/gears_introduction.cfm
Drives and Gears on Bikes with VIDEO interview about gear ratios
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/gears1.html
The Science of Gears
http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/Time/Escapements/gearint.html
Gear Animations
http://www.drgears.com/gearanims.htm
Making Lego Gears
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~elec201/Book/legos.html#SECTION001420000000000000000
Animation of Involute Gear
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/gear8.htm
Gear Types
http://www.gears-manufacturers.com/gear-types.html
Architectural Symbols
Architectural Symbol Portal
http://www.caddprimer.com/CAD_Symbols_symbol_library/CAD_symbol_symbols_library.htm
Parallel and Radial Line Development
Pipe Template Using Parallel Line Development
http://weldinginspectionsvcs.com/pipetemplatesample.htm
Round Pipes – Parallel Line Development
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parsons/MVP6690/Essay2/round.html
Parallel Lines at Annenberg
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session4/part_b/reasoning.html
Parallel Lines Tutorial at the Engineering page
http://www.tpub.com/engbas/4.htm
Constructing a Parallel Line
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/construct-ruler-triangle.html
Pipe Template Using Parallel Line Development
http://weldinginspectionsvcs.com/pipetemplatesample.htm
Round Pipes – Parallel Line Development
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parsons/MVP6690/Essay2/round.html
Parallel Lines at Annenberg
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session4/part_b/reasoning.html
Parallel Lines Tutorial at the Engineering page
http://www.tpub.com/engbas/4.htm
Constructing a Parallel Line
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/construct-ruler-triangle.html
Radial Line Development
http://www.gizmology.net/development.htm
Radial Line
http://www.tpub.com/content/construction/14251/css/14251_62.htm
Radial Line Taper with Pitch
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parsons/MVP6690/Essay2/pitch.html
Radial Development Tutorial at Sheet Metal World
http://search.sheetmetalworld.com/news/articles/199.cfm
Tolerances & Geometric Dimensioning
Charts
http://www.engineersedge.com/tolerance_chart.htm
Tolerances Overview at Answers
http://www.answers.com/topic/tolerance-engineering
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance
http://www.efunda.com/designstandards/gdt/introduction.cfm
GD and Tolerance with Tolerance Calculators
http://www.engineersedge.com/What_Is_GD&T.htm
Truss and Truss Bridges
Truss Bridge Basics
http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/basics/truss.shtm
Virtual Lab (Interactive) Truss Builder With Overview
http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/bridge/truss.htm
Truss Bridge Comprehensive Site from University of Florida
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/activities/trusslab/trussndx.html
Truss Bridge History (text heavy)
http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/machines/bridges.htm
Truss Bridge Gallery
http://www.richmangalleries.com/truss_bridges.htm
Popsicle Truss Bridge at Engineer’s Week
http://www.eweek.org/site/DiscoverE/popsicle.shtml
Bridge Basics Comprehensive Overview/Comparison of Types of Bridges
http://pghbridges.com/basics.htm
Multimedia
At UNITED STREAMING: Assignment Discovery/ The Parthenon Design and Architecture
Digital Archive of American Architecture
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/contents.html
Sightseer’s Guide to Engineering
http://www.engineeringsights.org/
Art and Architecture Interviews and Lectures (audio for some) at WGHB
http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?category=Art+and+Architecture
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America from Library of congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/
Building a Rainbow Bridge at NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/
40 Centuries of Architecture
http://www.thais.it/architettura/default_uk.htm
Skyscrapers Page
http://www.iit.edu/~boonchu1/skyscraper.html
ArchKIDtecture Fun Site
http://www.archkidecture.org/
National Building Museum – Online Exhibits
http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/online/m_online_exhibits.html
Design a 3D House with Frank Lloyd Wright
http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html
Superbridge at NOVA
Wright on the Web – A Virtual Look at His Works
http://www.delmars.com/wright/flwright.htm
Tall Building Exhibit from MOMA
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings/index_f.html
Great Buildings Online
http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc.html
Drawing in One Point Perspective Interactive/Animated
http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum Exhibits
http://ndm.si.edu/
Fall of the Leaning Tower at NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/
Powers of Ten Eames Online - interactive exploration of the human relationship to scale
http://www.powersof10.com/
Bridges, Tunnels Skyscrapers at PBS – many links
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Architectural Photographs at American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/blmain.html
How Bridges Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/bridge.htm
Other Fun Sites
Incredible site offering architecture and design “vignettes” – a beautiful, informative but brief
glimpse at wonders of architecture and design
http://www.loggia.com/vignette/
The leaning Tower of Pisa at Nova – panoramas, methods of saving the building, etc.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pisa/
The resources for the Frank Lloyd Wright film by Ken Burns are still available at PBS
http://www.pbs.org/flw/
Pyramids: The Inside Story – NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
The Unprivate House at MOMA – Curtain Wall House/Glass House – it’s all here…(VR)
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/un-privatehouse/
Vitruvio - Master architects info
http://www.vitruvio.ch/
Art and Culture Site
http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/home
Eames Design Site (Lib of Cong)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/eames/
Great Buildings Site
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Architecture Café – Franch site – you can choose your language
http://www.architecturecafe.com/home.asp
ArchInform – Architectural Database
http://www.archinform.net/index.htm?ID=bcd26d3e0c1376fbb1911c7dfa0e6d9c
Death by Architecture competitions list
http://www.deathbyarch.com/
Architectural glossary
http://www.masshomes.com/michaeldurkin/glossary.html#top
Distinguished Women in Architecture
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/architec.html
The National Building Museum had a wonderful online exhibit entitle “Building America”
http://www.nbm.org/home.html
Architecture Virtual Library
http://www.clr.toronto.edu:1080/VIRTUALLIB/arch.html
NOVA special on the arch bridge (somewhat interactive)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/meetarch.html
Skyscrapers galore!
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/skyscraper/
http://www.skyscrapers.com/english/index.html
National Gallery East Building Virtual Tour (also tours of art exhibits) - VR
http://www.nga.gov/collection/ebwel.htm
Another VR site
http://www.sribascad.com/QTVRindex.html
Virtual tours of the Louvre (go to architectural views)
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
US Capitol Virtual Tour (VR)
http://www.senate.gov/vtour/
Washington National Cathedral (VR)
http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/discover/highaltar.shtml
The architecture of the Fricke
http://www.frick.org/html/vtmnf.htm
Grace Cathedral VR
http://www.gracecathedral.org/church/tour/tour_1.shtml
VR Pyramid Tour
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html
Triumph of the Baroque (NGA) online exhibit
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2000/baroque/intro1.htm
100 Years of Design offers images & historical info on everything from cars to toasters
http://idsa.org/whatis/100yr/100yearsofdesign_f.htm
Design Addict offers a wide variety as well.
http://www.designaddict.com/exhibitions/modernism/index.html