Structures
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Helpful links to information about well known buildings in the United States and around the world.
Great Buildings and Structures: An alphabetical listing from about.com http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-buildings.htm
Links to Famous Buildings Pages http://www.teachnet.ie/roleary/bldngs.htm
Great Buildings Online-Master Building List (famous and not so famous buildings). Links in bold have a photo or graphic of building.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.htmlBuilding Big: includes structures such as dams, bridges and tunnels.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/browse.htmlInfoPlease: Structures and Buildings Scroll down to see short blurbs on structures from ancient times to modern. Mostly European structures. American structures are near the bottom of the page.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001328.htmlFamous Structures Scroll down to see short blurbs on famous structures.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0772716.htmlCities and Buildings Database: Do a search of photographs of famous buildings. Must know the name of a building to do keyword search.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cities/Skyscrapers.com has a link to the 200 tallest sky scrapers with information on each.
http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/bu/sk/
JUST FOR FUN (after you finish your research)
The CAN-struction of Famous Buildings- See some famous ancient buildings reproduced with aluminum cans! http://www.geocities.com/and_pollett/beer9.htm
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Last updated July 28, 2008