Contains contact details, e.g. links to
Web sites of current members of the Art Workers Guild in
London, listed by specialism, e.g. architect, archivist,
art historian, blacksmith, bookbinder, calligrapher, cartoonist,
decorative artist, design historian, filmmaker, furniture
designer, glass artist, graphic designer, illustrator, interior
designer, jewellery designer, landscape architect, medalist,
mural artist, painter, potter, quiltmaker, sculptor, stained
glass artist, television designer, typographer, weaver and
wood engraver.
Cinema Treasures was launched in 2000 by
filmmaker and technologist Patrick Crowley, and film historian
Ross Melnick. The site is dedicated to the preservation
of movie houses worldwide and currently [2010] contains
details of nearly 28,6000 cinemas, (e.g. 22,197 in the USA,
3,108 in the UK, 803 in Canada, etc.), with nearly 1,600
photographs. The site can be searched by architect, chain,
firm, and location. Whilst the site does not contain biographical
information on the architects it is useful for tracing buildings
they designed.
An
extraordinarily well researched resource on thousands of
architects and architectural practices active in Scotland
between 1840-1980, with details of many of their projects
and bibliographic references. For the background history
of this invaluable database see: http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/background.php.
Compiled by Gary Nisbet. Contains over
120 profiles of architects, architectural firms, builders
and foundries active in Glasgow, Scotland since the 18th
century with photographs of their work.
Compiled
by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Contains profiles
of the current Royal Academicians (RAs), an elected body
of painters, engravers, printmakers, sculptors and architects.
Compiled
by John Allen. Contains brief biographies of architects
of the c.400 Anglican parish churches in the English county
of Sussex, together with information on artists who worked
on the decoration of the buildings. The database can be
searched by the name of the architect/artist, name of the
church, and location.
