{"id":2910,"date":"2019-11-22T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T10:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2021-09-02T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:23:59","slug":"building-types-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/building-types-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource in Focus: Building Types Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/11\/BTO-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1096\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After positive feedback from a trial in 2018 we are delighted to announce we now have access to this database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This platform is based on Birkh\u00e4user\u2019s  architecture books, a selection of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/staticfiles\/content\/dbsup\/BDT_04_Birkhauser_Authors_and_Publications.pdf\">Birkh\u00e4user manuals<\/a> and additional analysis Annual updates which add new building types and more contemporary international case studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This resources features :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Over 6000 high quality architectural drawings\/ building plans. These are mostly vector-based, drawn to scale and available for download.<\/li><li>2500 photos of building types<\/li><li>1200 case studies<\/li><li>Over 900 international projects<\/li><li>160 thematic articles providing background information on specific aspects of individual building types e.g. lighting, acoustics, urban considerations, access types or planning processes. <\/li><li>Types of buildings include: housing, schools, libraries, office buildings, sacred buildings, hospitals, museums, industrial complexes, infrastructure, transport and other building types.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes it an excellent choice for both teaching, research and understanding the practice of architectural design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search\noptions include :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Full Text<\/li><li>Architect<\/li><li>Building Types<\/li><li>Decade<\/li><li>Height<\/li><li>Country<\/li><li>Author<\/li><li>Urban Context<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\nalso browse by grant systematic access to all content according to Building\nType, Urban Context and Morphological Type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is\nan important resource for anyone studying building typology or writing\narchitectural design assignments. In nutshell a fantastic online resource\ncovering building types in the last 30 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/staticfiles\/content\/dbsup\/BDT_00_Search_Help.pdf\">Sea<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/staticfiles\/content\/dbsup\/BDT_00_Search_Help.pdf\">rch Help document from the resources<\/a>&nbsp;explains\nthe database\u2019s functions in detail. An overview of the terminology used in the\nbuilding analysis and the Search and Browse options is available as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To access\nthe database, click on the link via <a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/primo-explore\/fulldisplay?docid=NCL_ALMA51136211300002411&amp;context=L&amp;vid=NEWUI&amp;search_scope=NotPC&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;lang=en_US\">Library Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After positive feedback from a trial in 2018 we are delighted to announce we now have access to this database. This platform is based on Birkh\u00e4user\u2019s architecture books, a selection of&nbsp;Birkh\u00e4user manuals and additional analysis Annual updates which add new building types and more contemporary international case studies. This resources features : Over 6000 high &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/building-types-online\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource in Focus: Building Types Online&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4850,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,97,120],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-databases","category-resources","category-the-library","tag-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/7039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}