{"id":5705,"date":"2021-08-20T08:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T07:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:24:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:24:36","slug":"architects-journal-buildings-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/architects-journal-buildings-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource in Focus: Architects Journal Buildings Database"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5707\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA51125401740002411\">AJ Buildings Library<\/a> is a digital database that showcases more than 1,900 exemplar projects, most from the last 20 years but including major projects back to 1900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a core resource for the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br><\/strong>You can search for projects by age, cost, architect, building type, footprint, location, and a combination of these.<strong><br><br><\/strong>We like it as each project featured includes full project data (more than 20 items of information) and comprehensive architectural photographs and drawings (plans, elevation, section) \u2013 all provided at high resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 3 minute video covers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>How to set up an account on the AJ website so that you can access Buildings<\/li><li>How to access and log in<\/li><li>How to search<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Architecture, Planning and Landscape  AJ Buildings Library\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-AUQSIahmU?list=PLLYZKWYhjaTkoLU5M68YbLI9PRGk8ndte\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To access for free you will need to set up an account first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quick instructions (or watch the video above)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Access <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/<\/a> and click on the Log in\/Register.<\/li><li>Then click on the Register New Account button, and you should see a form to complete your details and choose a password.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/09\/image.png 420w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/09\/image-300x264.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You should receive an email indicating you have registered.<\/li><li>Then access&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk<\/a><\/li><li>Click Sign in and use the details from the AJ to access AJ Buildings Library.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1001\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/02\/AJ-buildings-library.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/02\/AJ-buildings-library.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/02\/AJ-buildings-library-300x47.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2018\/02\/AJ-buildings-library-768x120.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AJ Buildings Library is a digital database that showcases more than 1,900 exemplar projects, most from the last 20 years but including major projects back to 1900. This is a core resource for the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. You can search for projects by age, cost, architect, building type, footprint, location, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/architects-journal-buildings-database\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Resource in Focus: Architects Journal Buildings Database&#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":[223],"tags":[142,100],"class_list":["post-5705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-socsci","tag-architecture-2","tag-planning-and-landscape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705","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=5705"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6781,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5705\/revisions\/6781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}