Directory of Educational Institutions Resources

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For sites focusing on the architecture and architectural history of schools, colleges and universities.

Subcategories

• One-Room Schools

Resources in This Category

• 20th Century University Architecture: 1900-1945

  http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/20_univ.html
  Photos and information on American universities built in the period, from the Digital Archive of American Architecture.

• Balliol College Virtual Tour

  http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/balliolcollege/front.htm
  A tour of the oldest college in Oxford, part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford. QuickTime panoramas are accessed via clickable plan.

• Brasenose College, Oxford

  http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/college-buildings-217.html
  The official site provides an illustrated history of the buildings of this Tudor college.

• King's College, Cambridge

  http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/about/history.html
  An illustrated history from the official site of the college founded by Henry VI in 1441, with its magnificent chapel, completed by the Tudors.

• St John's College Virtual Tour

  http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/stjohnscollege/front.htm
  This part of the Virtual Tour of Oxford provides interactive 360° photographs viewable by using a map of the college.

• Trinity College, Cambridge

  http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=289
  A tour of the varied architecture of the college via sensitive bird's eye view, with comments on its history, from the official site. Includes the library designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

• Virtual Tour of Brasenose College

  http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/brasenosecollege/
  Dr Karl Harrison provides QuickTime views of Brasenose, with comments on the buildings, accessed via clickable plan, as part of his Virtual Tour of Oxford.

• William and Mary: Wren Building

  http://www.wm.edu/about/wren/
  An illustrated history of the Sir Christopher Wren Building at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, built 1695-99 and the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States.

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