ArchINFORM

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'''archINFORM''' is an online database for international architecture, originally emerging from records of interesting building projects from architecture students from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

The self-described "largest online-database about worldwide architects and buildings" contains plans and images of buildings both built and potential and forms a record of the architecture of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=archINFORM {{!}} (re)search tips |url=https://onderzoektips.ugent.be/en/tips/00001725/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Ghent University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ArchINFORM. International Architecture Database {{!}} Sistema Bibliotecario di Ateneo |url=https://biblioteche.unicam.it/banche-dati/archinform-international-architecture-database |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=University of Camerino |language=it}}</ref> The database uses a search engine, which allows a particular project to be found by listing architect, location or key word.<ref>[http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1409.html Royal Institute of British Architects]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109122923/http://www.architecture.com/go/Architecture/Reference/Links_1409.html |date=November 9, 2006 }}.</ref> It has been described by the librarian of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as "one of the most useful reference tools concerning architecture available on the internet."<ref>[http://www.archinform.net/info/comment.htm Barata, Ana. 2002. Librarian of the Biblioteca de Arte, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon].</ref>

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