Timeline of Select Projects | Index of Projects
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Angkor: Architecture in Cambodia | 2012 - 2013 | Architecture, Asia | Late Media Center Director Caleb Smith photographed this rich collection of temple architecture from the Khmer Empire in Angkor, present-day Cambodia. |
Architecture of North Korea | Architecture, Asia | This collection of photographs of government-sponsored architecture in Pyongyang, the Demilitarized Zone, and other sites of interest was taken by Columbia Art History student Lorenzo Vigotti. |
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ArchMap | Architecture, Asia, Europe | This architecture mapping database was the predecessor to Art Atlas |
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Arg-e Bam: Before and After | Architecture, Asia | This website presents a collection of photographs, panoramas, and aerial views of The Citadel of Bam (Arg-e Bam), Iran taken in 2003 and 2004, before and after a large earthquake devastated most of the medieval city. |
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Documenting Japan | 2010 - 2011 | Architecture, Asia | During an Artstor-sponsored fieldwork campaign in May 2010, the Media Center documented significant architectural sites in Japan from the 8th to 21st centuries and gained unparalleled access to some of the nation's most famous monuments. |
History of Architecture - Real Virtual, Representing Architectural Time and Space | 1998 - 2005 | Architecture, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America | This History of Architecture Web site is designed to support undergraduate education by focusing on interactive panoramas as a method of expanding the options for classroom presentations of architectural subjects. |
Rock-cut Architecture of India | 2010 - 2012 | Architecture, Asia | This photographic survey features just some of India's more than 1,500 rock cut structures, ancient and medieval buildings that represent amazing achievements of structural engineering and craftmanship. |
South Asia Cultural Heritage Sites | Architecture, Asia | Using a Flash-based map with cultural site, cities, elevation, languages, population, etc. overlays, this site highlights important architectural sites in the India subcontinent. Each site contains floorplans, a description and history of the site, and links to image portfolios and panoramas. |
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Tarim: Community and the Built Environment in Yemen | 2001 - 2007 | Architecture, Asia | Created by the late Media Center director James Conlon, this website primarily contains information and data about the conservation of ornate mud-architecture houses in Tarim, Yemen, along with a collection of original photographs and panoramas. |
Tarim: The Image Database of the Tarim Documentation Project | Architecture, Asia | An image database for the "Tarim: Community and the Built Environment in Yemen" website. |
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The Asian Art Digital Teaching Project | 2004 - 2008 | Architecture, Painting, Asia | This teaching module showcases Media Center projects and image collections relating to Middle, South, and East Asian art and architecture in order to better serve the faculty and students of Columbia University. |