The database Building Types Online is a resource for the study and practice of architectural design. It is based on Birkhäuser’s high international standing in professional architecture books, on the knowledge of the authors and editors who are leading experts in their fields, as well as on the technical quality of the illustrations. The database offers exclusive and unparalleled, highly flexible and detailed search and browse access to the contents of the Birkhäuser program on building types. All content was written and selected by internationally renowned authors in architectural design.

View six free sample projects and articles here:

• Swiss Cottage SEN School, London
• Housing Complex, Tokiostrasse, Wien
• National Library of China, Peking
• Fondation Beyeler, Basel
• Akershus University Hospital, Oslo
• Acoustics in Sacred Buildings

Your benefits:

• Large international collection of contemporary buildings, from housing and offices to museums, schools and other building types
• Focus on floor plans and other architectural drawings in unrivalled quality. A large part of the drawings are vector-based

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Testimonials:

“Building Types Online offers easy-to-access digitized content and very thorough documentation of the buildings and projects that it does include.”
– Barbara Opar, Librarian for Architecture, Syracuse University, NY, in Art Libraries Journal, 1/2021

“[…] the careful selection by leading experts and their categorization of projects, together with the intuitive navigation and ease of downloading drawings will quickly transform this database into a first stop search for information about recent buildings.”
– Janine Henri, Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian University of California, in ARLIS/NA, 6/2016

“Because the drawings are downloadable in PDF format, it is possible to convert them into vector format drawing files such as DWG or AI to make them available for the production of analytical diagrams, 3-D modeling, and other activities particularly applicable to architecture students.“
– Terrance Goode, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Syracuse University, NY in Journal of Architectural Education – JAE, Fall 2017

“Most of the plans are vector-based and can be downloaded as PDFs, a dream come true for any floor plan-hungry architect. … The highlight, however, are the filters according to use, location or building shape. For example, you can search only for centrally located block-edge apartment buildings.”
– Andres Herzog, in Hochparterre, 13 May 2016