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You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: that is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful. That is Architecture. Art enters in…" Le Corbusier, Vers une architecture, 1923


Are you interested in architecture? Do you think it is important to impart knowledge about architecture? Then we would like to invite you to help us in this project.

This project develops ideas about how we might organise data in articles about architecture. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the guidelines below may be helpful. First and foremost, we simply invite you to write articles.

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WikiProject Architecture Bulletin  
Announcements - please add your Project announcements  


Featured article and Featured list candidates - edit list
Nominate articles here.


Featured picture candidates - edit list

Current Featured image candidates:

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Articles at Peer Review - edit list
Japanese architecture
William Burges
New article announcements - add new architecture article to list


New participants (add me)
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[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims to:

  1. Thoroughly explore Architecture, buildings, construction globally and historically.
  2. Improve Architecture, buildings, construction related articles.
  3. Provide a place to discuss common issues on Architecture, buildings, construction related pages.
  4. Organise, discuss and categorise Category:Architecture
  5. Ensure all pages meet the standards of Wikipedia:Cite sources. Non-referenced articles seem unprofessional. See also WikiProject Fact and Reference Check.
  6. Develop standards and templates for Architecture, buildings, construction related articles.
  7. Manage editing of the Architecture WikiPortal


[edit] How to contribute

[edit] Improve the bird's eye view

The entire subject and Wikipedia's coverage of it is intended to be summarized in the Outline of architecture. It in turn is part of Wikipedia's outline system which is one of Wikipedia's main contents systems.

Please look it over and fill-in missing topics. If Wikipedia has an article or article section about those topics, please add links to them.

While analyzing the outline, please answer the following questions (and fix the outline as needed):

  1. What's missing?
  2. Is the structure of the outline (sections and indents) representative of the subject?
  3. Does the outline help understand the relationships between the topics presented in the best way possible?

The overall purpose of the outline is to help readers comprehend the subject by showing what belongs to it, and within the subject what belongs to what.

The outline is a taxonomy of the subject, and also serves as a table of contents and navigation aid to browse Wikipedia's articles (and article sections) about the subject.

It is also a useful tool for the WikiProject to analyze, plan, develop, and revise architecture-related material. It is a hub from which to organize related topics.

It was built as a "reverse outline", a structural model of an existing work, which in addition to being a summary of the work, can reveal the gaps and other weaknesses for revision purposes.

Please help improve it.

It's our bird's eye view.

Thank you.

[edit] Improve articles

[edit] Expand articles

[edit] Create new articles

[edit] Communicate


[edit] Help for authors

[edit] Create new articles

[edit] Using starter templates

The starter templates listed below can assist you by setting up standard headings and infoboxes in your article. To use them follow this procedure:

  1. Create a blank article having first considered the information above concerning naming conventions and relevance.
  2. Copy the following text and paste it into the blank article:
    1. {{Architect}} for articles about architects
    2. {{Modern building}} for articles about buildings begun on or after 1900
    3. {{Historic building}} for articles about buildings begun before 1900
  3. Save the article
  4. Edit the article again, and add the text for your article under the headings that are created.

[edit] Infoboxes

The starter templates above are embedded with the following infoboxes than can be inserted separately into an article - this is not compulsory - often architecture articles are better first illustrated by other means:

[edit] Templates to organise a series of articles

Use these series box templates for articles about:

  • {{Archhistory}} Architectural history
  • {{Modernarch}} Modern architecture use
  • {{Postmodernism}} Postmodern architecture
  • For writing an article about architects and important topics in architecture, notable buildings and structures or anything else related to this WikiProject. For more information, see Article assessment below. Put this Template at the top of the article's talk page {{WikiProject Architecture}} which will display the following:


WikiProject Architecture  
WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of WikiProject Architecture, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Architecture on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
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[edit] Expand stub articles

If your article is a stub, please add one of the following stub templates to the bottom of the article.

[edit] Selecting the right category

Main topics are listed in Category:Architecture. Please place your article in the appropriate sub-category, not in the main architecture category, to reduce clutter

[edit] Useful resources

External picture, drawing and media resources can be found here: here.


[edit] WikiProject Tasks

[edit] Develop overview and navigation pages

[edit] Architecture Peer Review

WikiProject Architecture has its own peer review process for articles:

Japanese architecture
William Burges

[edit] Featured Article and Featured List Candidates

Submit or comment on articles and lists under consideration for Wikipedia:Featured article candidates and Wikipedia:Featured list candidates.
Current Featured article and Featured list nominations :

Nominate articles here.


[edit] Featured Image Candidates

Submit or comment on articles under consideration for Wikipedia:Featured image candidates.
Current Featured Image nominations :Current Featured image candidates:

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[edit] Monitor articles for deletion

It is important to monitor and add your feedback to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Architecture. This is a special page for incomplete articles about Architecture, buildings, construction, city planning and public space articles that may be removed, which needs to be maintained, updated.

[edit] Pages needing attention

Refer to: Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Architecture Categories and articles for cleanup, expansion needed, expert attention, Wikification, neutrality in question and articles to be merged or split

Top-level articles that fail to provide an adequate overview of the subject. Most of these are hopelessly incomplete and / or unbalanced, and fail to provide even a competent guide to coverage of the subject elsewhere in Wikipedia. Wide-ranging expert knowledge and some research would be needed to get these to a decent standard.

Structural elements articles, relatively easy to put right and very much in need of attention:

[edit] Article assessment

WikiProject: Assessment Department - Instructions and FAQ

See also: {{Template:Architecture}}, above.

[edit] New articles

This tool finds redlinks in the pages of a category, or of a single page, and sorts them according to number of occurrences: Missing topics
Most reqested architecture articles as of 03-12-2009 (nr. of links): Architecture of Kazakhstan (25), Architecture of Abkhazia (25), Architecture of Adjara (24), Architecture of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (24), Architecture of South Ossetia (22), Architecture of Northern Cyprus (22), Architecture of the United Arab Emirates (17), Architecture of Afghanistan (17), Architecture of Laos (17), Architecture of East Timor (17), Architecture of Iraq (17)...

Please feel free to add new architecture related articles to the list (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles, or articles with more than 1,500 characters of editing, that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box of the Main Page.

New article announcements:



[edit] Members

We welcome new members for WikiProject Architecture. Please put your name on the list here.

[edit] WikiProject User Boxes

Here are some templates for your use:

Code Result Usage
{{User WP Architecture}}
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WikiProject Architecture
WikiProject Architecture userbox
{{User:Evan C/Userboxes/User Architecture}}
Corinthian capital.png This user works in and/or appreciates Architecture
Userbox for those interested in architecture
{{User:Feureau/Userboxes/User Loves Architecture}}
Corinthian capital.png This user does not work in but appreciates Architecture.
Userbox for those who do not work in the field of architecture but have a love for the subject.
{{User architect}}
Salisbury Cathedral Detail Arches.jpg This user is an Architect.
Userbox for architects
{{User:Jeff dean/Userboxes/History}} Userbox for architectural historians
{{User:Jeff dean/Userboxes/Photog}} Userbox for architectural photographers



[edit] Featured content

Current Featured articles:

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Architects: Matthew Brettingham, William Bruce, John Douglas, Charles Holden, El Lissitzky, Benjamin Mountfort, I. M. Pei, Francis Petre, Albert Speer, Rudolf Wolters. Buildings: 7 World Trade Center, Angkor Wat, Baden-Powell House, Belton House, Borobudur, BP Pedestrian Bridge, Bramall Hall, Buckingham Palace, Buildings and architecture of Bristol, Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford, Buildings of Nuffield College, Oxford, Building of the World Trade Center, Catherine de' Medici's building projects, Chicago Board of Trade Building, Heian Palace, Holkham Hall, IG Farben Building, House with Chimaeras, Hoysala architecture, City of Manchester Stadium, Mosque, Michigan State Capitol, New Orleans Mint, Oregon State Capitol, Oriel College, Oxford, Palazzo Pitti, Palladian architecture, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Point Park Civic Center, Round Church, Preslav, Sanssouci, Scottish Parliament building, Shotgun house, Sicilian Baroque, St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, St Nicholas, Blakeney, Templon, Vkhutemas, West Wycombe Park
Featured lists
Chicago Landmarks, National Treasures of Japan (castles), National Treasures of Japan (shrines), Pritzker Prize, New churches by John Douglas, Church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas, Houses and associated buildings by John Douglas, Non-ecclesiastical and non-residential works by John Douglas, Works by Charles Holden, Grade I listed buildings in: Bath and North East Somerset, Mendip, North Somerset, Sedgemoor, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, West Somerset, List of tallest buildings in: Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Dubai, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Providence, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Tulsa, Vancouver, Listed buildings in: Runcorn (urban area), Runcorn (rural area), Widnes

[edit] Good articles

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Architects: William Adam, Antoni Gaudí, Zvi Hecker, Timothy L. Pflueger, Antonin Raymond, Kenzo Tange. Buildings: 108 North State Street, 5th Avenue Theatre, Akhtala monastery, Akshardham Temple, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Algonquin Hotel, Andriyivskyy Descent, AT&T Corporate Center, Ballard Carnegie Library, Baths of Zeuxippus, Beaumont House, Benjaminville Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground, Blackstone Library, The Casbah Coffee Club, Central Troy Historic District, Chana School, Chester Cathedral, Chester Rows, Chicago Spire, Chicago Theatre, Chrysler Building, Churche's Mansion, Clinton Presidential Center, Crown Fountain, Dolphinarium, Dunstaffnage Castle, Eaton Hall, Cheshire, Édifice Price, Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, Elgin Cathedral, Ellwood House, The Exchange, Bristol, Forbidden City, Fort Greble, Fort Pasir Panjang, Golubac fortress, Great Mosque of Gaza, Haapsalu Castle, Halton Castle, Harold Washington Cultural Center, Heller House, Historic Michigan Boulevard District, Hull House, Hurva Synagogue, Imbrex and tegula, Imperial War Museum North, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos, Joffrey Tower, Joseph F. Glidden House, Kaunas Fortress, Liverpool Town Hall, Louvre, Manila Hotel, Marquette Building (Chicago), Mezhyhirskyi Monastery, Millennium Stadium, National Gallery, London, National Police Memorial, New Bedford Historic District, Old Louisville, Old St Paul's Cathedral, One Bayfront Plaza, Onion dome, Oregon Public Library, Pavillon de Flore, Peckforton Castle, Presidio of Santa Barbara, Queen's Pier, Rancho Camulos, Robot Building, Rock N Roll McDonald's, Roman Baths (Bath), Rookery Building, Roslin Castle, Santa Maria de Ovila, Senate House (University of London), Shamrock Hotel, Singapore Changi Airport, Smederevo Fortress, Sycamore Historic District, St Mary's Church, Acton, St Mary's Church, Nantwich, St Mary's Church, Nether Alderley, St. La Salle Hall, St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford, Sunol Water Temple, Taipei 101, Taj Mahal, TCF Bank Stadium, University Mall (Little Rock, Arkansas), University of Illinois Observatory, University of Virginia, Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester, Valley of the Kings, Via della Conciliazione, Victoria Rooms (Bristol), Vilnius Castle Complex, Waller Hall, Walls of Constantinople, Walls of Dubrovnik, Wales Millennium Centre, World Trade Center, Zhenguo Temple. Cities, countries and regions: Architecture of Denmark, Architecture of Houston, Architecture of Leeds, Architecture of Madagascar, Architecture of Norway, Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England, Buildings and architecture of Bath, Grade I listed buildings in Somerset

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