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Image Resources, Architecture Library

Image resources related to the study of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, or historic preservation.

How to Donate Images

The Architecture Library welcomes donations of digital images. As part of the Architecture Images Collection in the Digital Media Repository your images will be available for use in lectures and projects by CAP faculty and students, the larger BSU community, and beyond.

How to Submit Images

  1. Save images to a flash drive or CD labeled with your name and email address. Contact the Building Material Samples Curator for file sharing alternatives.
  2. Provide basic information about the images or groups of images. This may include designer name if known, location, and building, site or place name.
  3. Complete a gift authorization form. You may continue to use and publish your images for your own purposes. Any of your images added to the collection will credit you as the photographer.

Please note that while all donations will be accepted it may not be possible to include all of them in the Architecture Images Collection.

If you have any questions about donating images please contact the Building Material Samples Curator, 765-285-5865.

Recommendations for Picture Quality

The best digital images for projection in the classroom and other projects are:

  • High resolution
  • A minimum of 3.0 megapixels
  • 24 bit color minimum
  • TIFF images of 600 dpi or greater
  • JPG images of 1024 x 768 pixels

If your camera is set to "high" picture quality this should be sufficient. Contact Bradley Johnston, Building Material Samples Curator, if you have questions about the picture quality of your images.

Image Subjects

Some of the types of images that would make good additions to the Architecture Images Collection:

  • Newer architecture (interiors and exteriors), landscape architecture, or urban design projects built in the last 15 years.
  • Vernacular architecture (interiors, exteriors and grounds).
  • Street scenes, city markets and bazaars, plazas and other public spaces.
  • Recent restorations.
  • Works by famous designers.
  • Pictures with few people in them. Some figures can provide scale; too many figures obscure details.
  • Images without a date stamp are preferred.