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99 slides of Bauhaus designed and Bauhaus inspired architecture and a yurt and R. Buckminster Fuller. Can be downloaded.

Architectural drawings of Russians Brodsky and Utkin along with brief article.

Exhibits of plans, sketches, models, installations, etc. regarding Russian architecture.

Hard to find good images of the architectural work of Russian artists, Brodsky and Utkin.  A flickr set.

Searchable library of images from the Appalachia region. Architecture, pottery, photography, craft, etc.

Browse all Arts Titles is located on the very bottom of the page. This site also has tons of Appalachian music to download in MP3 format.

Photographs of abandoned cities, architecture, amusement parks, etc.

A blog devoted to extensive research into Mid-Century Modern design including architecture, interiors, products, film, TV, fashion, etc. Lots of quality images.

The city is a fantastic source of beauty and inspiration, with all the glitz and glamour glistening beneath the city lights. But there is another side of the city altogether, one rife with its own kind of allure. Across the tracks, away from the dazzle of downtown, lies a darker imagination, this one looking to grunge-ridden, dilapidated architecture for inspiration. There is a beauty that pervades this kind of urban decay and captured wonderfully through a photographer's well-trained eye. These industrial city scenes are wonderfully dark and offer a glimpse of the weathered face beneath the city facade.

Pool of photos of interiors and assorted architectural images of Mid-Century Design.

There is a downloadable PDF biography of the artists here as well as several images of their work including sculptures and prints. The images are not great. Most of their work is highly detailed and intricate - difficult to convey over the internet.

A slideshow, in chronological order, showing Khan's growth as an architect and his concentration on the relationship between people and the buildings they live/work in.

I wonder if he's looked at a lot of Hogarth? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Lane I like the way the architecture is so oppressive in his work - almost like a cemetery. Do you know if he works from models? I'm asking because there is a strong sense of posing in the fight scenes - which turns them into more of an aesthetic experience as opposed to a visceral experience.

The largest investment and construction in Russia, of these days, are exhibition halls with residential skyscraper, Expocenter, located in a centre of the Moscow, designed by Zaha Hadid. The main aim of the horizontal space is to house the exposition and conference halls. In the ground-floor author created open, but cover place for outdoor exhibition.

Black and white photographs by Saiga Yui of the abandoned island of Gunkanjima - or - Hashima off the coast of Japan.

Photographs of the Maunsell Sea Forts on the Thames Estuary.  Some black and white some color.

Photographs by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre of abandoned locations in Detroit.

An animation that illustrates the ornate structure of the Isafahn mosque in Iran.