English sources

Institute of Traditional Architecture – this is a gem of a website; it offers a self-study part with all information a designer could need, such as:

  • Design guidelines
  • Classical Elements
  • What went right
  • What went wrong
  • Further reading

Other than that, it ranks architects and schools into a neat oversight. Check it out!

https://www.institute-of-traditional-architecture.org/

Ornapedia

A useful website to find different kinds of ornaments. It offers a glossary of various terms.

https://www.ornapedia.org/ 

NewYorkSpaces.com illustrated glossary

This illustrated glossary is extremely useful to quickly identify certain building elements.

https://newyorkspaces.com/illustrated-glossary-of-classical-architecture/

 

Dutch sources

The following links are in Dutch; translate the pages by copy-pasting the link in Google Translate, select Dutch > English, translate, and opening the translated link.

Brussels heritage website with useful information about facade elements:

https://monument.heritage.brussels/nl/glossary/237

 

Interesting series of blog posts by Kees on architecture in Amsterdam.

http://zienenweten.blogspot.com/2014/11/grachtenpanden-van-amsterdam-deel-1.html

http://zienenweten.blogspot.com/2014/11/grachtenpanden-van-amsterdam-deel-2.html

http://zienenweten.blogspot.com/2014/11/grachtenpanden-van-amsterdam-deel-3.html

http://zienenweten.blogspot.com/2014/11/grachtenpandengevels-van-amsterdam-deel.html

Interesting, but slightly outdated looking website on different kinds of facade types.

https://www.amsterdamhv.nl/wiki/geveltypes.html