ArchEyes Index · Typologies
Architecture
by typology
Every building type in the archive, indexed by what it is for: houses and housing, museums and libraries, churches, offices, stadiums, bridges and the transformation of what already exists. Each typology opens a curated collection of case studies with plans, sections and photographs.
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Essential Typologies
Eight building types that open the archive, each introduced by one of its defining works.
263 case studiesHouses
Fallingwater
123 case studiesMuseums
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
112 case studiesApartment Buildings
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
141 case studiesAdaptive Reuse
Zeitz MOCAA
19 case studiesChapels
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp
35 case studiesLibraries
Stockholm Public Library
85 case studiesOffices
Seagram Building
52 case studiesHotels
Alila Yangshuo01 · Culture
Culture and Performance
Museums, stages, libraries and pavilions: the buildings a city makes to gather, look and listen.
Museums and Galleries4
Culture and Knowledge2
Pavilions and Installations3
02 · Learning
Learning and Research
From the first classroom to the laboratory: schools, campuses and places of research.
Higher Education3
Research2
03 · Faith and Memory
Faith and Memory
Churches, temples and memorials, where architecture deals with the sacred and with loss.
04 · Houses
Houses
The single house, the archive’s richest typology, by type, by lineage and by country.
Form and Material3
Modern Lineages3
05 · Living and Hospitality
Collective Living and Hospitality
Apartment blocks, social housing and the places we stay, eat and drink.
06 · Work and Commerce
Work, Industry and Commerce
Offices, towers, factories and shops: the architecture of making, trading and working.
07 · Civic, Health and Sport
Civic, Health and Sport
Town halls, hospitals, stadiums and pools, the public buildings of everyday life.
08 · Mobility
Mobility and Infrastructure
Bridges, terminals and the engineering that moves people and keeps cities running.
09 · Landscape and City
Landscape and the City
Gardens, parks, squares and masterplans: architecture at the scale of the ground and the city.
10 · Transformation
Reuse, Interiors and Systems
Working with what exists: adaptive reuse, renovation, interiors and new ways of building.
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All Categories
The sixteen broad categories that organise every ArchEyes case study.
- Cultural Architecture91
- Educational Architecture91
- Hospitality Architecture88
- Interior Architecture16
- Landscape Architecture50
- Religious Architecture88
- Residential Architecture617
- Retail Architecture42
- Sports & Recreation28
- Urban Design & Planning32
- Office & Institutional93
- Transportation8
- Industrial & Infrastructure16
- Healthcare Architecture5
- Temporary & Experimental14
- Memorials & Monuments16
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