Interior Architecture Research Methods: Special Topics & Literature Review

A collaborative project between Florida International University's History Department and The Wolfsonian-FIU to digitize and catalog the large and fascinating collection of photographs, postcards, and other visual materials that make up the historical archive held by the City of Miami Beach.

Blog devoted to the history of Miami through ads, media, and photographs.

Using specific search criteria (i.e., permit #, address, folio number) to find building permit information.

Page provides a listing with contact information, of all the building officials for Broward County.

"This website allows you to make appointments to view or obtain copies of Building Plans on file in the Microfilm and Plans Library"

Miami-Dade County Code of Ordinances

The Cities/Buildings Database is a collection of digitized images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.

This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, selected over ten years by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, with photographic images and architectural drawings, integrated maps and timelines, 3D building models, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds.

Currently, the County oversees 127 individually designated historic sites, 43 archaeological sites and zones and five historic districts. The County also serves as the historic preservation staff for the 24 municipalities that do not have their own preservation program or ordinance.

Classification and assessment of historic properties for the purpose of Ad-Valorem tax exemption

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archaeological resources.

List of functionalities & significance of historic places

The Miami Beach Architectural District (sometimes called the Art Deco District) contains the largest concentration of 1920s and 1930s resort architecture in the United States.

Many AIA Miami architects have been involved in the city’s historic preservation projects, and the chapter also has played a key role in educating the public about the importance of historic preservation.

This website features detailed information about the City's locally designated historic sites and districts; the process and criteria related to the designation of historic sites and districts; and Design Guidelines and Standards for obtaining Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) for new construction, alterations, additions, relocations, or demolitions within a historic site, district, or archaeological zone.

Miami Design Preservation League's image catalogue of historic buildings in Miami Beach

NCPTT advances the application of science and technology to historic preservation. Working in the fields of archeology, architecture, landscape architecture and materials conservation, the Center accomplishes its mission through training, education, research, technology transfer and partnerships.

Photos from the Miami Herald & community contributors.

This website features detailed information about the City's locally designated historic sites and districts; the process and criteria related to the designation of historic sites and districts; and Design Guidelines and Standards for obtaining Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) for new construction, alterations, additions, relocations, or demolitions within a historic site, district, or archaeological zone.

The New Tropic makes local media and events that help our fellow Miamians explore and connect with the fascinating, lovably eccentric city we call home.

Chartered by the National Association of Realtors in 1920, this year MIAMI marks 95 years of service to Realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in South Florida.

Find research reports, housing statistics and more for real estate in the United States.

FRLA is Florida’s premier non-profit hospitality industry trade association. Our mission is to ‘Protect, Educate and Promote’ Florida’s $82 billion hospitality industry which represents 23% of Florida’s economy and more than 1.1 million employees – making it the state’s number one industry.

The Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association is committed to the advancement of sustainable hospitality practices within our industry.

The Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce represents the majority of the businesses that make up the economic engine in Miami Beach and our surrounding area.

As a not-for-profit organization primarily funded by its membership, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is a direct reflection of Greater Miami's abundance of small-to-mid-sized businesses and its ethnically diverse community. The Chamber is a thriving organization with over 5,000 dedicated volunteers. As an activist chamber with a social conscience and a history of assuming authoritative roles, it continues to serve its membership and the community responsibly.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) is the largest foodservice trade association in the world*—supporting over 500,000 restaurant businesses.

News source for all things business in South Florida.

Historic preservation in Miami only began to take shape in the late 1970s, when county officials woke up to the danger that rampant development might end up demolishing the city’s most iconic properties and residential neighborhoods. In 1981, the county issued the Dade County Historic Preservation Ordinance to try and stop it.

Get past weather reports with the Almanac weather history tool. Find historical weather data by zip code, accessing weather archives for more than 1,300 stations across United States and Canada, going back to 1960.

Provides weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.

Large global wind systems are created by the uneven heating of the Earth’s surface. These global wind systems, in turn, drive the oceans’ surface currents.

These reports provide detailed and statistical information including financial and ridership data on a monthly and yearly basis.

Latest traffic news

Updated every 5 minutes, get the latest information on crashes and/or road closures by county or Fl Highway Patrol troop.

According to Edward T. Hall, the man who coined the term “proxemics,” social distance between people is reliably correlated with physical distance, as are intimate and personal distance.

This page contains links to all current OSHA standards, provides information on the rulemaking process used to develop workplace health and safety standards, and includes links to all Federal Register notices that are currently open for comment.

Laws, regulations, design standards, and technical assistance materials to comply with the the American's with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Thousands of AAT terms are added and edited every year. As of 26 May 2015, the AAT contains around 41,855 published 'records,' 56,819 including candidates (unpublished). The total number of terms is 353,285.

The Art Project is a collaboration between Google and 151 art partners from across 40 countries. Users can explore a wide range of artworks at brushstroke level detail, take a virtual tour of a museum and build their own collections to share.

The Wolfsonian's collections comprise approximately 150,000 objects from the period of 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.

"This website allows you to make appointments to view or obtain copies of Building Plans on file in the Microfilm and Plans Library"

This website features detailed information about the City's locally designated historic sites and districts; the process and criteria related to the designation of historic sites and districts; and Design Guidelines and Standards for obtaining Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) for new construction, alterations, additions, relocations, or demolitions within a historic site, district, or archaeological zone.

"This website allows you to make appointments to view or obtain copies of Building Plans on file in the Microfilm and Plans Library"

This website features detailed information about the City's locally designated historic sites and districts; the process and criteria related to the designation of historic sites and districts; and Design Guidelines and Standards for obtaining Certificates of Appropriateness (COA) for new construction, alterations, additions, relocations, or demolitions within a historic site, district, or archaeological zone.