Guides and databases: Architecture: Audio-Visual Resources

Architecture Podcasts

What Buildings Do: An architecture podcast.

University of Oxford Architecture Podcasts

Film, Video and Television Streaming

DVD Collection

The Bartlett Library houses a collection of DVDs, including relevant feature films, documentaries and some Bartlett lecture series. These can be found via Explore and are generally available for one week loan.

Images for Architecture

Art & Architecture Source See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to EBSCOhost. This database covers a broad range of related subjects, from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design.
British Library Images Online A growing collection of images from the British Library's collections. Offers full search facilities and the option to purchase and download small image files.
Cities/Buildings Database Collection of over 5,000 images of buildings and cities drawn from across time and throughout the world, available to students, researchers and educators on the web.
Historic England: Find Photos Dating from the 1850s onwards, the Historic England archive holds over 9 million photographs of the historic environment
Pidgeon Digital The Pidgeon Digital Audiovisual collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers is a continuing archive, to which new talks are being added regularly. A unique library of contemporary attitudes which will become of value to future generations.
VADS : Visual Arts Database VADS provides a national collection of over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections across the UK. The images cover the broad range of the visual arts including applied arts, architecture, design, fashion, fine art, and media
RIBApix Database of more than 35,000 architectural images taken from the photograph and drawing collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Low resolution images are free to download, although there are charges for higher resolution.

Available on Academic Video Online (AVON)...

Streaming Services

The library subscribes to video streaming services, including Kanopy, which includes award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases; Academic Video Online, which includes documentary films from Film Platform and the BBC Landmark video series; BFI Player, which includes subscribed feature films; and BoB National (Box of Broadcasts), a searchable database of TV and Radio broadcasts (including films).

Academic Video Online Academic Video online delivers more than 66,000 titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. Accessibility statement for Academic Video Online.
BFI Player Access for UCL students and staff only. To set up access to your BFI Player subscription follow these steps: 1. Go to BFI Player and create an account OR sign in if you already have one by selecting 'Already have an account? Sign in' 2. Select University College London from the dropdown list 3. Login using your UCL username and password. Once you've set up your subscription, you can login on BFI Player for the remainder of this academic year; BFI Player is unavailable outside the UK; it is to be used by UCL students and staff for academic purposes only and access is limited to the subscription content
Bloomsbury Video Library: Arts and Humanities Collection Previously called ArtFilms. Featuring international content across the visual arts and performing arts, film, history this collection features exclusive indie films and shorts, avant-garde performances, interviews with renowned writers, artists, choreographers, performers and practitioners, documentaries and more
BoB (Box of Broadcasts) Access for UCL students and staff only. Access to BoB is only permitted within the United Kingdom. Requires login with UCL username and password. BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education allowing users to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels, access over 2.2 million broadcasts dating back to the 1970s, create playlists, clips and clip compilations; search programme transcripts and subtitles; embed content in VLEs and share on social media
Kanopy Providing video streaming to over 26,000 films including thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases. The collection includes a number of leading producers, such as the Criterion Collection, PBS, Kino Lorber, New Day Films, The Great Courses, California Newsreel, BBC and hundreds more. Accessibility statement for Kanopy.
World Cinema Collection : Films on Demand Streaming films from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, from the silent era, the mid-20th century, as well as award-winning contemporary works.