[Resource] Architectural References

[xzzy]

Not exactly architectural references, but some of these are just begging to be made into overlays.


Image from page 342 of "Breeder and sportsman" (1882) by Internet Archive Book Images, on Flickr


Image from page 1127 of "Highland Echo 1915-1925" (1915) by Internet Archive Book Images, on Flickr


Image from page 551 of "Canadian grocer January-March 1918" (1918) by Internet Archive Book Images, on Flickr

They come from a photostream of 2.6 million images scanned from old books and uploaded, takes a bit of digging to find good stuff since it's a huge hodgepodge of crap, but everything in there has a nice vintagey feel.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/

 

[nightwatch]

Farm country during winter on the Canadian Shield.

 

[SSX]

For those interested in HL2, L4D2, and Counter-Strike mapping. (And maybe these could fit into TF2, idk...)

Saints Row 3 is a really great place to look for architecture references if you need an urban/suburban environment. (Sorry for my character)

http://imgur.com/a/NWhRa

 

[bobotype]

It sucks being an Ideas Guy (tm), so many different map projects I want to make, so much inspirational material, and only one me

 

[ibex]

I was interested in doing a tibetan theme recently, but I don't currently have the skills to create assets, but I thought I'd share pictures that I found though.
These are your basic regular pictures from google search, but there are definitely some repeating elements that could be used for asset creation to head in the direction of a tibetan architectural style.

And you can also look into ar_monastery from CS:GO and Expedition Everest from DisneyWhirl.

 

[iiboharz]

Not entirely sure how useful this is given that Team Fortress 2 is typically set in the US, but I took some photos of the nearby RAF Cardington Airship Hangars a few years ago.

This is the only one that did the thing any justice though.

I would get a closer photograph but the whole lot is off limits.

The one on the left was in the middle of being refurbished when I took the photo.

Also, car for scale (bottom right of the hangar on the right).

Here's some other photos that I didn't take.

All of these images (as well as mine!) are on Wikimedia Commons which is always a great resource for almost anything.

 

[Corvatile]

Someone should make a map set in a museum with a big whale skeleton hanging in the middle.

 

[Zed]

Someone should make a map set in a museum with a big whale skeleton hanging in the middle.
-snip-

YM was doing something similar with tc_strata back when he was working on it.

 

[YM]

Yeah there was going to be a plesiosaur hanging above blu final

 

[Fantaboi]

If you don't feel like going through every detail entry, and the screenshots aren't enough, this should be some good art reference (even though it's from tf2 itself)

 

[Auwi]

Using the power of google, I found plenty of cool paintings by this guy named Arthur Lindberg. These look pretty nice and simplistic. I put them in an album for everyone else.
http://imgur.com/a/QogO3

 

[The Siphon]

If somebody reads this thread still, here is a nice picture I found. It is a old coal mine.

 

[Bull]

If somebody reads this thread still, here is a nice picture I found. It is a old coal mine.

That looks straight out of TF2! Amazing.

 

[takabuschik]

I found this on the web somehow
http://nickporcino.com/meshula-net-archive/posts/post203.html

 

[Kube]

Here are some pictures from my cruise to Bermuda in June. Not really all that architectural, but ya know...
Some pictures may have been taken by other members of my party. Full album here.

And finally, the real cp_glassworks:

 

[Crash]

Heh Glassworks.

 

[radarhead]

But Crash, didn't you invent the whole concept of a glassworks? You should sue these guys!

 

[Crash]

No, I didn't, Philip Glass did.

 

[tyler]

lmao if you don't listen to Glassworks every day

 

[Auwi]

Found some really cool waterpaintings by Douglas Stenhouse, I put them in an album for quick reference: http://imgur.com/a/KpQZM

The images aren't that big so you can see them here too.