Quickly learn about 50 apps that can be used for architecture education.

1. Isn’t there an app for that?
USING TABLETS IN ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION

2. get to know 50 apps
…in just a few slides.
ebooks, periodicals, pdfs, references,
sketching, drawing, tools, news, travel,
urban studies, augmented reality, and other
cool apps.

3. ebooks
At present, quality ebooks for art +
architecture are limited. Ask your school’s
librarian what your library offers.
In the meantime, watch Mike Matas: A Next-
Generation Digital Book and do whatever
you can to support it.

4. ebooks
Download the Kindle app to read digital
books from Amazon on your Apple or
Android device.
Check out manybooks.net to download free
ebooks.
Use WorldCat Mobile to find a physical book
in a library near you.

5. periodicals
Many print subscriptions of architecture
magazines come with free digital versions
such as Architectural Record.
Ask your librarian to subscribe to digital
editions.
Purchase individual issues with the Zinio
app.

6. periodicals
Architect Magazine Reader free digital
issues of Architect.
Abitare free app. Each digital issue costs $2.39
within app.
Monu same content at the Monu print magazine
for $19.00.

7. pdfs
Dropbox sync files online and across
computers.
Bluefire Reader allows you to read PDFs and
ePub formats, great for reading ebooks.
Want to make notes on your PDF?
Get pdf-notes for free or GoodReader for
$4.99.

8. reference
Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford Dictionary over
6,000 entries and 250 drawings for $14.99.
Pocket Architect quick guide to elements and techniques.
Free.
ARCAT building product and manufacturers’ information.
Free.
Buildings information, images, and videos on historic,
contemporary, and conceptual buildings, nearby or far away.
Free.
Zaha Hadid is one of the most notable architecture apps!
Browse their current portfolio and view buildings through
interactive guides. Free.

9. sketching
UPAD features drawing and typing mode to mark up
notes, books, or images for $4.99 or get the free version.
Penulitimate best-selling app for taking notes or
keeping sketches and it’s only $.99.
Adobe Ideas the ideal digital sketchbook companion
for Illustrator and Photoshop. Many of the same tools on
a smaller scale for $9.99.
Sketchbook perfect for digital artists. Get Pro for
$1.99 or the Express version for free.

10. drawing
AutoCAD WS view, edit, and share DWG files for free.
Tracing Paper trace any photo in the background for
$2.99.
GraphPad simple interface for architectural drawing for
$12.00.
SightSpace 3D view Google SketchUp designs with
augmented reality engine for $15.00.
iCad create 3D IFC files that are compatible with all
standard drawing programs. $59.99 for professional version.
Free version also available.

11. tools
Planimeter measures map distances and land
areas for $3.99.
Photo Measures saves measurements on photos
for $4.99.
Architect’s Formulator contains over 400
formulas for architects for $9.99.
Design Data Engineering Materials provides data
for different materials for $.99.

12. tools
Palettes Pro productivity tool for creating and
maintaining color pallets. $5.99 or free version available.
360 Panorama take seamless panoramas for free.
LEED Standards relevant and popular standards
used in LEED technology for $.99.
LEED GA Practice Exam multiple choice questions,
answers, and detailed explanations to help you prepare
for and pass the LEED exam for $7.99.

13. news
Architizer over 100 new buildings added every week makes this
one of the best apps for architecture news.
Design Observer leading site for design, photography,
architecture, urbanism, sustainability, social innovation, and visual
culture.
WAN Latest News architecture news from around the world.
Builder News information from Builder magazine
Architect News from the website of Architect magazine.
ALL OF THE NEWS APPS LISTED ARE FREE!

14. travel
AIA/LA Design Awards a guide to the best designs of leading
LA architects for $4.99.
AIA New Orleans Architecture Guide for $2.99.
Japanese Architecture Navigator featuring famous Japanese
buildings for free.
Architecture GPS-enabled guide to world architecture. Free
trial.
Mimoa features over 3,000 buildings, interiors, squares,
parks and bridges around the world. Free.

15. urban studies
ArcGIS find interesting information, measure distances and
areas of interest.
BAO get key demographic and market facts about any U.S.
location.
Google Earth explore the world. Browse roads, borders,
places, photos, and more.
Zillow is the #1 real estate app.
Trulia search homes and apartments with interactive maps,
photos and filters.
ALL OF THE URBAN STUDIES APPS LISTED ARE FREE!

16. augmented reality
Watch the video for Google Glasses and the one for
Google Goggles (app available for Apple and
Android).
Layar is the leading AR app. It superimposes
digital information onto the real-world around you.
The Urban Augmented Reality app, only available in
the Netherlands, for now, allows you to see how
buildings under construction will look at completion,
buildings that were in the running, plans, historical
photos, architect biographies, and much more!

17. other cool apps
Sync Pad
$9.99 or free version for receiving only
watch the YouTube video

18. Cathryn Ziefle
Librarian
cathryn.ziefle@woodbury.edu
@ziefleziefle
Woodbury University
School of Architecture
San Diego, CA