AIA Guide to Boston vs Architectural Guide BW

Published in three prior paper editions, the AIA Guide to Boston been called "the best [field guide] of its kind on the continent." This new digital version adds more than 500 new sites along with color images from leading photographers. This is the first AIA Guide anywhere to be published as a mobile app. It's: Effortless to carry. If you have your phone, you have the Guide (now the equivalent of a 500+ page book!) Smart. Using GPS, the app can find the guides closest to you Connected. Directions are available with a tap, and live links to online resources provide more depth instantly Up-to-date. New sites and guides are added to the app as the city grows and evolves. The Guide features: Descriptions, stories, and photos of more than 1,200 contemporary landmarks, historical buildings, urban features, and parks across the metro area In-depth guides to neighborhoods, architects, styles, and award winners Walking and site tours around prime destinations including Downtown, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Harvard, MIT, and emerging districts. Follow the Freedom Trail and Walk to the Sea with new eyes, focusing on the old and new architecture along the way. For residents and visitors, architects and design lovers, builders and students, the AIA Guide to Boston offers a unique, fun new way to explore the nation's oldest major city.

Eye-catching modern architecture in a pocket-sized format: The architectural guide presents a selection of objects in Baden-Wurttemberg which have been awarded prizes within the framework of various awards or are regarded as exemplary pieces of architecture by the Baden-Wurttemberg Chamber of Architects. This app provides enthusiasts of building culture and architecture with information, images and geographic data about the buildings for when you’re out and about. You can either view objects of interest that are near to you or filter them by criteria: You can search by location, district, award or their presence in an architectural guide produced by the architectural chambers. Any object can be marked as a favourite and thereby be directly accessed at any time during a planned tour, for example. An entire query can also be stored extremely easily. Using the integrated map, you can find out the way to your desired object in an instant. Although you need to be connected to the internet to use this specific feature, the app can also be used offline. All objects can be conveniently downloaded as a package using your Wi-Fi at home and can then be retrieved without any active internet connection when you are on the road.