The new “Buildings” app for iphones tells you about the local architecture.
A free new iPhone application that shows architecture from across the globe is now available for download from iTunes.
Buildings is an application containing an encyclopaedia of architecture at the user’s fingertips. It supplies information, images and videos on over 2500 historic, contemporary and conceptual buildings. It lets the user find and learn about architecture nearby, across their country or overseas.
Using GPS technology to pinpoint the users location, Building is also a perfect mobile guide for travellers who can use their iPhone to find directions to buildings of interest.
and an excerpt from Archinect’s review:
The app is simply titled “Buildings”, and after playing around with it for the last week, I’ve become hooked. I’m finding myself launching the app as I move around Los Angeles to check which buildings surround me. The database is a little sparse for this user’s city, at the moment, but the open-source nature of this well-constructed platform will inevitably help fill out the gaps quickly.
Seems pretty cool to me.
Sidenote: Peter, please download this. Thanks!
