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A Digital Archive of Architecture Images


SAHARA contains over 200,000 member-contributed images of the global built environment. Search the SAHARA collection for architecture and landscape images for use in teaching and research. Upload photos from your studies and travels. Share images with colleagues and students. Access to SAHARA is one of the many benefits of SAH membership

Frequently Asked Questions

 

SAHARA is available to all individual SAH members. (Join or renew.) SAHARA has been developed as an online academic resource for people in the field of architectural history and its related disciplines. Select images in SAHARA are also available to subscribers to Artstor.

SAHARA still requires a separate log in and password from the one you use for the SAH website. Click on the ACCESS SAHARA button at the top of this page and log in using the email address and password that you established for SAHARA. If you have forgotten your log in credentials, email membership@sah.org or call the SAH office at 312.573.1365 and ask to speak to Anne Bird.

Inquiries should be made directly to the person who holds copyright. If you need assistance locating the copyright holder, contact info@sah.org.

Inquiries should be made directly to the person who holds copyright. If you need assistance locating the copyright holder, contact info@sah.org.

No, you are not able to upload images directly from your smartphone.  A mobile application has not been built for Forum. Forum was designed to be used on a desktop or laptop computer. See the technical specifications for SAHARA: http://support.forum.jstor.org/article/technical-specifications

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SAHARA Highlights

A monthly selection of images from the SAHARA collection, selected by SAHARA Co-Editors.

See Highlights

Tips for Using SAHARA

  • Use the Advanced Search to specify date ranges, locations, and other criteria.
  • Use Groups to save images for your upcoming courses or research.
  • Download images from Groups directly to PowerPoint or as a Zip file.

Contacts

SAH membership and SAHARA access questions: Anne Bird, Director of Membership
Technical Troubleshooting: userservices@artstor.org
SAHARA Co-Editors: Jackie Spafford and Mark Hinchman 
SAHARA Associate Editor: Jeannine Keefer, University of Richmond