I've been interested in these subjects for a long time. My interest in architecture stems from my degree in urban studies, which had a large component of urban and architectural history. I guess my interest in art and design (especially furniture design) followed on from that.
I am mainly interested in 20th century architecture and design. Favourite architects include Alvar Aalto, Mies Van Der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. Favourite designers include Marcel Breuer, Hans Wegner, Robin/Lucienne Day, and Charles/Ray Eames. One of my favourite contemporary artists is the sculptor Anish Kapour. The images to the right are (top to bottom) Selfridges Department Store in Birmingham (photo: me), an 'Ox' chair designed by Hans Wegner (photo: erik-joergensen.com) and an installation by Anish Kapor at Tate Modern (photo: me).
Below are some links to some interesting modern art/architecture/design resources.
Architecture links
Alvar Aalto Museum
An on-line museum dedicated to the work of the great Finnish architect and designer.
Unesco World Heritage List
A list of all the buildings and sites on the World Heritage List.
Broadacre All-Wright Site
An extensive site devoted to the life and work of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Great Buildings
Extensive database of architecutural resources, with links, images, architect biographies, 3d models etc.
Chicago Architecture Foundation
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and design, concentrating on Chicago's rich architectural history.
Fundació Mies van der Rohe
The Mies van der Rohe Foundation was constituted in 1983 as a non-profit public entity devoted to fostering the cultural debate on contemporary architecture from the city of Barcelona. The Foundation is also entrusted with preserving and disseminating knowledge of Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion.
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Library - Architecture and Building
Comprehensive listing of networked architecture resources.
Art links
Tate Modern
The new Tate Modern gallery at Southbank in London is breathtaking. If you're visiting London, don't on any account miss it!
The Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum is a modern and contemporary art museum in the Netherlands. This site features lots of great art, from the well known masters to more obscure images. A very stylish and easy to use site, but one that makes use of frames and perhaps too many graphics where text could have been used.
Artcyclopedia
A searchable encyclopaedia of artists.
Design links
architonic
Independant source website for architecture and design.
Design Museum
Museum of design on London's South Bank.
Design addict
A portal site for modern design.
Knoll International
The manufacture famous for making furniture designed by the greats of modern furniture design, include Mies van de Rohe and Eames.
20th century design shops
Graham Mancha
Buckinghamshirem, UK: Restored original post war clasics
The Bachelor Pad
Edinburgh, UK: Original mid century modern furniture, artifacts, technology, etc.
JMC Furniture
UK: Retailer of inexpensive reproductions of 20th century classics. One of those e-commerce sites that gives no contact information other than email and 0870 number, which doesn't instill confidence, but an interesting site for the pictures and diagrams if nothing else.
Akta Furniture
UK: Original classics, mainly Scandanavian mid-century modern. This site has even less concrete contact information. Personally I wouldn't trust a company so reluctant to tell me exactly who they are, but still worth visiting for great photography of rare clasics.
Bonbon
London, UK: A mixture of contemorary furniture and modern classics.
twentytwentyone
London, UK: Very upmarket reproductions together with some unique contemporary design... very much a 'if you have to ask the price you can't afford it' kind of a site!
DMK
Copenhagen, Denmark: Specialists in Danish design 1920-1975.