Fun! Launched just in time for summer traveling, the new mobile app ArchiMaps is a gift to architecture lovers everywhere. Available on Android and iOS, the app offers a comprehensive guide to architecturally-significant buildings, bridges, and more in four cities so far: New York City, Chicago, London, and Madrid (Additional cities like Los Angels, Barcelona, and Berlin are currently under development and will roll out in the coming months.)
The brainchild of Spanish architect �ngel Camacho, the project took a few years to come to fruition, both in finding a developer collaborator and preparing content for the first maps. In an email to Curbed, Camacho explains he always begins with an extensive search for the most important buildings in each city, and then little by little layers on increasingly obscure works, aiming to strike a balance with architects, styles, and time periods.
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Left: ?Not to Miss in Madrid? ArchiRoute; Right: Map of sites in Chicago

The app does exactly what you might expect: Open it up, choose a city, and see a zoomable map of over two hundred notable structures in each city, color-coded by time period and labeled with symbols representing different building types. Click on a specific point and get a photo of the work (you can also send in your own photo if none is available yet), plus basic info like the firm, year of completion, architectural style, and a handy link to the building?s Wikipedia p...