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<p><b>Structurae</b> is an online <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a> containing pictures and information about <a href="Structural_engineering" title="Structural engineering">structural</a> and <a href="Civil_engineering" title="Civil engineering">civil engineering</a> works, and their associated <a href="Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Engineers">engineers</a>, <a href="Architects" class="mw-redirect" title="Architects">architects</a>, and builders.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2></div>
<p>Structurae was founded in 1998 by Nicolas Janberg, who had studied civil engineering at <a href="Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2012, Structurae was acquired by Ernst & Sohn, a subsidiary of <a href="John_Wiley_%26_Sons%2C_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="John Wiley & Sons, Inc.">John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Janberg joining the company as Structurae's editor-in-chief.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the website received more than one million <a href="Pageview" title="Pageview">pageviews</a> per month, and was available in English, French and German.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Janberg bought the site back to operate it as a freelancer again.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/structurae-international-database-and-gallery-structures">"Structurae: International Database and Gallery of Structures"</a>. <i>USC Libraries</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220817213913/https://libraries.usc.edu/databases/structurae-international-database-and-gallery-structures">Archived</a> from the original on 2022-08-17<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-05-15</span></span>.</cite></span>
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