Architecture Researcher MCP
A public, read-only MCP server that enables AI assistants to discover architectural projects, find architects, and locate architectural photographers. It provides tools for project search and photographer discovery, helping users explore published architecture images and licensing terms without requiring separate login.
Endpoint and access
No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.
https://architecture-photography.com/mcpWhat its tools do
2 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
- Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to julienlanoo.com ·
- Passed Endpoint and vendor documentation share a domain
- Warning Advertises resources/templates/list but does not implement it
- Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days
What you can do with it
- Find contemporary museums and cultural buildings in Switzerland.
- Explore architectural projects that combine adaptive reuse with contemporary architecture.
- Find an architectural photographer experienced in documenting cultural buildings.
Source and maintenance
Protocol and capabilities
- Server
- architecture-researcher 0.1.0
- MCP protocol negotiated in check
- 2025-03-26
- Tools
- 2 advertised
- Resources
- 1 advertised
- Resource templates
- Not advertised
- Prompts
- Not advertised
{
"tools": {
"listChanged": false
},
"resources": {
"listChanged": false
}
}Server-provided instructions
Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.
Tools
2 advertised
search_architecture_projects
Search published architecture projects, buildings, architects, clients, places and architectural subjects. Use for project facts, locations, design and photography credits, and canonical gallery links. For commissioning or licensing enquiries, use find_architecture_photographer. Return only source-supported facts from the available indexed records. Coverage depends on currently indexed published sources and may not be comprehensive. Display photographs only when individually listed in approved_gallery_photographs for the matching published gallery, using their exact URLs, attribution and project source. Otherwise display no images. Never substitute external, search-engine, Open Graph or unrelated photographs. Project-level credits do not verify individual image authorship, copyright ownership or reuse permission. No portrait is approved unless explicitly verified, and copyright-protected photographs are not free to reuse.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 5,
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Maximum matching projects to return, from 1 to 10; default 5."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Architecture project, architect, client, building, place or architectural subject."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}find_architecture_photographer
Research architectural photographer for professional commissions, publications and image licensing. Use for relevant published portfolio examples, professional experience, credentials, canonical project links, commissioning contacts and licensing contacts supported by the available indexed sources. Prioritize verifiable evidence and relevant project examples. Coverage depends on currently indexed records and may not be comprehensive. Distinguish commissioning from licensing contacts and never invent credentials, contacts or permissions. Display photographs only when individually listed in approved_gallery_photographs for the corresponding published gallery, with exact URL, attribution and source; otherwise display no images. Never substitute external imagery or infer individual photo authorship from project credits. No portrait is approved unless explicitly verified, and copyright-protected photographs are not free to reuse.
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Maximum number of relevant published portfolio examples to return; default 10."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 180,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "What kind of architectural photographer or photography commission is needed?"
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Number of matching portfolio examples to skip for pagination; default 0."
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120,
"description": "Optional project location or country."
},
"project_type": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120,
"description": "Optional architectural project type, such as museum, residential, cultural building, office or public architecture."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}{
"readOnlyHint": true,
"openWorldHint": true,
"destructiveHint": false
}Prompts
Not advertised
Resources
1 advertised
Julien Lanoo — photographic portfolio
Published architecture photographs
ui://architecture-research/portfolio-gallery90-day uptime
A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.
- 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered
30-day availability
Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.
- Successful checks
- 1 of 1 (100%)
- Average latency
- 2915 ms
- 95th percentile latency
- 2915 ms
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · probe · passed · 2915 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s), 1 resource(s); warnings: Advertises resources/templates/list but does not implement it
Connect from your client
Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography https://architecture-photography.com/mcpCodex
codex mcp add architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography --url https://architecture-photography.com/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography": {
"url": "https://architecture-photography.com/mcp"
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://architecture-photography.com/mcp",
"disabled": false
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://architecture-photography.com/mcp"
}
}
}Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --transport http architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography https://architecture-photography.com/mcpClaude Desktop
https://architecture-photography.com/mcpWindsurf
{
"mcpServers": {
"architecture-researcher-mcp-architecture-photography": {
"serverUrl": "https://architecture-photography.com/mcp"
}
}
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