Failure to indicate the right location for collecting the reserved item will result in your order being cancelled.īooks from the library of the Institute of History can be borrowed for specified short loan periods only by research workers of the University and students of the Institute. In order to submit a valid order or reservation it is important to mark appropriate location for collecting books matching the location of the item. You can start ordering or reserving items straightaway from the online catalogue (WebPAC) – available only for the items marked with the button “Order” and “Reserve”. Entitled, Architectural Models in Context: Creativity, Skill and Spectacle, the intention of the project is to share knowledge, to take stock of the current state of the field, and to identify productive areas for future practice and research.Please be informed that the University Library offers a new service to help its users order and reserve required material via electronic service. Working with the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Soane Museum, the RIBA, the Sorbonne, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität, München, the research network sets out to bring together all those interested in the history, current practice and future of architectural model-making. Latest initiatives include new partnerships in a new international collaborative network, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. The Library has also played an active role in the AAXX100 project, celebrating 100 years of women at the AA, in 2017.
The last decade has seen a greater promotion of the Library collections through the loan of items to external exhibitions, conferences such as Le Corbusier symposium (with the RIBA) in 2008, and Members events that focus on the research use of the AA collections. Dating back to the mid 1970s, the collection includes titles by many of the leading architects, artists, historians, and theorists of the last 40 years, including AA alumni such as Cedric Price, Peter Cook, Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid.
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The AA Archives Models, Online Lectures and Lecture Archive complement the collection. The collections also include the AA’s photographic and film holdings, consisting of around 280,000 images in a range of formats, including rare 19th century lantern slides. One of its unique features is the AA Archives that hold over 10,000 historic student drawings, models and digital portfolios, preserving records of teaching, administration and cultural and political events at the AA since its foundation.
The AA Library was founded in 1847 and contains almost 46,000 volumes.
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It is truly a great honour for my work to be part of the such an important Library collection that has been playing a major role not only in national and international architectural education, research and professional practice, but also in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, technology and science. As an AA Member, I have been regularly researching its rich collections over the course of my studies since 1999 – BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, AHRC-funded MA Fine Art: Drawing and AHRC-funded PhD in Digital Site-Specific Art at Wimbledon School of Art (London) – and maintaining the connections with the AA School as a Visiting Critic over the years. The AA Library has played a major role in the development of my research. I would like to thank Ms Eleanor Gawne, the Head Librarian of the Architectural Association School of Architecture Library (London), for including all ten of my monographs in the Library collections ().