Purpose
The primary purpose of the Architecture Library collection is to support the Huckabee College of Architecture (HCOA) curriculum, teaching, and research programing. While often singularly referred to as the architecture discipline, the pedagogy and practice of architecture is multidisciplinary, world-wide, and timeless.
Scope
The subject scope of the collection – in broad terms - concentrates on architectural history, design, theory, and technology.
Emphasis is placed on collecting books and monographs on individual architects – at an international scale, survey books on regional and international architecture (geographic locations) and periods/movements (19th, 20th, 21st centuries), special classes of buildings (building types), architectural philosophy, special topics, architectural drawing, models, detailing, professional practice, architectural technology (emphasis on building construction), materials, and historic preservation.
Multidisciplinary and/or emerging areas of collecting and growth include city and urban planning, cartography, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and product design / furniture design.
LC Classification Classes & Sub-classes
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Collection Policy (2024)
To learn more about the management and growth of the Architecture Library collections, please refer to the Architecture Library Collection Development Policy (2024). The Libraries' General Collection Development Policy (2016) may be found in Appendix II.