Collection
Focus: local, national, international.
Consists of: books, periodicals, architectural drawings, both individual drawings and complete archives; documents/correspondence; models (rare); photographs, both vintage and newly commissioned; slides (if part of archive); ephemera.
Strengths: Avery Library, extensive holdings in rare European and American architectural literature; American trade catalogues and view books; Piranesi; in-depth literature on architecture as a whole; drawings, 19th and 20th century American architecture, esp. New York City.
Collection accessible by computer and through inventories.
Drawings can be reproduced with permission.
Institution has a conservation laboratory.
Library Holdings
Holdings: Avery Library is the largest architectural library in North America, with 300,000 volumes, 1800 active serial titles, and 15,000 rare books.