The Smithsonian adheres to the interlibrary loan (ILL) guidelines of the American Library Association. Non-Smithsonian researchers may borrow materials through their own public, special or academic library’s interlibrary loan program. Researchers may request books and materials from the Library staff, preferably in advance, and materials must be used in the reading room. Please email to schedule an on-site visit in advance same-day appointments are not possible. The library closes for lunch from 12:00-1:00pm. Outside researchers and the public may visit the AA/PG Library with an appointment from 9:00-5:00, Tuesday through Friday. Public and external researcher appointments can be made by emailing in advance. Very limited parking is available on the street and on commercial parking lots in the vicinity. The library is not open in the evenings or on weekends. Wheelchair access to the library and help in using its collections are available. Push the buzzer for access to the Library. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor the AA/PG Library is directly across from the Archives of American Art. Be prepared to show a valid ID at the security desk. The Victor Building is across the street and one block north, at the corner of 9th St. Metrorail provides the most convenient public transportation: take the Red, Green or Yellow lines to Gallery Place/Chinatown station, and proceed to the 9th Street exit to the Galleries. 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 note the AA/PG Library is *not* located in the American Art and Portrait Gallery museum building it is one block north of the main museum in the Victor Building. 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. 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. 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 ().
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