The Building

The School is housed in a building providing design workstations for each student, a large auditorium, and seminar and classroom facilities. A well-equipped woodworking and model shop and computer graphics facilities are also provided. The Architecture Library, one of the finest in the nation, offers convenient access to a current circulating collection of more than 24,000 volumes, 6,000 periodicals, and an extensive selection of reference materials. Rare books and special acquisitions include a collection relating to international expositions and the 11,000-volume National Trust for Historic Preservation Library. 

The Elizabeth D. Alley Visual Resources Collection includes a reserve collection of 320,000 slides on architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, architectural science, and technology as well as audio-visual equipment for classroom and studio use. Summer programs include travel to Italy, France, Turkey, Great Britain, and other countries. Students may earn direct credit doing hands-on restoration work and by attending lectures by visiting architects, preservationists, and scholars.