The Architectural Records Roundtable
of the Society of American Archivists
Find Architectural Records
There are many repositories for records documenting the built environment. The list below includes major archives across the United States that focus primarily on the collection and preservation of architectural records. If you would like to have your repository added to this list, please contact your ARR co-chair.
Alexander Architectural Archive at the University of Texas at Austin
Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Archives
Avery Library, Drawings and Archives Collection, Columbia University
Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives
California Architectural Archives, Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering at the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley
Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota
Southeastern Architectural Archive - Tulane University
University of Pennsylvania - Architectural Archives
There are a few sites that provide compiled lists of repositories or archives that have substantial architectural records collections.
For a thorough search, please consult each list.
Via repositories:
UNESCO provides an international scope.
Carnegie Mellon University provides a good listing for North America, primarily U.S.
Via archival reference sevices:
ArchiveGrid is a subscription database that allows patrons to search library, museum, and archival collections.
Archives USA is a subscription service that provides a directory for thousands of repositories in the United States. Patrons can read descriptions of materials held by archives to determine whether further research is necessary.