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An architectural archive is a collection of sources including manuscripts, architectural drawings and photographs maintained by a museum, library, record office, or similar study center.

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• Architecture of Wales

  http://www.llgc.org.uk/ardd/pensaeri/architect.htm
  Collection of architectural drawings, mostly of Welsh structures, held at The National Library of Wales.

• Avery Library Drawings and Archives

  http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/avery.html
  A collection of 500,000 items, including original drawings, blueprints, photographs, correspondence, and other architectural records at Columbia University, New York.

• Barragan Foundation

  http://www.barragan-foundation.org/
  This foundation in Switzerland houses the professional archives of Luis Barragán.

• Canadian Centre for Architecture

  http://cca.qc.ca/
  A museum and study centre devoted to international architecture past and present. The collection includes 42,000 prints and drawings from the late 15th century to the present and 50,000 architectural photographs. French and English language options.

• Gottscho-Schleisner Collection

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/
  Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner in the Library of Congress of the architecture and interior design of 20th-century America. Can be browsed or searched.

• Irish Architectural Archive

  http://www.iarc.ie/
  The archive was established in 1976 to collect, preserve and make available to the public records of every kind relating to the architecture of Ireland.

• Lambeth Palace Library

  http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/
  Includes the archive of the Incorporated Church Building Society (1818-1984), the single largest source of plans and drawings of new and rebuilt churches in the UK. Library holdings, services, news.

• Sir Basil Spence Archive Project

  http://www.basilspence.org.uk/
  Collates images, videos and commentary on Britain's most celebrated post war architect. The archive was presented to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland by the Spence family.

• The International Archive of Women in Architecture

  http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/
  At Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University documents the history of women's professional involvement in the field of architecture before the 1950s. Biographical dictionary.

• The National Monuments Record

  http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr
  Public archive of English Heritage.Photographs, architectural and archaeological reports, plans and items related to the historic environment of England.

• The Southeastern Architectural Archive

  http://seaa.tulane.edu/
  This archive at Tulane University is New Orleans' major repository for architectural records. Has cataloged records of more than 120 firms. Opening hours, architects represented, resources.

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