Architecture
- Collection Guide
The Library’s diverse collection of architectural material includes working drawings, sketches and sketchbooks, specifications and contracts, correspondence and photographs.
- What the Library collects in this format
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The Library has a diverse architecture collection, spanning from the early 19th century until today, documenting the built environment and heritage of New South Wales. The collection covers a range of formats including architectural and technical drawings, sketches and sketchbooks, presentation drawings, specifications and other manuscript material, and photographs, and includes material representing significant New South Wales architects, architectural firms, buildings, and building styles.
The collection includes the drawings of several significant 19th century New South Wales architects, including Francis Greenway, John Verge, Edmund Blacket, Thomas Rowe, James Barnet (NSW Government Architect) and John Horbury Hunt, and twentieth century practitioners Walter Burley Griffin, Arthur Baldwinson, Hugh Buhrich, Jorn Utzon, Ken Woolley, Peter Muller, Richard Leplastrier, and Glenn Murcutt.
The collection also encompasses the archives of several significant New South Wales architectural firms, including Harry Seidler and Associates, John Andrews International, Merewether and Bagot and Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners.
- How to access this format:
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- some material is digitised and can be viewed online
- how to order copies
- how to have images digitised
- the architecture collections can be viewed onsite in the Special Collections Reading Room.
- How to search for this format in the catalogue
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In the catalogue search, type the name of the architect, if known, or a specific building or subject and refine your search to Pictures to discover material held by the Library. Once you have your results, you can further narrow your search to the format ‘Architectural and technical drawings’.
From the results page you can also browse collection hierarchies and subject headings.
For digitised material enter your keywords in the Digital Collections catalogue to find images and other digitised content of interest in Library collections. Click on an image to lead you to more details in the catalogue.
- Significant stories or interpretive content: