The CCA holds one of the world’s foremost international research collections of publications, conceptual studies, drawings, plans, models, prints, photographs, related artefacts and ephemera, archives and oral histories of individual architects.

The Collection now comprises over half a million examples that testify to the diverse ways in which architecture has been imagined, conceived, observed, and transformed for the past six centuries.

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Researchers may consult the Collection in the Library Reading Room by contacting Collection Reference. For information about reproductions from the Collection, contact Rights and Reproductions.

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photographs

Alexander Rodchenko: View of the colonnade, Museum of the Revolution, Moscow

With its foreshortened perspective, this monumental image (1926-1927) is a testament to the experimentation of photographers in Soviet Russia... read more
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prints and drawings

Asymptote: Iscapes 1.0

New York-based architects, Lise Anne Couture and Hani Rashid, principals of the firm Asymptote, explore ideas inspired by the Surrealist... read more
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archives

John Hejduk Archive

The work of John Hejduk (1929–2000) – architect, poet, and, above all, teacher – lies at the intersection of architecture, narrative, sculpture... read more
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publications

Joseph Furttenbach: Architectura privata

Joseph Furttenbach (1591-1667), a German merchant and architect, studied in Italy before settling in Ulm in 1621, where he became supervisor... read more
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artefacts and media

Ernest Cormier’s Art Bindings

Ernest Cormier (1885-1980) did not leave behind any writings or diaries. Nevertheless, his memory, thinking, personality, and art are reflected... read more
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selections from CCA collection

Pamphlet Literature on Defense Housing

In 1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Service and Training Act into law, the first peacetime draft. The United States... read more

Souvenirs from a World Fair

The Tower of Jewels The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915: San Francisco, California) was a tribute to progress and a celebration... read more