Architecture *   Tags: core_subject_guides  

Published materials on Architecture are located primarily in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, Watt Hall. Urban planning materials are found in the Appied Social Sciences Library in the Von KleinSmid Center, and building sciences materials are also in the Science and Engineering Library. The collection supports teaching and research through the masters level and beyond.

The collection also supports teaching and independent study through the undergraduate level in all areas of Architecture, including landscape architecture and historic preservation.

Books and journals are in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. (Materials in the East Asian vernacular languages that are primarily text are usually collected in the East Asian Library)

Materials on the ancient world through modern times are collected for the entire world, with an emphasis on the United States (particularly California), Central America (particularly Mexico), Western Europe, Southeast Asia, and East Asia (particularly Japan). There is an emphasis on the contemporary architecture.

Reference services & research help

• Research consultation and recommendations to add items to the USC Libraries' collections:
  • Ruth Wallach,  Head Librarian, (213) 740 6917, rwallach@usc.edu
• Helen Topping Architecture & Fine Arts Library, (213) 740 1956
• Standish K. Penton Family Slide Library (USC faculty use only)