Library

Opening out onto both the School of Architecture’s lobby and the outside, the library occupies a main hall and a mezzanine. It features individual study cubicles and large tables for groups. Most of the materials are available on a self-service basis. Three library officers, assisted by student assistants, are responsible for all reader services, the management and development of the specialised collections in architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture (books, periodicals, DVDs, maps and student projects), and the day-to-day management of the premises. The library hosts discussions with the School’s lecturers and researchers and highlights the institution’s latest news: display tables and bibliographic selections relating to lectures, seminars and the curriculum in general. The library provides an update on current affairs via its ‘press round-up’: a selection of articles from Libération, Le Monde and Les Échos displayed on a noticeboard in the lobby.
The library is part of the Archirès network of libraries at schools of architecture and partner organisations specialising in the fields of architecture and urban planning (25 libraries), as well as the Descartes campus’s information resources.

Practical Information

Access

The library, intended primarily for students, teaching staff and researchers at the School of Architecture, welcomes anyone interested in the subjects of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.

Borrowing

Borrowing is restricted to students and academic staff from institutions on the campus and from architecture schools in the Île-de-France region. Inter-library loans are available.

Reproduction of materials

Reproduction is permitted only within the limits of the law.
This can be done using two A3 scanners and one A2 scanner (with a USB stick)

Searching the collections

Books, journals and videos: the catalogue can be consulted via the portal ArchiRès.
To date, it contains nearly 430,000 bibliographic records and 200 titles of specialist journals. It is maintained by teams of library professionals from 25 specialist libraries, including our own.

Maps

fonds cartographique