Architecture Collection Description

The collection is maintained by the Ricker Library of Architecture & Art.

The Ricker Library of Architecture & Art supports the teaching and research of the faculty and students in the School of Architecture, which includes Architectural Design, Architectural History and Preservation, Architectural Practice and Technology, and Architectural Management. The collection consists of 50,000 volumes in the Ricker Library and the Bookstacks. The architecture collection is particularly strong in long runs of early architecture periodicals, materials on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School, and early architectural treatises. Nathan C. Ricker’s translations of architectural treatises are among the prize possessions of the library.

Version Date: January, 2007