Material from the Photographs Collection in 'Framing Modernism', 2011, MAXXI, Rome
Photograph by exhibition curator Valeria Carulllo
Loans of items to other organisations and exhibitions enable the architectural collections| of the RIBA to reach a wider audience and to further promote architecture. The conservation and preservation of the material in the collections is of paramount importance to the RIBA. Therefore, any institutions wishing to borrow items should contact the relevant collections teams at the British Architectural Library for further information about conditions for loans and any fees.
To find out what our collections hold please use the online catalogue|. Items can also be viewed in person at the Library's two sites: the Reading Room, 66 Portland Place, for the Photographs, Books and Periodicals Collections; the RIBA Architecture Study Rooms, Victoria and Albert Museum, for the Drawings and Archives Collections. Please check admissions policy and opening hours before you visit us|.
Some items have been digitised and these images can be viewed on RIBApix|.
Contact us
If you are interested in borrowing material or require further information please do not hesitate in contacting the relevant collections teams directly:
For any general enquiries please contact:
British Architectural Library
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AD
United Kingdom
Email: info@riba.org
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3882 (phone line open Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3672 (phone line open Saturday 10am - 1.30pm)
Books and Periodicals Collection
Institutions or organisations wishing to apply for any external loans of material from the Books and Periodicals Collection| please contact:
Dr Irena Murray
Sir Banister Fletcher Director
British Architectural Library
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AD
United Kingdom
Email: info@riba.org|
Engraved frontispiece and title page of 'An abridgment of the architecture of Vitruvius'
Artist: Johannes Kip
Copyright: RIBA Library Photographs Collection
Drawings and Archives Collections
The RIBA considers sympathetically all requests for loans, but the Drawings and Archives Collections can only lend to institutions that meet the required conditions of security and environment set out in the Conditions of Loan.
All loans are subjected to a loan fee of £410. This is to cover administration costs, conservation, mounting and framing of objects. To borrow an object from the collection please send a written request to:
Assistant Director
RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections
Royal Institute of British Architects
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
SW7 2RL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3708 (phone line open Tuesday - Friday 10am-5pm)
Fax: +44 (0)20 7589 3175
Email: drawings&archives@riba.org|
Design for the Villa Repeta
Artist: Andrea Palladio
Copyright: RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections
Photographs Collection
Material from the Photographs Collection|, either in its original form or in the form of copies, can be supplied to exhibitions both in Britain or abroad provided the collection's conditions are met. Please contact the Photographs Collection for more information.
RIBA Library Photographs Collection
Royal Institute of British Architects
66 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3627/3684/3642 (phone line open Monday - Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm)
Fax: +44 (0)20 7631 1802
Email: photo@riba.org|
Warehouse at Boston, Lincolnshire
Photographer: John Piper
Copyright: Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Library Photographs Collection