Pidgeon Digital collection of illustrated talks
Public library and media centre, Peckham, London
Architect: Alsop & Stormer
Copyright: Janet Hall / RIBA Library Photographs Collection
At the Library
members of RIBA| can access the Pidgeon Digital collection of illustrated talks by architects and designers, dating from 1979 to the present.
Recently added recordings have included:
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Will Alsop
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Renzo Piano
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Cecil Balmond
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Bernard Tschumi
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Peter Eisenman
The V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership
Architecture Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Copyright: RIBA British Architecture Library
The
V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership| is the initiative between the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture.
Together the V&A and the RIBA have opened the Architecture Gallery|, the first permanent gallery of its type in the UK, and new study rooms at the V&A. There you can access the world-class collections of architectural material from the V&A and RIBA.
Early Printed Books 1478-1840:
A catalogue of the British Architectural Library Early Imprints Collection.
Winner of the Besterman/McColvin Medal for an outstanding work of reference: printed category. Paul Nash, compiler and editor, won the Walford Award, for an individual who has made a sustained contribution to bibliography. The awards are organised and administered by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and sponsored by Nielsen BookData.
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914
An updated and expanded edition of the definitive biographical reference tool for the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Compiled by staff of the British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA): Antonia Brodie, Alison Felstead, Jonathan Franklin, Leslie Pinfield and Jane Oldfield; Foreword by Mark Girouard.
More than 11,000 British architects working between 1834 and 1914 are included in this directory. Its scope extends beyond members of the Royal Institute of British Architects to cover all those who practised architecture in Great Britain during the period, as well as many who practised in the former colonies and other parts of the world.
London: Continuum|, May 2001. 2 volumes (2,248 pages). ISBN 08264 49638 set of 2 vols. $660.00/£400.00.