Built Environment Library
The Built Environment Library serves the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics and the Department of Construction Economics & Management.
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Centlivres Building, University Ave South, Upper Campus, Rondebosch
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Open Book Collection: MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies
MIT Press Open Architecture and Urban Studies is a robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books, on the digital book platform, MIT Press Direct.
The collection was funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the Humanities Open Book Program, which they co-sponsored with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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We offer you safe and comfortable study spaces between and after lectures to fit your individual or collaborative needs.
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The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Department acts as a link between the University of Cape Town Libraries and other libraries in Southern Africa and abroad. A required book or article not available at UCT may be requested.
Notices
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More 24/7 study spaces available to all UCT students from Tues 22 Aug 2023
-Dear students and staff
The following library spaces will be available to all UCT students as new 24/7 study spaces from Tuesday 22 August 2023 onwards.
- Vincent Kolbe Knowledge Commons (Main Library)
Access after-hours from the North Staircase next to the Steve Biko Building. - Brand van Zyl Law Library
Access from 5pm to 8am for all UCT students.
All the libraries will still close at 10 pm, after which the 24/7 study spaces will come into operation. Please visit our library hours for more information.
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Special Collections
Special Collections is the preservation library and archive of UCT Libraries, with an array of rare holdings in a
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Our History
The first Architecture Library occupied two wooden huts on the Upper Campus sports fields. With the completion of the new Centlivres Building in 1959, it was possible to move into the more suitable, permanent accommodation it occupies to this day.
In line with faculty restructuring in 1997, the library was re-named the Built Environment Library and serves the School of Architecture, Planning & Geomatics and the Department of Construction Economics & Management. Learn more
