Built Environment Library

The first Architecture Library occupied two wooden huts on the Upper Campus sports fields. With the completion of the new Centlivres Building on University Avenue in 1953, it was possible to move the scattered Architectural Library material into a suitable section of the building, which the Architectural Library (now Built Environment Library) occupies today. The material included various books collections, periodicals, pamphlets, and plans. Most historic plans and drawings were later transferred to the Special Collections Manuscripts and Archives Repository.

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Built Environment Library
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Architecture Library
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The first Architecture Library occupied two wooden huts on the Upper Campus sports fields. With the completion of the new Centlivres Building on University Avenue in 1953, it was possible to move the scattered Architectural Library material into a suitable section of the building, which the Architectural Library (now Built Environment Library) occupies today. The material included various books collections, periodicals, pamphlets, and plans.

Most historic plans and drawings were later transferred to the Special Collections Manuscripts and Archives Repository.
address
Centlivres Building, Residence road, Upper Campus, Rondebosch, Cape Town
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Centlivres Building
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1953
foundingLocation
Centlivres Building, Residence road, Upper Campus, Rondebosch, Cape Town
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UCT Libraries
parentOrganization
University of Cape Town
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http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/lib/libraries/bel

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