The AA Archives
The AA Archives have recently moved into new rooms in the rear basement of No. 32 Bedford Square, providing expanded reading space, together with dedicated storage and cataloguing areas. The Architectural Association Archives consist of 500 cubic feet of documents and in excess of 2000 architectural drawings, paintings and works on paper. It documents the administrative and educational history of the AA and acts to preserve examples of the Association's material culture and graphic output. The process of gathering together and listing all surviving material was started in 2007 and a long-term cataloguing project is underway to make accessible the Archives' complete holdings and ongoing accessions.
Term Time Opening Hours
Monday to Friday, 10.30–5.30
Recent Additions to the AA Archives
Peter Fordham: AA student work, years 1 - 5, 1958-63.Professor Andrew Holmes: AA carnival poster, 1967
Michael Ventris OBE:Student projects, 1946-7, and material relating to his Perspector invention.
Sir Andrew Derbyshire: Student portfolio & ‘The Zone’ project, 1946-1952
Peter Rich: Student portfolio, 1958-1963
Diana Jowsey: ‘Holiday Homes’ project, 1971
Professor John Frazer: ‘Unfolding Caravan’ project, 1969
Peter Wylde: Student portfolios, 1971-3
Harry Paticas: Diploma graduation portfolio, 2003
Jane Cochrane: Diploma graduation portfolio, 1972
Colin Priest: Diploma graduation portfolio, 2003
Desmond Henly: Student portfolio, 1946-48
Alvin Boyarsky: Correspondence and documentation from the AA Chairman's Office, 1971–1990.
Professor Patrick Wakely: AA Dept of Tropical Architecture, portfolio of student work including Fifth Year project, 1963. Also drawings, reports, documentation, student work etc, relating to the Faculty of Architecture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (affiliated to the AA, 1964–68).
Jorgen Tandberg: AA Diploma Honours portfolio, 2009/10.
AA Prize Winners, 2009/10: Includes portfolios of Erland Skjeseth, Amber Wood, Huida Xia, James Rai, Zachary Fluker, Yheu-Shen Chua, Fredrik Hellberg, Aimee O'Carroll, Albane Duvilier, Alma Wang, Simon Whittle, Harry Paticas: Fourth Year and Fifth Year portfolios, 2001–03.
Brian Falk: AA Diploma Honours portfolio, 1954.
Christopher Libby: Pink denim suit commissioned from Carnaby Street by Student Forum organisers for 'Think Pink' student party of 1966, featuring Pink Floyd. Geoffrey Salmon: AA Dip (Hons), student portfolio, 1948–52.
Ray Leigh, MBE: student portfolio, 1948–52
Valentine Elsey: student portfolio, 1931–36
Policies
Archive Reader Admissions
Document Handling Guidelines
AA Archives Acquisition Policy
For all enquiries, please contact AA Archivist, Edward Bottoms edward@aaschool.ac.uk or call on 020 7887 4049.
