Libraries, Collections, and Archives
gta Archives
Initially started with the bequest of Gottfried Semper as the "Semper-Museum", GTA Archives now hold a considerable number of bequests from outstanding architects and architectural collections of the 19th and 20th centuries, which are systematically made accessible to researchers.
Baubibliothek
The Baubibliothek (Architecture and Civil Engineering Library) is a special library affiliated to the ETH-Bibliothek and open to the public. Subjects are architecture, urban and spatial planning, construction and geomatics, as well as environment and transport.
ETH Materials Hub
The ETH Materials Hub (MATHUB) is the materials platform at ETH Zurich for research and teaching. This collaborative project between the Department of Architecture and ETH Library currently focuses on information and materials samples from the field of the built environment. Alongside the collaborative online materials database, in which eight other Swiss organisations participate, the ETH Materials Hub together with all of the media offerings of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library, i.e. materials samples, technical literature, journals, films and other database offerings, comprise a comprehensive information repository on the subject of materials and the built environment.
Werner Oechslin Library Foundation
The external page Werner Oechslin Library Foundation was established in 1998 with domicile Einsiedeln and, has, since then, endeavored successfully to provide access to the collection - which began as a private initiative of Werner Oechslin - of books and resources about architecture from the 15th to the 20th century by a wide circle of researchers. Since 1999, there has been a service level agreement between the foundation and ETH Zurich.