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A RIBA Library and Collections services update, June 2025 says its ‘library is currently closed for refurbishment works as part of our House of Architecture programme’.
RIBA writes:
- access to RIBA Library and Collections material previously held at 66 Portland Place is now closed.
- access to drawings and archives through the RIBA Architecture Study Rooms at the V&A and Piper Centre outstore remains unchanged at this time.
- over the summer we will continue to answer email enquiries to library@riba.org and photo@riba.org as best as we can. There may be some delays in responding, especially if the relevant material is in the process of being moved. We will also need to pause our scanning service from 7 July 2025.
- September 2025: We anticipate that our interim service will begin at The London Archives from Monday 15 September and Crown Fine Art from Thursday 18 September. Prior to any visit, users are advised to check our website in case there has been any change to these dates. We will be able to resume our scanning service at this point.
