Last Tuesday

I went to RIBA and I did a tour of the Library. The deputy librarian Jane Oldfield showed me how the books are stored and the specific conditions that are necessary to conserve them. I looked at the place where they keep the photos related to our project. We are able to use those images, because the RIBA holds the copyright. Robert Elwall is the Photo Curator.

I also had the opportunity to talk with Dr Paul Snell (Education Curator) and Jane about RIBA Online Exhibition on Italian architect Andrea Palladio (500th anniversary). After that, we went to the Bene/CELTD education room http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Educationprogrammes/CETLD%20Bene%20Education%20Room%20booking.aspx where they give some workshops for students, architects and other groups and it is possible to have video conferences.
In the afternoon we went to V&A and I saw the drawings of 2 Willow Road and had an explanation about the house from Catherine Williamson, the RIBA/V&A education officer. Later on, we visited the archives of RIBA inside the V&A building. Susan Pugh, the RIBA archivist responsible for this archive at V&A told us that she is using the RIBA architecture.com template for her “Albertopolis” online exhibition, but is not very flexible because of the template’s limitations. Her online exhibition is about the buildings in the Exhibition Road area like the V&A, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall.