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Campus and Buildings Information

• Bibliography of Carnegie Mellon Architecture
  A selected bibiography of original sources and published writings on Carnegie Mellon's campus and buildings.

• Campus Master Plan
  Downloadable report of 1999-2002 Master Plan for the Carnegie Mellon campus.

• A Campus Renewed: A Decade of Building at Carnegie Mellon, 1986-1996
• Aurand, Martin. A Campus Renewed: A Decade of Building at Carnegie Mellon, 1986-1996. Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives, 1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4727.3 C199
  A web exhibit and related catalog of recent campus architecture and planning.

• Carnegie Mellon Buildings and Campus Plans Database
  Basic information (designers, project names, project types, dates) for Carnegie Mellon buildings and campus plans, built and unbuilt, extant and gone.

• Carnegie Mellon Architecture and Campus Planning: A Collection of Selected Articles. [S.l. : s.n.], 1904-.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 727.3 C28c
  A binder of photocopies of articles.

• Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives
  HUNT Fourth floor Phone: x88165
  Collections include original drawings, microforms of drawings, and other records of early campus buildings; and selected records of recent projects.
   
• Carnegie Mellon University: Campus Maps. 1995.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 727.3 C28ca
  A binder of campus maps showing building footprints, topography, plantings, etc. Full-size copies of these maps may be viewed at the Architecture Archives or obtained from Facilities Management Services.

• Facilities Management Services
  Physical Plant Building Phone: x87853
  Facilities Management Services has some drawings that the Architecture Archives does not, especially for recent buildings. It can also provide copies of drawings under certain conditions. Check first with the Architecture Archives if possible. Then call FMS at x87853 before you visit.

• Floor Plans of University Buildings (Financial Services Group)
  Schematic CAD floor plans of campus buildings. You will need to enter your Andrew ID and password. Scroll down to "Campus Building Floorplans and Space Data" and choose a building. When you reach the page for that building scroll down to "Building Floor Plans." You will need to install Autodesk Express Viewer to view the plans.

• Henry Hornbostel, Architect: A Collection of Selected Articles. [S.l. : s.n.], 1904-.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.8 H81h
  A binder of photocopies of articles about the career and works of architect Henry Hornbostel, who designed the greater part of the Carnegie Mellon campus between 1904 and 1932. Look for Hornbostel's Carnegie Mellon buildings in the "Carnegie Technical Schools" section.

• Kidney, Walter C. Henry Hornbostel: An Architect's Master Touch. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 2002.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 720.8 H91k

• University Archives
  HUNT Second floor Phone: x85021
  Collections include photographs of the campus and its buildings, some specifications and papers, and campus publications such as The Tartan, FOCUS, The Thistle, The Carnegie Alumnus, and Carnegie Mellon Magazine, which often feature articles on campus buildings and plans.