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Campbell Hall, the School of Architecture building, was completed in 1970 and is part of a complex of buildings forming a Fine Arts Precinct that also includes the Department of Art, the Department of Drama, and the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library. Campbell Hall provides well-equipped studio work areas, exhibition spaces, lecture halls, and seminar rooms. Expansion to Campbell Hall was completed in 2008 adding both classrooms and offices. The school has three computer-graphics and computer-aided design laboratories with high-resolution graphics. These facilities support software applications in computer aided design, GIS digital mapping and modeling, site analysis, image processing, rendering, animation, structural analysis, lighting analysis, energy analysis, statistics, word processing, spreadsheet, and other areas. They also contain Macintosh, and Windows computers with Internet access and maintain digital voice and video links with other research laboratories in the United States and Europe. The design studio space has network connections for individual laptop computers which are required of each student. Other research support facilities include digital modeling laboratories, a CNC fabrication laboratory, and a woodworking shop. The Architecture’s School’s newest facilities include a virtual reality lab and a full scale fabrication lab.
The Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library, one of fifteen libraries of the University of Virginia Library system, serves the McIntire Department of Art, the School of Architecture, and the Department of Drama of at the University of Virginia, as well as the surrounding community. The Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library currently holds about 154,000 volumes in numerous formats: print, electronic resources, digital resources, images, videos, and CD-ROMs. The Library’s collections are increased each year by means of allocations for books, periodicals, databases, visual resources, etc. Sources of funding include the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as endowed funds that create annual income designated for use to purchase particular types of materials. Gifts also play a significant role in expanding and improving the Fine Arts Library’s collections. The Library’s collections are increased each year by means of allocations for books, periodicals, databases, visual resources, etc. Sources of funding include the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as endowed funds that create annual income designated for use to purchase particular types of materials. Gifts also play a significant role in expanding and improving the Fine Arts Library’s collections. The collections cover all aspects related to architecture, landscape architecture, architectural history, urban and environmental planning, and the visual and performing arts. The Fine Arts Library provides patrons with access to all University Library resources, including government documents, geo-spatial data, maps, rare books and manuscripts, many other on-line resources, as well as a gateway to the Internet. Special emphasis is placed on teaching students and faculty to conduct research utilizing on-line resources. Reference services are provided to the entire University community and to practitioners throughout the Commonwealth and the nation. |
