Several auxiliary facilities serve the School of Architecture. These include a number of laboratories, workshops, and other resources that support teaching and learning, and research in the School of Architecture. There are five main "Collections" which support teaching and research.
Facilities
Media centre
The Media Centre of the School of Architecture is managed by media coordinator Carrie Henzie. The Centre provides staff and students with equipment and technical expertise in four areas of multimedia production and design: photography (digital and film), web design, publication design, and videography.
Workshop facilities
Students enjoy access to stations for working with wood, wood products, metal, plaster, glass and plastics, as well as facilities for casting, mold making, sandblasting, spray finishing, and laser cutting. A compressed air supply enables the use of air tools throughout.
Information technology resources
Students in the School of Architecture are provided access to a variety of computer resources.
Information resources
The Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art
The Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art is the University's parent library for the School of Architecture, the School of Urban Planning, and the Department of Art History.
The Canadian Architecture Collection
The CAC's mandate is to document the work of architects who have studied and/or taught at the McGill University School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
The Architecture Slide Library
The collection is approximately 40,000 images, including both lantern and 35 mm slides. It is organized by time period and geographical location, and then by architect (after 1800).
The Orson Wheeler Architectural Model Collection
This collection of scale models of over two hundred works of architecture from around the world is a unique treasure. Executed in permanently malleable Roma Plastilina, these models were created between 1940 and 1990 by the sculptor Orson Wheeler (1902-1990), who bequeathed the entire collection to the School of Architecture.
The Materials Centre
The Materials Centre supports teaching and research in the area of building construction and other technical subjects in the School of Architecture.