Welcome to Bloomsbury Visual Arts! Bloomsbury Visual Arts is an interdisciplinary hub designed for research and learning across design, art, architecture and related fields. The Design Library and the Architecture Library can be accessed under Collections or by scrolling down on the home page.
Information and links for each database are provided on this page as well.
Bloomsbury Design Library is a research and learning tool for design and visual arts, that allows users to explore the history and context of influential design schools, people, periods, places, and disciplines. Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad range of reference works, e-books, images, exhibitions collections, and more.
Bloomsbury Architecture Library (BAL) is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, researchers, and professionals in the fields of architecture, architecture history, art history, interior design, urban studies, and landscape architecture.
BAL offers the 21st edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, an expanding range of eBooks, covering architecture, architectural history, theory, design, urbanism, landscape, and interiors. The library also includes building pages, a world map, a time line and a glossary that contains over 900 key architectural terms.