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Using the LI Archive

USING THE LI ARCHIVE

Do you want to learn more about using the landscape collections at The MERL?

To access some digitised images from the LI archive via the Virtual Reading Room (VRR) University of Reading, Special Collections:

Enter the Virtual Reading Room here; and then please follow these instructions

If you want high resolution access to the images then Register or Sign in


Ten most popular ways in which the Archive is used

  • Academic research into particular designer, style, period or subject

  • Private research

  • Government agency and other NGO for supporting information

  • Site/project specific information for restoration or conservation

  • Illustrative material for books, journals and web-based publications

  • To inspire design ideas

  • Research construction techniques

  • Contemporary social, economic, industrial, and political history

  • As a teaching resource

  • Legal information on old contracts



Search The MERL blog for entries about the landscape architects included in the Archive.