The College of the Arts New Materials Library showcases new and innovative materials with a focus on eco-friendly, sustainable, and technologically smart products.
The Harvard Graduate School of Design Materials Collection is a physical and digital collection of materials, ranging from innovative, new materials to those found everyday in the constructed environment. The collection allows for both intuitive, tactile browsing, and non-linear searching of various database categories.
Material Connexion Materials Database contains images, detailed material descriptions, usage characteristics, and manufacturer and distributor contact information, all written and compiled by their material specialists.
The Pratt Institute Center for Sustainable Design Studies houses a comprehensive case studies and materials library, provides access to life-cycle assessment tools and organizes professional development workshops in sustainability
The University College Materials Library is a collection of some of the most wondrous materials on earth, gathered from sheds, labs, grottoes and repositories around the world. It is a resource, laboratory, studio, workshop, and playpen for the material-minded. It is a place for truly interdisciplinary inquiry and innovation, in which makers from all disciplines can see, touch, research and discuss, so that they can apply the knowledge and experience gained to their own practice.
The University of Texas (Austin) Materials Lab in the School of Architecture maintains one of the largest and most comprehensive material collections of its kind at any college or university in the country, if not the world, standing at 27,000 + material samples and corresponding product literature (manufacturer catalogs, brochures, multimedia, etc.).
