Charles W. Moore Library

Charles Willard Moore (1925-1993) was an architect, educator, author, and traveler. His academic posts include serving as Dean, Chairman, and faculty member at six different universities, including the University of California at Berkeley, Yale University, and The University of Texas at Austin. Moore completed 180 commissions, and served as principal architect in firms in California, Connecticut, and Texas. Throughout his career, Moore established firms across the country, developing collaborative relationships within and between practices, often involving students from his academic positions in his architectural work. The Charles Moore Library is housed off-site at the Charles Moore House in Austin, Texas. It contains over 4,300 architectural monographs, exhibition catalogs, and works of fiction that formed the architect and educator's personal library.