This Open Building resource library contains a curated and growing list of English language materials including: books and book chapters; journal and press publications; technical studies; research reports and various presentations and Open Building working papers. This library aims to support the advocacy work of the Council on Open Buildings and to serve the needs of practitioners and researchers interested in drawing from the many contributors to the Open Building movement over the past decades. 

Choose a general category or peruse the entire searchable catalog below.

Additional Resources:

• Significant books related to Open Building

• Videos and proceedings from “Open Building for Resilient Cities,” our 2018 conference held at the Architecture + Design Museum in Los Angeles

• Our Project Narratives