The Department's Resource Centre was established to create an easily accessible resource for students and lecturers.

Located on the third floor of Boukunde, the Resource Centre is open every weekday from 09:00 until 17:00. The facility is augmented by those of the Merensky Library on campus. 

The following resources are available in the Department of Architecture Reading Room: 

• A selection of the latest local and international journals on architecture, interior architecture and landscape architecture. 
• A collection of books on design, materials and construction 
• A selection of reference works
• Product catalogues
• A material sample library
• Undergraduate and postgraduate thesis documents since 1949
• The Architectural Archive at UP (AAUP)

The Resource Centre includes a reading room, archive, seminar room and a private reading lounge that groups of students and lecturers can use.