The resources of the world's leading architecture library, the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, are located in Avery Hall and the Avery extension; they are available to the students of the School. Founded by Samuel Putnam Avery in 1890 as a research collection of books on architecture and the related fields, it has since grown into what can be called the national library of the profession. It is ranked by scholars from all over the world as the outstanding international research center on the history of architecture.

The School has embarked on an ambitious campaign to incorporate state-of-the-art digital technologies in the design curriculum. Since the introduction of the first “paperless” design studios on the seventh floor of Avery in the mid-nine-ties, there has been substantial annual investment and dramatic improvements in the facilities and electronic infrastructure for research, teaching, presentation, computer-aided design, and general computing at the GSAPP. Meanwhile, the general computing resources provided by the University have been upgraded as well and include a variety of e-mail and online services as well as a campus-wide wireless network.