The Faculty of The Built Environment library is located in A.D.D. building located along Lower State House Road.  It is one of the branches of the University of Nairobi Library System with a sitting capacity of 82 students.  The library mainly provides information services to academic staff, non-academic staff, postgraduate, undergraduate students of the Faculty of The Built Environment and Design, and alumna of the University of Nairobi. The A.D.D library has a sitting capacity of 82 students.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the Faculty of the Built Environment and Design  is well endowed  with necessary resources to produce planners who are in position, provide expertise in the human settlements planning and management in the 21st Century.  In addition to undergraduate studies, the department has strong programmes at postgraduate level at Masters and PhD levels.  The department is involved in research and outreach activities.