The Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture

Spring 2022, Lecture & Events

“Conference:

Saturday, April 30 in room 56-154.

Details upcoming

The Profession’s Foundations: Architects and Architecture in the Modern Middle East​

Description:

In recent years, a growing body of scholarship has emerged withi…[Read more]

The Other Modern Movement: Architecture, 1920-1970

by Kenneth Frampton

Yale University Press

Publication Date: January 25, 2022.

“Usually associated with Mies and Le Corbusier, the Modern Movement was instrumental in advancing new technologies of construction in architecture, including the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete. R…[Read more]

Women-Centered Content at 110 CAA Annual Conference!

Amazingly broad women-centered content at 110 CAA Annual Conference! No panel rejected! Feb-March 2022: https://caa.confex.com/caa/2022/meetingapp.cgi/Index/CB_Theme~Women-Centered%20ContentContent Threads (confex.com)  Congratulations to our own Elisa Dainese chairing the session: Women in…[Read more]

The Temple Hoyne Buell Center announces a new Tool Kit for teaching about green reconstruction:

https://mailchi.mp/cd93f1f0e9e3/green-reconstruction-buell-center?e=e5f7590a9c

The Temple Hoyne Buell Center announces a new Tool Kit for teaching about green reconstruction:

https://mailchi.mp/cd93f1f0e9e3/green-reconstruction-buell-center?e=e5f7590a9c

ACHP Welcomes New Director of the Office of Native American Affairs WASHINGTON, D.C. —

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Acting Executive Director Reid Nelson announced Ira Matt is the new director of the Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA). Ira previously served as senior program analyst in ONAA. “We are excited to have…[Read more]

Dear SAH Historic Interiors Group members,

Happy New Year to you. Please find attached a January newsletter from HIG President Paula Lupkin.

In particular we want to draw your attention to the following time-sensitive postings:

Academic Job in the History of Interiors at the Virginia Commonwealth University Posted
Please note a rare…[Read more]

Hi All,

Please find attached the Call for Proposals for the SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) session for SAH 2023. Deadline is January 15, 2022.

All best,

Jennifer Olivarez

Hello all, please find attached the Call for Participation for SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) Committee members. We would love to have you join us! The deadline has been extended to December 31, 2021.

Best, Jennifer Olivarez

“Digital Archive of Greek Female Architects 1923-1981 / Ψηφιακο Αρχειο Ελληνιδων Αρχιτεκτονων 1923-1981, by Helen Fessas-Emmanouil.

For information, please see, https://www.academia.edu/63180222/DIGITAL_ARCHIVE_OF_GREEK_FEMALE_ARCHITECTS_1923_1981

FIRST 500 Press Release follows (and attached):

FIRST 500, A Global Initiative Documenting the Achievements of Black Women Architects, Launches Official Website

The website and digital archive will raise awareness about Black women architects and their accomplishments, provide resources for students, practitioners and aspiring architects, and…[Read more]

Emerging Professionals Zoom Member Meetup with SAH Board and Staff on October 26
 

The President of the Society of Architectural Historians, Victoria Young, and the SAH staff invite members who are emerging scholars/professionals in architectural history and adjacent fields to a meetup on Tuesday, October 26, at 12 pm CDT / 1:00 pm EST, to…[Read more]

BEAT X Women [RE]Build: Book Launch & Roundtable Discussion — BEAT (beatoronto.com)
Thursday, October 14, 2021 6:30 PM  8:00 PM ZOOM Webinar:

BEAT is thrilled to host a virtual roundtable and book launch for Women [RE]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures. Women [Re]Build was inspired by the organizing activities of a group of women architecture stu…[Read more]

Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet–And How We Fight Back

Organized by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.

October, 14

6:30 pm.(virtual event) 

“A lecture and discussion with the author of Overheated, Kate Aronoff joined in conversation by Professor Reinhold Martin, Director of the Temple H…[Read more]

Experts, Exports, And The Global Entanglements Of Postwar Planning.
First seminar on 30 Sept. 2021, by Monica Pacheco (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa – Portugal) The Role of Technical Assistance Programmes in Postwar International Development: the Case of Abrams, Koenigsberger and Bodyansky in Ghana.

Smithsonian National Conference on Cultural Property Protection.
Date: October 4-5, 2021, virtual event