Last week SAH signed an urgent appeal for Afghanistan’s scholars, students, practitioners, civil society leaders and activists.

The Society of Architectural Historians has signed a letter that Scholars at Risk (SAR), in partnership with 40 higher education institutions, associations and networks, and over 1,000 professionals and students…[Read more]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJZd4VJYowQ, last accessed on 8.23.2021.

https://www.arch.columbia.edu/books/reader/189-footnotes-on-climate-a-reading-list-on-architecture-and-climate-change, last accessed on 8.23.2021.

“…This reading list is offered not as a survey of the field or even a syllabus of sorts, but as a collection of documents (historical and contemporary, scholarly and speculative, governmental and act…[Read more]

https://www.arch.columbia.edu/books/reader/189-footnotes-on-climate-a-reading-list-on-architecture-and-climate-change, last accessed on 8.23.2021.

“…This reading list is offered not as a survey of the field or even a syllabus of sorts, but as a collection of documents (historical and contemporary, scholarly and speculative, governmental and act…[Read more]

An enduring intellectual and a perceptual rift divides the city from the natural world both in scholarship as well as in the public imagination. In the past three decades, humanities scholars working with social and natural scientists have challenged these assumptions by investigating the complex interaction and intersection of cultural and…[Read more]

This co-edited book will examine the role of race in the construction of historical narratives of ‘American architecture’ during the nineteenth century. Focusing on a relatively narrow group of people, structures, and landscapes, canonical surveys of American architecture written up through the 1930s continue to have substantial influence on our…[Read more]

In and Outside the Archive: Evidencing Spatial Performance, Performing Spatial Evidence (SAH Session at CAA 2022)
The following is the call for participation for the SAH session “In and Outside the Archive: Evidencing Spatial Performance, Performing Spatial Evidence,” which will be presented in-person at the CAA 2022 Annual Conference in Chicago,…[Read more]

The IAWA Center announces the 2021 IAWA Kristine Fallon Prize of $5000, inviting professionals and scholars to extend research into an important arena – women in architecture who have made significant contributions to the field through their work practicing at large U.S. firms in the second half of the 20th century. With important contributions m…[Read more]

If you can help this researcher, please reach out to him directly.  Thank you!

I wish to broaden my knowledge about Marya Lilien-Czarnecka (1900–1998). She was born in Lviv and received her MA in architecture from Lviv Polytechnic University in 1931, and became the first woman apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright. On her apprenticeship term, a vi…[Read more]

 MEDIA CONTACT:Kaitlyn McAvoyCommunications Manager, Landmarks Illinois312-922-1742kmcavoy@landmarks.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 18, 2021

New Landmarks Illinois database highlights over 100 women who built Illinois CHICAGO – Landmarks Illinois has published an online database, Women Who Built Illinois, which includes information on over 100…[Read more]

Barber, D. A., 2020, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning, Princeton University Press; https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Architecture-Climate-Design-Conditioning/dp/0691170037

Barber, D. A., 2020, Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning, Princeton University Press; https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Architecture-Climate-Design-Conditioning/dp/0691170037

Hello everyone,

If you are interested in diversity, equity, and inclusion in architectural archives, please see for our online panel record:

https://wwd2021.com/diverse-women-artitects, last accessed on 7.30.2021.

Our aim is to continue this discussion online. Please, stay tuned!

Panelists:  *Prof. Dr. Mary Norman Woods, Professor…[Read more]

Hello everyone, if you are interested in diversity, equity and inclusion in architectural archives, please see for our online panel record:

https://wwd2021.com/diverse-women-artitects, last accessed on 7.30.2021.  Our aim is to continue this discussion online. Please, stay tuned!

Panelists:

*Prof. Dr. Mary Norman Woods, Professor Emerita at…[Read more]