“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

Society of Architectural Historians Announces Publication of SAH Data Project Report

” Architectural History in the United States: Findings and Trends in Higher Education is the first in-depth, data-driven study designed to assess the health of the field of architectural history at institutions of higher education in the United States. ”

For…[Read more]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Interior Provocations Symposium 2022: On Edge

Every year, current events affect the directions of research and culture, but the influence of the events of this year can not be overstated. Who can not say that the past almost two years have not left them “on edge” in some way?

The fifth annual Interior Provocations sym…[Read more]

I recently published an article as part of a special collection in Architectural History, journal of the SAHGB, focused on French-style interiors during the so-called American Renaissance. The issue is available online from Cambridge University Press and free to read until 28th February 2022:…[Read more]

I am editing a special issue of the Journal of Interior Design on diversity and equity in the discipline of interior design. While not specifically focused on historic interiors, articles from an historical perspective are welcomed.
Uncovering Structures: Making Visible Hidden Biases
The design of interiors, both residential and commercial, has…[Read more]

Archives, Collections and Curatorship:
Virtual Special Issue for the Journal of Design History
June, 2019, Zoë Hendon
https://academic.oup.com/jdh/pages/archives_vsi, last accessed on 9.24.2021

” Design historians frequently find their interest in a particular subject prompted by archival materials, or begin their research with…[Read more]

Archives, Collections and Curatorship:
Virtual Special Issue for the Journal of Design History
June, 2019, Zoë Hendon
https://academic.oup.com/jdh/pages/archives_vsi, last accessed on 9.24.2021

” Design historians frequently find their interest in a particular subject prompted by archival materials, or begin their research with collections of…[Read more]

(Interior) Renovation of the Historic Netsch Home (Docomomo 2021); Transforming the Netsch Home by Brian Lee; https://www.docomomo-us.org/events/national-symposium/schedule; last accessed on 9.9.2021.

( “…Netsch’s application of field theory creates expansive sight lines between rooms; indeed, the only spaces in the entire house with doors ar…[Read more]

(Interior) Renovation of the Historic Netsch Home (Docomomo 2021); Transforming the Netsch Home by Brian Lee; https://www.docomomo-us.org/events/national-symposium/schedule; last accessed on 9.9.2021.

( “…Netsch’s application of field theory creates expansive sight lines between rooms; indeed, the only spaces in the entire house with doors ar…[Read more]

Dear Colleagues,

Below is an announcement regarding the new interface for Archnet.org, which will be deployed very soon. I wanted to bring it to the attention of this group because the site is intended to be a pedagogical resource on the built environment.  While our focus is on societies in which Muslims have been a significant cultural…[Read more]

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]

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.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]

CALL FOR AUTHORS
Call for Authors: SAH WiA AG & SAH Archipedia Publication Project on the Work of Women Architects

In anticipation of the annual program, March 2022: SAH WIA AG Celebrates Women’s History Month, SAH Archipedia editors and the SAH Women in Architecture Affiliate Group are collaborating on a publication project to highlight the w…[Read more]

NCAW’s new Summer 2021 special issue “The Ambient Interior in the United States during the Long Nineteenth Century http://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/summer21/

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture: Free Virtual Book Launch at AA Bookshop London UK, July 7, 2021, 2:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM GMT. Join us! Chair: Nerma Cridge, Speakers: Yuri Avvakumov, Ed Frith, Samantha Hardingham, Anna Sokolina, others TBD.

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture illuminates the names of pioneering women…[Read more]

Next week The Courtauld Institute of Art is hosting its Annual Postgraduate Symposium, showcasing the research of Courtauld students in the final stages of their doctoral degrees. I will be giving a paper entitled ‘Magnificent Women: French Furniture and the Representation of American Luxury’ focused on the interiors of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II…[Read more]

Electric Interiors from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Session at the SAH 2022 Pittsburgh conference. The submission deadline has been extended to Tuesday, June 8, at 11:59 pm CDT.

How did the introduction of electricity and subsequent development of electronics transform the design, use and experience of interiors? Science has…[Read more]