March 2022: Celebrating Women’s History Month!  SAH Women in Architecture Affiliate Group Projects

1. SAH WiA AG National Outreach

– Commencement of the Women in Architecture Series in SAH Archipedia. The collaborative publication project highlights the work of women architects and the U.S. sites of significance in women’s history. Peer revi…[Read more]

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SAH Member Meetup: Publishing in JSAH

Friday, March 11, 3:00–4:00 pm CST

Join JSAH Editor David Karmon and JSAH Associate Editor Alice Tseng for a conversation about publishing in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Bring your questions, and learn about the Journa…[Read more]

Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper

“ Directed by Laila Kazmi, Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper, is a feature length documentary film about the American structural engineer and architect Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan, known as the ‘Einstein of structural engineering’ and ‘father of modern skyscra…[Read more]

Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper

“ Directed by Laila Kazmi, Reaching New Heights: Fazlur Rahman Khan and the Skyscraper, is a feature length documentary film about the American structural engineer and architect Dr. Fazlur Rahman Khan, known as the ‘Einstein of structural engineering’ and ‘father of modern skyscra…[Read more]

SAH Announces Incoming Board Members for 2022.

For more: https://www.sah.org/about-sah/news/sah-news/news-detail/2022/02/23/sah-announces-incoming-board-members-for-2022?_zs=Q7khX&_zl=7Mwx2, last accessed on 2.23.2022.

(Congrats!)

Reinhold Martin: Knowledge Worlds: Media, Materiality, And the Making of the Modern University

Princeton University- Graduate Program in Media + Modernity presents:

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 @5pm ET

Online Event (for register please visit: https://mandm.princeton.edu/2022/02/02-22-reinhold-martin-knowledge-worlds-media-materiality-and-the…[Read more]

Reinhold Martin: Knowledge Worlds: Media, Materiality, And the Making of the Modern University

Princeton University- Graduate Program in Media + Modernity presents:

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 @5pm ET

Online Event (for register please visit: https://mandm.princeton.edu/2022/02/02-22-reinhold-martin-knowledge-worlds-media-materiality-and-the-makin…[Read more]

“Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial” edited by Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato, Daniel E. Coslett, 2022, Routledge. (Copyright Year 2022); https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Global-Modernism-Architectural-Historiography-and-the-Postcolonial/Prakash-Casciato-Coslett/p/book/9780367636715, last…[Read more]

“Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial” edited by Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato, Daniel E. Coslett, 2022, Routledge. (Copyright Year 2022); https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Global-Modernism-Architectural-Historiography-and-the-Postcolonial/Prakash-Casciato-Coslett/p/book/9780367636715, last…[Read more]

“Rethinking Global Modernism: Architectural Historiography and the Postcolonial” edited by Vikramaditya Prakash, Maristella Casciato, Daniel E. Coslett, 2022, Routledge. (Copyright Year 2022); https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Global-Modernism-Architectural-Historiography-and-the-Postcolonial/Prakash-Casciato-Coslett/p/book/9780367636715, last…[Read more]

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 schol…[Read more]

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]

In July 1997, George P. Mitchell made a generous gift to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to establish the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors in honor of his wife.  The purpose of the fund is to assist in the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of historic interiors.Grants from the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund…[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 c…[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 c…[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]

” The Society of Architectural Historians today announced the 2022 class of SAH Fellows, one of the Society’s highest honors. SAH Fellows are individuals who have distinguished themselves by a lifetime of significant contributions to the field, which may include scholarship, service to the Society, teaching, and stewardship of the built e…[Read more]