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 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]

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]

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/

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]

Shawn Henderson
By Shawn Henderson, with Mayer Rus | Photographs by Stephen Kent Johnson
October 26, 2021 Hardcover

Shawn Henderson is the first monograph from the highly sought-after designer renowned for creating serene and sophisticated interiors. Heavily illustrated, this new book collects fourteen stunning projects including city to…[Read more]

SAH 2021 Virtual Conference Program; https://www.sah.org/2021-virtual-conference, last accessed on 2.2.2021.