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I 'SlDL 2 From the SAH Executive Director 10 G ifts and Donor Support 2 Annual Meeting News I I Obituaries ·I Study Tour News 12 Announcements 'i JSAH and BUS News I :' Chapter News (1 SAHARA News 14 Booklist H 20 I 2 Call for Papers EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE Congrarularions ro Hilary Bailon and David Brownlee for recognition of their groundbrcaking work. Invite your colleagues and srudenrs to uy out the innovative multimedia features of }SAH online, which a 20 I 0 article in Inside Higher Ed called the "Online Journal 2.0".

Pauline Saliga SAH Executive Director

ANNUAL MEETING NEWS Join SAH in the Garden District for our Annual Benefit Join colleagues and friends for the SAH d osing night benefit, a progressive reception in three private homes in the Garden District on Saturday, April 16, 20 I I, from 6:30- 9:00 pm. Enjoy food, drink and conversatio n in the splendor of ltalianate and Gothic Revival houses, buil t in the 1850s by successful Louisiana Pauline Saliga, SAH Execmive Director Photo: Roark jolmson corron merchants, bankers, and businessmen. The Garden District originally developed as a separate dry, called Lafayette, with streets ]SAH Online Multimedia Platform Adopted by JSTOR lined with opulent mansions, bur it was annexed ro rhe city of New Orleans in 1852. These beautiful homes that will serve as SAH is pleased tO announce char in 20 II rhe multimedia journal the backdrop for this special occasion to celebrate the 64th annual thar the Sociery developed in 2009 and 20 I 0 in collaborarion with meeting and to support the mission of SAH, date borh from Universiry of California Press, has been adopted by JSTOR, the before and after annexation ro the ciry. They are among the finest premiere online journal storage archive, as their new publishing examples of lralianate and Gothic Revival residences in the ciry. platform for current journals. JSTOR has enhanced thc}SAH Among the homes and gardens that will be open to us arc the mulrimedia platform and scaled it ro serve rhc needs of the many following: scholarly journal publishers in JSTOR's Currem Scholarship Program, including the presses of Central Michigan Univcrsiry, The Colonel Robert Short House Indiana University, Penn State, Universities of California, Chicago, Illinois, Nebraska, and a wide variery of publicarions by learned societies. To date 174 rides from 19 publis hers are now produced under the JSTOR Current Scholarship Program. What this means is that the innovative developments envisioned by }SAH online Founding Editor, Hilary Bailon and current}SAH Editor David Brownlee, have been adopted by a scholarly publisher of great renown, JSTOR, for the benefi t of the global academic communiry. Now there is a mechanism for publishing academic journals that can be enriched by fi lm, video, G IS and other rich media. As JSTOR wrote in January 201 1 about the new platform: " ... there are exciting possibilities fo r scholarship as authors embrace technology and the capabiliries of the platform. This month as parr of the Current Scholarship Program at JSTOR, Photo: \'Val&• Cobtrz humanistic scholars arc seeing the potential for publishing more 1l1e Shorr House (Howard and Diettcl, architects, 1859) is notable compelling and effccrivc work through the integration of for both its fine ltalianate exterior design and its whimsical cast iron text with other media. The joumaL ofthe Society ofArchirectural fence comprised of cornstalks and morning glory vines. Designed Histori11ns, under the catalytic leadership of editors Hilary Bailon by architect Henry Howard for Kentucky cotton merchant Robert and David Brownlee and the stewardship of the Universiry of Shorr, the interior of the house features a traditional double parlor California Press, has begun publishing papers where images, and Greek Revival-sryle details. During the Civil War, General video, and GIS technologies are imegral to the text, enabling Nathaniel Banks of the Union Army occupied the house in 1864 readers to engage in new ways and better understand their and 1865 but Colonel Short and his wife returned to the house arguments. The Sociery has also mounted a campaign to after the war. Listed on the National Register of H isroric Places encourage submissions of this kind and is working with other si nce 1971 (Garden District National Register #71 000358), the societies in the arcs to do the same. house has had sensitive alterations and its design remains rrue ro its 1850s Irali anate origi ns. Our hosts are H al W illiamson and Dr. Dale Le Blanc.

2 ------~~~~ SAH News MARCH / 2011 Charles Briggs House and hired restoration architect, Samuel Wilson Jr., to rescore the National Register house. Our hosr will be William and Mary Louise Chrisrovich. Proceeds from the SAH Garden Oisuicr Benefic will fund Buildings of rhe United Scares research, SAH educational outreach, and the continued restoration of the Society's landmark headquarters, the Charnley-Persky H ouse. Many of you may be very familiar with these homes and visited on several occasions. We hope you will share chose past experiences as we visit once again co support the mission of SAH. What better place to celebrate than here in the Garden District of New Orleans. Tickers are $125 per person. To make a reservation, visit the SAH website at www.sah.org or call the SAH office at 312.573.1365.

Pboto: \'tlally Cobnz TAKE A SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR of the The Briggs House Oames Gallier, Sr., architect, 1849), also referred NEW ORLEANS . to as the Briggs-Staub House, was built in the Gothic Revival sryle, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT rather rare in New Orleans. As Karen Kingsley observes in Buildings ofLouisiana, " ... this one adopts the mode as lightly as a dress on 1. Get the free app for · ..•••••• a classically symmetrical body." According to Kingsley, the house your phone at: is similar in design ro "A Cottage in the English or Rural Gothic http:f/gettag.mobi B 2. Photograph this tag. Sryle," illustrated in Andrew Jackson Downing's Cottage Residences, 3~Your phone's web 1 published in 1842. Legend has it that the house was built for ' 'browser will transfer gambler Cuthbert Bulin, bur when Bulirr refused ro pay for che you to a site with "information on the house, it was sold to Charles Briggs, an English insurance executive. -area's-tifstory. Gothic de[3ils prevail on both the exterior and interior of the house which has been on the National Register of Hiswric Places since You can also view this tour on the 1971. Our hosts are Craig and Louise Ripley. SAH website at www.aab.or'

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For rhe annual meeting in New Orleans, SAH will be offering a limited number of first-edition copies of Buildi11gs ofLouisiana for sale. Written by BUS Editor-in­ Chief Karen Kingsley and published in 2003, Buildi11gs ofLouisiana provides a comprehensive guide co Louisiana's built environment from rhc pre-Hurricane Katrina era. This now our-of-print volume in the landmark Buildings of the l'boto: \'tlally Cobrrz United Scares series traces the French, German, Spanish, and The Gilmour House (Isaac Thayer, designer and builder, 1853), ocher cultural influences that have shaped the built environment also known as rhe Gilmour-Parker House or the Gilmour­ of the state and reflects the variery of plantation buildings, urban Chriscovich House, was designed and built by Isaac Thayer, for residences, factories, flood control works, and structures related co English cotton mercham Thomas Gilmour and his wife, Anna, oil, mining, and lumbering that make Louisiana distinct from every in 1853. The ltalianate house was one of the earliest examples ocher state in the Union. Order Buildings ofLouisuma with your of the sryle in the Garden District and was distincrive for its annual meeting registration for rhe reduced price of $30 (includes asymmetrical facade. The house was enlarged in 1897 and 1899 shipping, handling, and sales tax where applicable). Copies will be and in 1985 Mr. and Mrs. William Chriscovich acquired the house shipped prior co rhe meeting.

3 SAH News MARCH I 2011 STUDY TOUR NEWS levels of illumination despite exterior climatic conditions. 1hen if there is a period of insufficient daylight, a second system of electric light supplements goes inro effect. The resulting precision of these systems minimizes shadows and hotspots, making the space feel surreal. 1l1e raw concrete and warm woods supply depth, yet the absence of shadows and variation in light smooches space. Experiencing rhe building reinforces how the perception of light and atmospheric effects is an essential component of the architecture, even though it is not a physical object or mass found within the environment. Unlike the other buildings examined during the Study Day, Kelly was nor involved in the development of the original lighting system for Philip Johnson's Glass House ( 1947-1949 ) - the third site visited. When Johnson lit his renowned home, he Interior of rhe Philip Johnson Glass House (Philip Johnson, 1949) relied upon conventional illumination techniques. However, Photo: Claudia Ziegler his lighting method frustrated him because a single light source Reflections on "The Structure of Light: Richard Kelly and the produced multiple reflections in the glass, which prevenred the Illumination of Modern Architecture" Study Day, desired blurring of inside and outside. To solve these problems, September 25,2010 Johnson asked Kelly to propose a new lighting system. When Kelly visited the residence, he observed during the day that the "The Srrucrure of Light: Richard Kelly and the Illumination of bright exterior unpleasantly contrasted with the shaded interior. Modern Architecture" was a Study Day led by Dietrich Neumann To even out the opposing conditions, Kelly installed adjustable to explore Kelly's lighting designs and innovations. The tour began dimmers to moderate the interior levels depending on those wirh Neumann walking us through his Kelly exhibition located found on the exterior. 1l1en at night, Kelly found the glass acted in the gallery of Yale's Art and Architecture Building. lhrough like a large black mirror, preveming an occupant of the inrerior drawings, photographs, models, video footage, and light fixtures, from seeing the landscape. In addition, he observed the glass was the cruided tour revealed the stare of architecwral illumination t> covered with distracting reflections originating from manifold when Kelly formed his career during the 1940s, how he impacted angles. To eliminate d1ese effects, rather than adjusting the interior lighting design, and the effects of his work on contemporary illumination levels, Kelly lit the trees located throughout the projects. Despite the careful curation and consequent effectiveness property. Hence, lines of site were elongated. Last, to light the of rhe exhibition, Neumann recognized lighting is ephemeral and interior, Kelly installed up-lights to create soft pools of light, a few besr understood through direct perception. Therefore he also took low lamps that one gravitates towards to avoid the discomforts of the tour participants ro iconic buildings to experience, first hand, darkness, and down-lighting in select locations such as the kitchen Kelly's lighting designs and concepts. and bathroom. By lighting the interior through the creation of TI1e firsr building the group visited was Louis Kahn's Yale Art areas of light as opposed to illuminating the entire environmenr, Gallery (1951-1953). In this project, Kelly intended to illuminate Kelly restricted and consequently controlled space. the expansive gallery spaces while concealing the sources oflight. Kelly's manipulation of the environment ro fulfill Johnson's To fulfill his vision, he installed a precursor to the modern track modern aesthetic for the glass house was heavily dependent on system within the openings of the distinctive tetrahedral ceiling. available lighting technology. 1l1e complex properties of light and After rhe system was installed, ir was discovered rhar rhe design its interaction with materials like glass, required an architectural insufficiently lit the galleries. To address the issue, individual lighting designer who simultaneously understood quantum fixtures were pulled below the ceiling level and oriented directly electrodynamics (light phenomena and physical properties), towards displayed art. Then, after rhe system wore out and no mastered specialized lighting systems, and could envision and then longer complied with code, Polshek Partnership Architects realize architectural images. Kelly met all of these qualifications. modified rhe ceiling hollows and inserted individually adjusted Most important, though, while his work was contingent upon dimming lights. The alterations enable the system to perfectly his design concepts, it was equally determined by technology. illuminate objects on display without having ro drop bulbs Accordingly, future research addressing Kelly's lighting designs and below the bottom of the ceiling. One can imagine the resulting illumination in space should be directed towards understanding environment most likely fulfilled Kelly's design imenrions. TI1e lighting technologies and how they determined modern experimentation required to develop ideal lighting conditions in architecture. this project highlights both the pioneering manipulation of light and complex lighting technology. Claudia Ziegler Ph.D. Student, UCLA Department ofArchitecture and Urban Design The second building the group visited was Kahn's Yale Center for Awardee, Scott Opfer Study Day Fellowship for Emerging Scholars British Art {1974). At rhis sire, daylight illuminates the interior wirh a system of natural light fixtures. The series of skylight bays To see additional photos from the study day, visit Claudia are comprised of adjustable exterior louvers, which moderate Ziegler's blogposts on the SAH Study Tour Blog, the amounr of light entering the building to realize constant http://sahstudyrours. wordpress.com/ 4 SAHNews MARCH/2011 FUTU RE STUDY TOU RS BUILDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NEWS SAH is pleased to announce the li neup of some of the tours that we SAH Releases BUS Volume on Eastern Pennsylvania­ will offer in 2011 and 2012. We will provide more details as they Companion to Western Pennsylvania Volume Published in become available, but we wanted to give you an indication of what April2010 will be offered so you can mark your calendar. We look forward to Buildings ofPemzsylvania: you joining us for these special programs that only SAH can Philadelphia and Eastern bring you. Pennsylvania By George E. Thomas with Patricia 2011 Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, A Study Day at Maison de Verre, Paris-June L1wrence M. Newman, Robert Los Angeles - Ecclesiastical Modem - August 19-21 Janosov, and Bruce Thomas SAH National Study Day- On the same day we will Buildings ofPennsylvania: explore a common theme in multiple locations, October Philadelphia mzd Eastenz Three Capitals: New Delhi, Chandigarh, and Dhaka Pennsylvania is the latest volume December 27, 2011-January 8, 2012 in the Society of Architectural Historians' highly-acclaimed 2012 Buildings of the United States Phoenix Modernism, Early February for 4-5 days (BUS) series. This volume, the Architecture of East Texas, Summer (tentative) companion ro Buildings of East German Architecture, July Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh and Wt.>stern Pmnsylvania, published in 20 I 0, follows the Pennsylvania migration narrative in broad A Study Day at the Venice Biennale, August swathes: Philadelphia and its surrounding counties of the SAH National Study Day-On che same day we will original Quaker settlement zone, the Piedmont and the German explore a common theme in multiple locations, October agricultural zone, the Scots-Irish frontier beyond the Blue Architecture of Cuba, December Mounrain, the coal country with its trade connections to New York City and its East European coal miners, and the Northern Tier claimed and serried by New Englanders. JSAH N EWS Principal author and editor, George E. Thomas, and his Announcing the second of three JSAH video tutorials: How contributing authors use the physical evidence of community to Prepare 3D Models for ]SAH Online. Supported by a grant plans, building typologies and structural systems, and landscape from the Mellon Foundation, ]SAH is creating video tutorials tO to gain an understanding of the settlement of William Penn's guide authors through the basics of using some of the new media Commonwealth. The interaction of various groups set the stage capacities of]SAH Online--video, three-dimensional modeling, for the great industrial explosion that made the commonwealth panoramic photography, and Google Maps integration. All a center of the American Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth videos were made with the help of Chris Cook and Prof. David and early twentieth centuries. lhe rising industrial culture found Brownlee at the University of Pennsylvania. The latest video, irs aesthetic counrerparr in the architecture of Frank Furness who narrated by Gabriel Alvaro from the University of California Press, turned the dross of industry into the gold of design; his values walks through the steps for creating 3D models, placing them in continued through his students William L. Price and George Howe Google Earth, and preparing them for publication. This and other and on into the late twentieth century in the careers of Louis Kahn instructional videos are available on the ]SAH page of the SAH and Robert Venturi. website. In addition to Philadelphia, the book surveys the rival German­ influenced small cities of the Piedmont, rhe brief but explosive flourishing of wealth in the coal country cities, and a host of secondary county rowns and villages that carry on vernacular building traditions overlaid with metropolitan architecture serving regional and national diems. Buildbzgs ofPmnsylvanio: Philadelphia and Eastern Pmnsylvania includes an introduction that gives a comprehensive overview of eastern Pennsylvania's architectural development, as well as more chan 400 illustrations (phorographs, maps, and drawi ngs), an extensive bibliography, a glossary, and an index.

Screenshor of How to Prepare 3D Models for jSAH Online. ------5 SAH News MARCH /2011 SAHARA NEWS SAH: Do you have a specific methodology or artistic practice when it comes to taking photos, e.g. photographing every Announcing Creation of2011 SAHARA Travel Fellowships exterior fa?de, then moving to the interior and to details? The Sociery of Architecrural Historians is establishing the Clericuzio: My methodology changes depending on how much SAHARA Travel Fellowship to documem the global built lime I have for photographing rhe building and what kind of environment for reaching and research. Since 2008 SAH has access I have to the structure. If I have seemingly unlimited time developed the SAHARA image archive and we are positioning it and access to the building, I rend to photograph every derail rhar I ro grow inro an encyclopedic online image archive. To support this possibly can, often climbing all over buildings ro rake phoros from effort, SAH invites its members to apply for the newly-established every possible vantage point, even places from which rhe images 20 II SAHARA Travel Fellowship. Awardees will rake a suite of won't ever come our satisfactorily no matter how many shots I rake. new digital photographs and/or digital videos of buildings, urban Usually, if I have limited time or access to rhe building, I'll rry settings and culrurallandscapes that rhe recipient will upload and to ger several photos of rhe exrerior or rhe pans I can see and rhe share through SAHARA. The SAHARA Travel Fellowship will key architectural derails. I've shot most of my photos wirh a Fuji provide a reimbursemem of up to $1 ,250 for travel anywhere in FinePix S5000 digital camera that I've had for six years now. It's the world. Awardees will be expected to upload a minimum of500 rhe only equipment I've ever owned, and a great camera. I don't sec new, original digital images or 10 hours of digital video clips to myself replacing ir unless it breaks and I can't get ir repaired. SAHARA. Two fellowships will be awarded in 2011 . Visit rhe SAH website www.sah.org for derails and to apply online. SAH: What is your favorite photograph or series of photographs Deadline to apply is April I, 2011. Travel may rake place anytime that you've shared on SAHARA and why? between June 1 and December 31, 2011. Clericuzio: What I'm most proud of adding to SAHARA are the photos rhar I've raken of buildings in Mississippi, the state An Interview with SAHARA Contributor, Peter Clericuzio where I was born and raised. With the notable exceptions of Peter Clericuzio is a Ph.D. candidate in the History ofArt at the Mississippi's anrebellum mansions, most of rhe srare's srrucrures University ofPennsylvania. In May 2011 he will complete his seldom are photographed because they're nor part of rhe canon dissertation, "Namy as a Center ofArt Nouveau Architecture, of American archirecrure or located near orher buildings that are, 1895-1914. '·'His publicatiom and projects span a wide range of so archirecrural historians rarely visit rhem. I feel like what I'm doing is important in parr because rhese are photos that probably intemts, including Le Corbusier's urban plam for post- World Wlr II Reconstruction in France, the architecture ofFrench colonial Africa, the will be unique ro rhe archive, and my images give visi biliry and accessibility to architecture rhar hasn't yer been studied extensively. influence oftraditional japanese architecture on WCstern architects, a11d American numismatic art. Peter has contributed 1,000 images SAH: How do you envision your photos being used on to SAHARA. SAHARA? /How do you use SAHARA? SAH: How does your collection of images contributed to Clericuzio: I use SAHARA for a variery of purposes. First, it's a SAHARA relate to your research/interests? great place to keep backup copies of my photos. It's also one of rhe Clericuzio: Many of the images that I've contributed are photos first places I look when I'm trying ro get quality images of a well­ known building for lectures, presentations, or other projects. My rhar I've taken while doing research for theses or other projects. I think the oldest photos rhat I've contributed are from three months hope is that my images become useful for other hisrorians in rheir I spent in France in rhe summer of2004 doing research as an own research and reaching. undergraduate at Emory Universiry on Le Corbusier and his work for the Reconstruction after the Second \X!orld War. It was this trip that got me inreresred in the Art Nouveau archirecrure of the ciry of Nancy, which is the topic of the dissertation that I'm finishing at Penn right now.

SAH: Many architects, architectural historians, and those interested in the built environment use photography as an extension of their research or work. How do you use photography? Is it for general documentation, to remember specific architectural details, to gather images for lectures, or some other reason? Clericuzio: I use photography for a variety of purposes. Mostly I take photos for documentation of specific architectural derails and to get a general perspective of a building. In some cases, I take pictures for my own use in lectures and reaching.

Jacobins: View of the cloister arcade, Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse, France, ca. 1230-85. Pboro by Perer Clericuzio .from july 2004. 6 SAHNews MARCH I 2011 NEW SAHARA COLLECTION SAHARA VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE Frequent SAH study tour parricipanr, John C. Blew, recently contributed more than 500 images documenting the 2001 SAH study tour to C uba. The fourreen-day seminar focused on every aspect of Cuban architecture from 16th century Colonial to mid- 20th century Modern. John, a talented photographer, shared his photographs of historic architecture, current restorations, and urban settings. SAH will be working over the summer to add data to the images and share them through SAHARA. We sincerely thank John for sharing his images of Havana and cities across Cuba so our members can integrate this rich culture into their lectures and research. We encourage other SAH study tour parricipants ro share as well.

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There are two slideshows of SAHARA photos available on You Tube at http:/ /www.yourube.com/sahvideo 1365. lhe slideshows feature the photos of frequent SAHARA contributors and demonstrate the range of locations and architectural styles available on SAHARA. The first slideshow contains photos of a wide range of styles and periods, and the second focuses on modern architecmre.

SAH COMMUNITIES SAH Communities, a new news forum developed and updated daily by SAH, is now open to the public-friends, colleagues, srudents, and any interested parries are welcome to post news about conferences and opportunities and to join the conversation at www. El Capitolio Nacional (now the offices and lihrary of rhe Cuban Academy of sahcommunities.groupsite.com/. We welcome all those interested Sciences) 1929. Architects: Raul Otero, Evelio Govantes, Flix Cabarrocas, Jos in architecture or landscape history to share their thoughts, M. Bens Arrarre, Eugenio Rayneri Piedra, and others. Photo: john C Blew. research, events, and conversation. 2001 A new group has joined SAH Communities this year: the Modern Architecture group. Moderated by Jonathan Mekinda. Visiting Assistant Professor in the Deparrmem of Art History at the University oflllinois at Chicago, this group focuses on modern architecture "defined loosely to include all practices between about 1850 and 1975 devoted ro the development of distinctly contemporary forms of architecture."

PulirlCr Foundation for the Arts (T.,dao An do, 2001) Photo: Abigail Van S6•ck

7 SAH News MARCH /201 1 Society ofArchitectural Historians 65th Annual Meeting annual meeting. Authors of accepted proposals must submit rhe April 18-22, 2012- Detroit, Michigan complete text of their papers ro their session chair by January I 0, CALL FOR PAPERS 2012. Session chairs will rerurn papers with comments ro speakers by February 7, 2012. Speakers must complete any revisions and General Chair: Abigail A. Van Slyck, SAH First Vice President, distribute copies of their paper w the session chair and rhe ocher Dayton Professor of Art History and Architectu(al Studies, session speakers by February 28, 2012. Session chairs reserve rhe Connecticut College right to withhold a paper from rhe program if the author has nor Change is afoot in the paper submission process and schedule, complied with those guidelines. so we ask that yo u read this call for papers with extra care. Note Please nore: Each speaker is expected to fund his or her own particularly that the deadline for submitting abstracts is earlier this travel and expenses to Detroit. SAH has a limited number of year: June 1, 2011. Our goal is ro allow session chairs to make partial fellowships for which Annual Meeting speakers may apply. decisions earlier, so the Fellowship Committee may make decisions However, SAH's funding is nor sufficient to support rhe expenses about travel grants earlier. This will allow everyone ro know their of all speakers. For informacion about SAH Annual Meeting funding situation well in advance of rhe meeting, giving them rime fellowships, please visit our website at www.sah.org. to secure alternative funding (if necessary) to be able to attend rhe conference. FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH SESSION CAN BE FOUND ON THE SAH WEBSITE AT: www.sah.org We are also introducing this year an on-line system for the submission of abstracts, which will help us streamline the logistics 1. African Architecture as Muse involved in expanding the number of sessions we plan to offer this Steven Nelson, African and African American Srudies, UCLA year and in the future. 310.825.2322 [email protected] Please do not send the abstract to the Session Chair's email 2. Albert Kahn, Fordism and Their Legacies address as this may delay the review of your abstract or possibly Sruarr W. Leslie , Department of History of Science and void your submission. Technology, The Johns Hopkins University 410. 516.7738 [email protected] Members and friends of rhe Society of Architectural Historians Robert H. Kargon, Department of Hisrory of Science and are invited ro submit abstracts by June 1, 2011, for the thematic Technology, The Johns Hopkins University sessions listed below. Abmacrs of no more than 300 words should 410.516,7504 [email protected] be submitted online via the SAH website at www.sah.org. Only one abstract per author or co-author may be submitted. You 3. Architectural Ecologies: A Relational History of Architecture will be prompted to fill in the fields with your name, professional Karin Jaschke, University of Brighton affiliation [graduate students in brackets], title of paper and (+) 44 7944663121 [email protected] appropriate session. You will then be prompted to paste rhe abstract 4. Architecture 1500: The End of Gothic into rhe open field. Full details will be on rhe website. Linda Neagley, Department of Arr History, Rice University Abstracts should define the subject and summarize the argument 713.348.3316 [email protected] to be presented in the proposed paper. The content of that paper 5. The Architecture of the American Building Industry, should be the product of well-documented original research char 1945-present is primarily analytical and interpretative rarher chan descriptive Anna Verner Andrzejewski, Department of An History, University in nature. Papers cannot have been previously published, nor ofWisconsin-Madison 608.262.9183 [email protected] presented in public except ro a small , local audience. Only one submission per author will be accepted. The new SAH online 6. Architecture's Nocturnes submission process will only accept the first submission per 1l1omas Mical, Deparrment of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [email protected] person. All abstracts will be held in confidence during rhe review and selection process and only the session chair and General Chair 7. The Architectures ofAusterity: Between Crisis and Possibility will have access to them. In addition to rhe thematic sessions C. Greig Crysler, Department of Architecture, University of listed below, five open sessions are announced. With the author's California at Berkeley 510.647.3836 [email protected] approval, thematic session chairs may choose w recommend for Joao Rocha, School of the Arcs, University of Evora inclusion in an open session an abstract that was submitted to, 351.916 461 815 [email protected] but does nor fir into, a thematic session. Thematic session chairs 8. Buildings and Objects: Baroque, Rococo and Beyond will norif)r all persons submitting abstracts to thematic sessions of Krisrel Smentek, Department of Architecture, MIT rhe acceptance or rejecrion of their proposals by July 15, 20 II. 617.253.5133 [email protected] Those submitting to the Open Session will be notified by July 29, 20 II. All session chairs have the prerogative to recommend 9. City Air changes to the abstract in order to ensure ir addresses the session Amy Catania Kuiper, Institute for rhe Humanities, University of theme, and to suggest editorial revisions to a paper in order to Michigan 734.936.1690 [email protected] make it saris~, session guidelines; it is the responsibility of rhe Diana Periton, Leicester School of Architecture session chairs ro inform speakers of those guidelines, as well as of 00 44 (O) 7976 374 124 [email protected] the general expectations for participation in the session and the

8 SAHNews MARCH /2011 10. Contested Modernisms: Politics, Theory, and Design Guendalina Ajello Mahler, [Institute of Fine Arts, New York Hans Morgenthaler, College of Architecture and Planning, University] 323.632.0120 [email protected] University of Colorado at Boulder 21. Modern Latin American Architectural History Today 720.207.3299 [email protected] Kathryn E. O'Rourke, Department of An & Art Hisrory, Trinity 11. The Cultural Landscape of Modern Education in Japan University 210.999.7685 [email protected] Sean McPherson, Department of An and Hisrory of An, Wheaton 22. Not the Jesuits: "Other'' Counter-Reformational College 508.286.3572 [email protected] Architecture 12. Design Reform in the Great Lakes: Usefulness & Beauty Susan Klaiber, Winterthur, Switzerland [email protected] Beverly K. Brandt, School of Architecture and Landscape Denise Tamborrino, Bologna, Italy Architecture, Herberger Institute for Design & the Arrs, Arizona [email protected] State University 480.965.3 180, 231.347. 1167 23. Privileged Situations: Cities and Topography in Roman [email protected] Asia Minor 13. Drawing in the Design Professions, 1500 to 1900 Diane Favro, University of California, Los Angeles Ann Huppen, Department of Architecture, University of 3 10.825.5374 [email protected] Washington 206.685.8544, [email protected] Fikret YegG I, University of California, Santa Barbara Tha"isa Way, Deparcment ofL1ndscape Architecture, University of 805.893.7585; please use co-session chair email address above Washington 206.685.2523, [email protected] 24. Radical Marble 14. Everyday China: Domestic Space and the Making of Nicholas Napoli, Pratr Instirute Modern Identity 9 17.561.4318 jnnapoli@gmai l. com Duanfang Lu, Architecture, Design and Planning, University of William Tronzo, University of California, San Diego Sydney +61 2 9036 5383 [email protected] 31 0.398. 7171 [email protected] 15. From Idea to Building: Ancient and Medieval Architectural 25. Remembering George A. Kubler Process Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, Virginia Tech Kostis Kourclis, Department of Art and Art History, Franklin & 540.231.5324 [email protected] Marshall College 717.358.5915 [email protected] 26. Rethinking Architecture in the Age of Printing Vasileios Marinis, Christian Arr and Archirecrure, Yale University Michael Waters, (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University] 203.432.9752 [email protected] 434.284.2527; Italian phone: +39 340 1711734 michaelwaters l@ 16. Frontiers: Topographies of Surveillance and Flows gmail.com Carolyn Loeb, Deparcment of Art and Architectural Hisrory, Kathryn Blair Moore, [Institute of Fine Arrs, New York University] Michigan Sme University [email protected] 954.397.4430; Italian phone: +39 06 5846 302 kathryn.b.moore@ Andreas Luescher, Department of Architecture and Environmental gmail.com Design, Bowling Green Stare University [email protected] 27. Sacred Precincts: Non-Muslim Sites in Islamic Societies 17. Global History as a Model for Architectural History Mohammad Gharipour, College of Architecture and Planning, Kimberly Elman Zarccor, Department of Architecture, Iowa State Morgan Stare University University 515.294.5026 zarecor@iasta£e.edu. 443.885.39 10 [email protected] Daniel A. Barber, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Stephen Caffey, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M 917.224.8210 [email protected] University 18. Institutions and their Architecture in the 17th Century 979.845.5134 [email protected] Lydia M. Soo, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban 28. Shrinking Cities Planning, University of Michigan Keith Eggener, Department of Arr History and Archaeology, 734.936.0208; [email protected] University of Missouri 573.884.3977 [email protected] Anthony Geraghty, Department of History of Art, Vanbrugh 29. Systems and the South College, University of York ag3 [email protected] Arindam Duna, Deparrmenr of Architecture, History, lheory and 19. Landscape Architecture and Economics Criticism Program, MIT [email protected] Sonja Duempclmann, University of Maryland College Park Open Sessions 301.405.5491 [email protected] Potential speakers whose choose not to submit an abstract to one of Marc Treib, University of California, Berkeley rhe rhematic sessions above may opt instead to submit an abstract 510.849.1839 [email protected] to an Open Session. There will be five Open Sessions in Detroit, 20. Medieval Structures in Early Modern Palaces the papers for which will be selected by the five Open Session Max Grossman, Department of Arc, University ofTexas, El Paso chairs. Abstracts robe considered for the Open Sessions will be 915.747.7966 [email protected] submitred to the five scholars listed below:

_S_A_H__ N_e_w _s------:M~A~R~C~H~/:2:0:711 g Charles Burroughs, Department of Classics, Case Western Richard Cleary, School of Architecture, The University ofTexas Reserve University ar Austin 2 I 6.368.6095 [email protected] 512.471.6 I 65 [email protected] Meredith Clausen, School of Arr, Division of Art Hisrory, College Will G lover, University of Michigan, [email protected] of Architecture and Urban Planning, University ofWashingron Katherine Fischer Taylor, University of Chicago 206.6 I 6.6751 mlc@u. washingron.edu · 773.702.0255 [email protected]

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Professor Mario di Valmarana the History of Art and Architecture. He oversaw rhe UC Education Mario di Val marana of Charlotresville, Virginia, and Venice, Abroad Program in Padua, Iraly, and was Resident at rhe American Italy, a talented architect, outstanding educator, leader in hisroric Academy in . After his retirement in 1992, Alfred rook ro preservation and devoted father and husband, died on. Wednesday, rhe road, traveling around the world on safaris and innumerable Ocrober 13, 20 I 0, at his home in Venice. He was 81. SAH trips. His knowledge and memory were prodigious; on long bus rides he regaled fellow travelers with stories of colleagues from His distinguished 52-year career was remarkable for irs breadth. It Italy ro Katmandu, minutia of art historical connoisseurship, and encompassed 14 years of professional practice with architectural culinary delights across the globe. Above all he shared his great firms in New York City and Washington, D.C., on a wide range observational skills. Professor Moir had years of experience reading of urban projects. He raughr in rhe School of Architecture ar rhe rhe nuances of Baroque drawings while teaching and gathering University ofVirginia for 28 years, where he served as Director of a significant collection of primarily Italian works. On SAH trips the Historic Preservation Program and founded the School's first he pointed our rhe iterations of architectural decoration across a international study programs, in Vicenza and Venice, which remain building fayade, or drew parallels between structures miles and an essential parr of the curriculum. He also authored a number of centuries apart. His eyes closed on November 13, 2011. The UCSB influential works on the theory and ethics of hisroric preservation. Department plans to schedule a memorial service in his honor. He was a legendary professor who combined a profound grasp Diane Favro of the history of architecture, studio instruction, and historic Professor ofArchitecture and Urban Design, UCLA preservation wirh an enthusiasm, eloquence, and sense of humor Past President, SAH that were contagious for all who were privileged to work with him. He served as a Trustee of rhe Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and chaired irs Advisory Committee for rhe Dr. Robert Judson Clark restoration ofWright's most important residential commission, Renowned Ans and Crafts scholar, Dr. Robert Judson Clark, Fallin~vater. He also supervised the restoration of Villa Almerico passed away on January 4, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Capra "Ia Rotonda," which is owned by the Valmarana family. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1937, Clark earned his BA from the Mario di Val marana was a member of many preservation and University of California, Berkeley, his MA from Stanford Univer­ architecture organizations, including the Society of Architectural sity in 1964, and an MFA and Ph.D. from Princeton University Historians, the United Stares Committee of the International in 1966 and 1974, respectively. Clark taught art and architectural Council on Monuments and Sites, and the National Trust for history at Princeton from 1968 to 1996. He is widely recognized as Historic Preservation. He also founded the Center for Palladian the "Father of Arts and Crafts Revival," particularly for "The Arts Studies in America. He is survived by his wife and rwo sons, two and Crafts Movement in America: 1876-1916," his groundbreaking brothers and rwo sisters, and his three grandchildren. exhibition at Princeron University that traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago and the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Published in the Daily Progress from November 3 to Fine Arts ar rhe Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He November 4, 20 I 0 also contributed ro the important 1987 exhibition "The Art that is Life: The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920," which AJ&ed Moir was organized by Wendy Kaplan at the Museum of Fine Arrs, Boston. Alfred Moir was known to SAH members by his At his death Clark was working on monographs on architects Louis booming laugh and robust Christian Mullgardt of San Francisco and Joseph Maria Olbrich of beard. A recognized expert on and Darmstadt, as well as a book on Greene and Greene's Caravaggio and his followers, Thorsen house. As documentary filmmaker Paul Bockhorsr com­ Van Dyck, and Baroque mented, "To me, Robert's passing is doubly sad, in that a great deal drawings, he also had a deep of his original research and careful analysis of architectural subjects love of architecture. Professor was never published. That being said, I'm grateful rhar Robert Moir was born in Minneapolis agreed to participate in three of my documentary films: "Greene & and grew up just a few blocks Greene: The Art of Architecture," "Designing with Nature: Arts & from future SAH President Crafts Architecture in Northern California," and "Divining Beauty: David Gebhard who would be The Architecture of Bernard Maybeck, (forthcoming). Viewers of his colleague for almost thirty years. He received his doctorate in these documemaries have an opportunity to see Robert at his best: the History of Art at Harvard in 1953, and raughr at Tulane before bursting with child-like enthusiasm for architects and their build­ joining the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1962. As ings, yet clear-eyed and sharp-witted in his analysis." Ted Bosley, chair of the Art History Department in the late 1960s and early Director of the Gamble House which Clark photographed and 1970s, he was supportive of expanded offerings in architectural lectured about widely, writes that Clark "published extensively on history that ultimately led to the renaming as the Department of architecture and the decorative arts in Germany, Austria, England,

1 1 SAH News MARCH I 2011 and the United States ... Beyond even his vast body of research and women to the built environment, include the major works: From scholarly work, however, was Robert Clark's infectious enthusiasm theory to practice in constructivist architecture (1979), History and love for architectural history, a devotion he shared so gener­ and theory of urban form ( 1985), and A bibliographical guide to ously with colleagues everywhere." Clark is survived by his wife, their work: Soviet women architects, 191 7-1937 (1994). A gifted, Nancy and his legacy continues through the many students who inspirational teacher and exceptionally caring individual who were the beneficiaries of his engaging teaching st:yle and enthusiasm always championed rhe cause of human rights, she leaves behind a for architectural history. rich legacy which will continue to shine brightly for generations to come. She will be dearly missed by family, colleagues, studenrs Milka Tigigcherneva Bliznakov and friends. Or. Milka T cherneva Bliznakov, Professor Emerita of Architecture ANNOUNCEMENTS at Virginia Tech, passed away The Festival of the Architecture Book, 1511-2011 from natural causes on Thursday, www.l511-201l.org November 4, 2010 at age 83. She was born in Varna, Bulgaria on On May 22, 1511 in Venice, architect Fra Giovanni Giocondo September 20, I 927, and immigrated published the first illustrated architecture book ever co be printed, to the U.S. in I 961, where she an edition ofVitruvius' De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books of subsequently acquired naturalized Architecture). Fra Giocondo's edition of this fundamental treatise citizenship. She was predeceased is especially noteworthy because it stands as the progeniror of the by her parents, Ivan Oimitrov now long history of books that hold an important place in the Tchernev and Or. Maria Kesarova communication and dissemination of architectural ideas. Khorosova, and her husband, Or. A coalition of Chicago-area universities, libraries and other Emile Bliznakov. She is survived by a brother, Oimiter Ivanov institutions will celebrate the 500th anniversary of this event and Tchernev of Chesnut Hill, MA; a nephew, John Marrin Tchernev the revolution in architectural d iscourse it brought about with a of Columbus, OH; a niece, Joy Adelle Tchernev of Brookline, variety of exhibits and ocher programming throughout 2011. ll1is MA; and three cousins, Lubomir Boshnckov, Lubka Boshnckov, Festival of the Architecture Book, 1511-20 II , begins in April and and Marina Nitova of Sofia, Bulgaria. A distinguished architect, runs throughout the rest of the year. architectural historian, scholar and educator, Or. Bliznakov joined The Festival's programming will demonstrare che broad range of the rhe faculry of archireccure at Virginia Tech in 1974 to teach in rhe illustrated architecture book and represent many of the highlights urban design program and she continued to reach advanced design of the Western tradition as well as give rise ro quesrions about the in urban environments until her retirement in 1998. After earning future of the architecture book given the range of media that today her M.Arch degree from the State Polytechnic Universiry of Sofia, communicate about architecture. By having numerous venues Bulgaria, she practiced architecture in Bulgaria from I 952 ro 1959; under separate curatorship, the series hopes to present both a in France from 1959 to 1961; and in the United Scates from 1961 survey and in depth views on specific aspects of the medium. Over ro 1972.1n 1971 she earned her Ph.D. in architectural history 300 books, as well as additional related materials will be displayed. from Columbia Universiry under Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. and wenr on to teach ar the Universiry ofTexas from I 972 to I 974. During Preliminary Calendar of Programs/Publications (for up-to-dare a span of more than two decades, Or. Bliznakov established a solid information, please go co www.l511-20ll.org) international reputation as one of the most effective and respected 1be Architectttre Book (exhibition) reachers and scholars of her generation and as an authoriry on Universiry of Illinois at Chicago, Richard J. Daley Special Russian Constructivism and the Avant-garde. Collections and Archives In I 972 she became the co-founder of rhe Insritute of Modern April - June, 20 II Russian Culture; and in I 985 she founded the International Finn ness, Commodity, and Delight: Architecture bz Special Archive of Women in Architecture {IAWA) at Virginia Tech. She Collections (exhibition) was rhe recipienr of several awards and recognitions including the Special Collections Research Center, Universiry of Chicago Library prestigious Parthena Medal for excellence in architecrure from the April - July, 20 I I Bulgarian government in I 994, Fulbright Hays Fellowships in 1983 and 1991 , International Research and Exchange Grams in Rene Binet and Enzst Haeckel's Collabtnation: Magical 1984 and 1993, National Endowment for the Arts Gram in 1973- Naturalism and Architectural Ornament (exhibition) 74, and Wilso n Center of the Smithsonian Instirurion Scholar Northwestern Universiry Library Charles Deering McCormick in 1988. A long rime member of the SAH, she was a frequent Library of Special Collections April 28 - October 28, 20 I I participant at the society's annual meetings. Loyola Camptzs Architecture (exhibition) Throughout her life, she was a passionate supporter of music Loyola Universiry of Chicago Archives and Special Collections and the visual ans. Her numerous publications, which focused May I - November I , 201 I mainly on the European avant-garde and the contributions of

12 ------SAH News MARCH /20 11 The Story ofa House (exhibition) 1l1c Turpin Bannister Chapter took a bus rrip to New York City on 1l1c Glessner House Museum November 20, to visit two museums of Architectural interest: The June I- Ocrober 2, 201 I Museum of Art and Design on Columbus Circle and 1l1e Morgan ]em ]e11Sm: Landscapes for People (exhibition) Library and Museum on 36th Street. 1l1e Monon Arbore[Um In December, the chapter cook a tour of Holy C ross Church in June 28 - September I, 20 I I Troy. 1l1e Mary Warren Free Institute- Holy C ross complex shows Ballistics arzd Politics: Military Architecture Books at tbe the work of several of America's most significant 19th century architects, including A.J. Davis, Richard Upjohn, Henry Dudley, Newberry Library (exhibition) Henry Hornbostel and Whitney Warren. The rour was led by Doug The Newberry Library Bucher, ofJohn G. Waite Associates. August I 3 - Ocrober 22, 20 II Design bzspiration: 19tiJ Omtury American Builder's Manual New England Chapter and Pattenz Books (exhibition) Recent New England Chapter events include: Annie Robinson's An Institute of Chicago lecture and book signing: Summer Houses ofPeabody and Stearns, September 6- November I, 20 II Joseph Cornish's walking rour of"Bcacon Hill's Sacred Places," and Field Note: 500th A1miversary oft he Illustmted Architecture Keith Morgan's lecture on "Neighbors and Networks: 1l1e O lmsted Book (article) Firm and the Development of Brookline, 1880-1936." journal ofthe Society ofArchitectural Historians The November Direcrors' Night at Harvard's Graduate School December, 201 1 of Design featured presentations by Greer Hardwicke on "John Hancock Village: Garden Aparrmenr Complex on the Parkway," Timothy Hyde on "Cuba: Two Monuments," and Dennis J. De For information about conferences, exhibitions, and Win on the architecture of Boston's water supply infrastructures other opportunities, please visit SAH Communities entitled. Jacob Alben presented stunning visuals of Guatemala, at www.groupsite.sahcommunities.com and visit our Argentina, Uruguay, and Norway. John Collidge Research Opportunities, Programs, and Events forum. Fellowship Awa rd winner and MIT PhD candidate Ben Matteson presented "Modernism & Ancestries: the Polish School of Architecture in Warsaw and Liverpool." The New England Chapter's 201 I Annual Meeting was held in the HUMANITIES E-BOOKS OFFERED THROUGH ACLS newly completed William Rawn and Anne Beha award-winning We are pleased ro offer another SAH member benefit through addition to Van Brunt and Howe's 1889 Richardsonian main SAH's association with the American Council of Learned Societies. branch of the Cambridge Public Library. Upcoming evenrs are all For $35 per year, SAH members will have electronic access ro listed on the Chapter's new website: nesah.wordpress.com. Humanities E-Books. This service is a digital collection of nearly 2,800 full-text titles offered by the ACLS in collaboration with Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual rwcnry learned societies, nearly I 00 contributing publishers, and Conference 2010 librarians at the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing lhc 20 I 0 Annual Conference of the Marion Dean Ross C hapter Office. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high was held in Kel owna, British Columbia October 15-17. Over thirty quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed registrants gathered from al l parts of the region ro hear papers, by scholars and fea[Uring unlimited multi-user access and free, participate in panel discussions, and engage in walking and bus downloadable MARC records. HEB is available 24/7 on- and tours organized around the theme, "Small Cities: Balancing Pasts off-campus through standard web browsers. The link to purchase and Futures in the Pacific Northwest." A highlight of the program this service will be available on the SAH website; just click on the was a walking tour of the old industrial district transformed as a H EBook logo on the lower right corner of the SAH homepage for cultural district embracing museums, arts venues, and public art. more information. A portion of the fcc will go to support SAH. Conference co-chairs were Marrin Segger, University of Victoria, and Harold Kalman, Vancouver heritage development consul tam. CHAPTER NEWS Hussein Keshani, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Turpin Bannister Chapter (Upstate New York, and Western directed local arrangements. Featured speaker of the opening New England) reception was Helen Cain, Planner for the City of Victoria, who described the comprehensive approach ro heritage planning that is Highlights from Spring and Fall 20 I 0: underway in the Provincial capital. On Sunday, May I 6th, the Turpin Bannister Chapter conducted a tour to Olana, the spectacular estate of painter Frederick Church. Boise, Idaho has been named as the sire of the 2011 Annual Olana has recently completed some major restoration work, and Conference. For more detailed information, please see the Marion the tour included a behind the scenes visit, including several areas Dean Ross Chapter Website at hnp://sahmdr.org not open ro the public. The tour also included an interesting and spectacular modern private home nearby, "The Tailings."

13 SAHNews MARCH I 2011 BOOKLIST MARCH. 2011 Recently published architectural books and related works, selected Rihan, Xing. Dream Architecture. London: Edirion Axel Menges, by Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse Universiry 2010. 372pp. ISBN 978393668I457 $109.00 Library. White, Mason. Pamphlet Architecture 30: Coupling: Strategies for NEW in 2011-Barbara Opar also has begun compiling lnfrastructural Opportunism. New York: Princeton Architectural bibliographies of EXHIBITION CATALOGS. The Press, 2011. 80pp. ISBN 9781568989857 $17.95 bibliographies are available in each electronic edition of SAH News and on the SAH website www.sah.org under "Resources." Architectural Photography Marchand, Yves & Romain Meffre. The Ruins ofDetroit. Goningen: Reference Works Steidl, 2010. 200pp. ISBN 9783869300429 $145.00 Biggs, Michael & Henrik Karlsson. Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. New York: Routledge, 2010. 488pp. ISBN Stierli, Martino. Las ltegas im Riickspiegel: Die Stadt in Theorie, 780415581691 $175.00 Fotografie 1111d Film, Zurich: ETH, 2010. 352pp. ISBN 9783856762490 €35.00 Historiml Dictionary ofNeoclassical Art and Architecture. Scarecrow Press, 20 II. 304pp. ISB N 9780810861954 $80.00 Architectural Theory Architects Aurcli, Pier Vittori. The Possibility ofan Absolute Architecture. Boyer, M. Christine. Le Corbusier: Homme de Lettres. New York: Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2011. 232 pp. ISBN 9780262515795 Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. 781pp. ISBN 9781568989730 $24.95 $70.00 Architectural Treatises Ciscar Casaban Consuclo et al Feliz Candelo, 1910-201. Madrid, Ciccone, Salvatore. Vitruvio: Opera e documenti: Atti del Convegno Valencia: SECC Sociedad Estaral de Conmemoraciones Culrurales, di Studi mi giacimenti culturali del Lazio meridionale, Mimurno: IVAM lnstitut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2010. 406pp. Caramanica, 2009. 130pp. ISBN 8874250851 $68.50 ISBN 9788492827954 $66.50 Architecture, Ancient COOP HIMMELB(L)AU: Complete W0rks. Edited by Michael Frederiksen, Rune. Greek City Walls ofthe Archaic Period, 900- Monningcr and Peter Gosse!. New York: Tasch en, 2010. Pages not 480 BCOxford: Oxford Universiry Press, 2010. 320pp. ISBN noted. ISBN 9783836517884 $ 150.00 9780199578122 $170.00

Girveau, Bruno; Anne-Marie Garcia. Charles Garnier: Un Senseney, John R. The Art ofBuilding in the Classical \%rid: architecte pour 1111 empire. Paris: ENSBA, 2010. 360p.p. ISBN Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman 9782840563426 $68.50 Architecture. Cambridge: Cambridge Universiry Press, 2011. ISBN Grainger, Hilary J. The Architecture ofSir Ernest George, Reading: 97811 07002357 $90.00 Spire Books, 2011. 480pp. ISBN 9781904965312 $130.00 Architecture, Baroque Makhncva-Barabanova, Oxana. Ledoux, maitre apenser des Bailey, Gauvin Alexander. The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent architectes rmses: Du cl

Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa. Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment. Jenkins, Moses. Building Scotlond: Celebrating Scotlond's Traditional New Haven: Yale Universiry Press, 2011. 280pp. ISBN Building Materials. Edinburgh: John Donald in Association with 9780300152234 $65.00 Historic Scotland, 2010. 195pp. ISBN 97808597671 01 $40.95

Schumann, Ulrich Maximilian. Friedrich Weinbrenner: Klossizismus Reynolds, Nicole. Building Romanticimz: Literature and Architecture 1md 'praktische Astlmik.' Mi.inchen: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 20 I 0. in Nineteenth-Century Britain Ann Arbor: Universiry of Michigan 344pp. ISBN 9783422069695 $105.00 Press, 2010. 2llpp.ISBN: 9780472117314 $70.00

Architectural Design Architecture., Islamic Neumann, Dierrich. Stmcture ofLight: Richard Kelly and the Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed. Art and Architecture in the lslomic Illumination ofi\1odern Architecture. New Haven: Yale Universiry Tmditio11: Aesthetics, Politics and Desire in Early Is/om London: I. B. Press, 2010. 214pp. ISBN 0300163703 $49.20 Tauris, 2010, 289pp. ISBN 9781848855441 $96.00

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