SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS SAINT PAUL APRIL , ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM SAH 71ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ∙ SAH.ORG/2018 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS IS PROUD TO PUBLISH THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS ALSO FROM UC PRESS FREE OPEN FREE OPEN FREE OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK ACCESS E-BOOK ACCESS E-BOOK JSAH.UCPRESS.EDU 71ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Conference Dates & Location April 18–22, 2018 Saint Paul RiverCentre 175 West Kellogg Blvd Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 Contents Welcome from the Conference Chairs 2 Conference Sponsors and Partners 6 General Information 7 Sessions at a Glance 9 Annual Conference Program Schedule 10 SAH Saint Paul Seminar 46 Appendix SAH Board, Committees and Staff 65 Exhibitors & Advertisers 67 Hotel and Transportation Information 68 Report of the Nominating Committee 68 SAH Annual Conference Fellowship Support 69 Index of Speakers, Session Chairs, Tour Leaders, and Panelists 70 Conference at a Glance 78 Map of Venues and Hotels inside back cover Conference Mobile Guide The free official conference mobile guide offers the most up-to-date program information. To download, visit sah.org/2018/guide. Cover: Minnesota State Capitol interior dome, courtesy of Visit Saint Paul. 1 WELCOME from the a nineteenth-century center for the Hill, Irvine Park, Summit Avenue, the Conference Chairs processing of natural resources and Mississippi riverfront, and much more. the manufacture of related equipment, We will also visit several smart adaptive with tides of immigrants from France, re-use projects that just happen to house Welcome to the Society of Architectural Quebec, Germany, and Ireland ready to craft breweries. Extra time will be allotted Historians’ 71st Annual International work in factories and mines, and as a for careful inspection of these sites. Conference. Our meeting in Saint Paul, transportation hub and railroad gateway Key conference events have been Minnesota, includes papers delivered to the Pacific Northwest in the decades planned to take advantage of Saint by art and architectural historians, around the turn of the twentieth century. Paul’s architectural heritage. Paper architects, museum professionals, More recently, the growth of service sessions will be held at the Saint Paul and preservationists from around the industries such as insurance and finance, RiverCentre, a large, centrally-located world presenting new research on the health care, and tourism, along with facility equipped with a wide range of history of architecture and urban form, new waves of immigrants from Mexico, amenities for our use. It was completed in a series of roundtable conversations and Somalia, and Southeast Asia have added 1998 to the designs of Hammel Green and workshops, opening and plenary talks, a further to the city’s rich cultural medley. Abrahamson (HGA), a leading Twin Cities Saturday seminar, and a wide variety of During lunch breaks, in the evenings, architectural practice. The Minnesota architectural and landscape tours. The and over the weekend, SAH members State Capitol, designed by Cass Gilbert range of topics discussed and the breadth will fan out across the city and environs and completed in 1905, will be the setting of issues raised at our Saint Paul meeting to see the region’s gems, including the for a special Wednesday workshop. Saint validate SAH’s recent efforts to expand its work of Louis Sullivan, Cass Gilbert, Frank Paul’s Landmark Center, a former federal profile across a network of international Lloyd Wright, William Purcell and George courts building completed in 1902 in a organizations pursuing similar objectives Elmslie, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Marcel Richardsonian Romanesque style, will to study, conserve, and interpret the built Breuer, Ralph Rapson, Philip Johnson, accommodate Friday’s plenary talk and environment. Michael Graves, Jean Nouvel, Herzog & awards ceremony in its 7,200 square-foot de Meuron, Steven Holl, Joan Soranno, atrium and in two historic courtrooms. In Saint Paul, conference attendees will and Julie Snow, to name just a few, and On Saturday, the SAH Saint Paul Seminar discover a wealth of historic architecture to explore distinctive urban fabrics such will take place in the Discovery Hall of the that arose as the city flourished, as as Downtown, Lowertown, Cathedral Science Museum of Minnesota, an Ellerbe Becket design from 1999. And the James J. Hill House, an 1891 Peabody, Stearns, and Furber 36,500 square-foot mansion built for a railroad magnate, will be the immoderate setting for the conference’s closing reception. You are invited to join a conversation on Tuesday evening with Bartholomew Voorsanger, Dell Upton, and Victoria Young about the new Voorsanger Architects archive, followed by a reception and exhibition opening at the University of St. Thomas. The conference opens with a special session on Wednesday focused on the making of video oral histories. It is based on “Minnesota Modern Masters,” a terrific initiative from the Minnesota Chapter of SAH (MNSAH), which has recorded oral histories with important regional Inside of the Minnesota State Capitol. Credit Dan Anderson. Courtesy of Visit Saint Paul. architects. The workshop will present 2 Hill, Irvine Park, Summit Avenue, the Mississippi riverfront, and much more. We will also visit several smart adaptive re-use projects that just happen to house craft breweries. Extra time will be allotted for careful inspection of these sites. Key conference events have been planned to take advantage of Saint Paul’s architectural heritage. Paper sessions will be held at the Saint Paul The historic Landmark Center in Downtown Saint RiverCentre, a large, centrally-located Paul. Credit Jim Jerskey. Courtesy of Visit Saint Paul. facility equipped with a wide range of amenities for our use. It was completed in tools for creating video oral histories 1998 to the designs of Hammel Green and including best practices for developing Abrahamson (HGA), a leading Twin Cities questions, leading an interview, taping architectural practice. The Minnesota subjects, editing, archiving, and making State Capitol, designed by Cass Gilbert edited footage available to the public. and completed in 1905, will be the setting The workshop will feature panelists for a special Wednesday workshop. Saint from the MNSAH Modern Masters Paul’s Landmark Center, a former federal team, individuals involved with the courts building completed in 1902 in a recent restoration of the state capitol, Richardsonian Romanesque style, will a seasoned oral historian, an Emmy- accommodate Friday’s plenary talk and winning videographer, and others, awards ceremony in its 7,200 square-foot all of whom will address distinct atrium and in two historic courtrooms. phases and various approaches to the On Saturday, the SAH Saint Paul Seminar making and use of video oral histories, will take place in the Discovery Hall of the specifically in regard to the preservation Science Museum of Minnesota, an Ellerbe of architectural records. Examples of Becket design from 1999. And the James the MNSAH project can be found at J. Hill House, an 1891 Peabody, Stearns, vimeo.com/mnsah. Participants will and Furber 36,500 square-foot mansion learn about the role of oral history as a built for a railroad magnate, will be the pedagogical approach, how to master immoderate setting for the conference’s video equipment and software such closing reception. as Pixstori and Snapseed, and how You are invited to join a conversation to preserve and share findings and on Tuesday evening with Bartholomew completed projects with archives and Voorsanger, Dell Upton, and Victoria internet sites. Young about the new Voorsanger Over the following two days, Thursday Architects archive, followed by a and Friday, conference attendees will reception and exhibition opening have their pick of a broad range of at the University of St. Thomas. The paper sessions focused on questions conference opens with a special session of materials and memory, atmosphere on Wednesday focused on the making and infrastructure, enduring and of video oral histories. It is based on ephemeral figures, colonialism and “Minnesota Modern Masters,” a terrific diplomacy, finance and science, bodies initiative from the Minnesota Chapter and beauty, religion and slavery, and of SAH (MNSAH), which has recorded awards, audiences, and historiography, oral histories with important regional among many others. Some sessions Inside of the Minnesota State Capitol. Credit Dan Anderson. Courtesy of Visit Saint Paul. architects. The workshop will present concentrate on a moment in time, a 3 View of downtown Saint Paul from above highlighting the riverfront, RiverCentre, Xcel Energy Center, and the Science Museum of Minnesota. Courtesy of Visit Saint Paul. single individual, or a specific place, while competing aims are currently intersecting others, designed by their Chairs to be and, sometimes, clashing. Situated as open as possible, examine themes within the Mississippi National River and across great stretches of time or across Recreation Area, the sites contain many the continents. The conference will also National Register properties and Native feature a number of talks, including American sacred spaces. In recent years, a timely panel on digital records and infrastructure left over from vanished a special Meet and Greet moderated manufacturing and shipping industries discussion for architectural historians has invited redevelopment, leading to from ethnic and