University of Virginia Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians

02/07/2022

Known as the “world’s largest log cabin,” the Forestry Building in Portland, OR, was constructed as part of Portland’s Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905. The cabin was an enormous structure, measuring 206 feet long (62m), 102 feet wide (31m) and 72 feet high (22 meters, approximately 7 stories). A full million board feet of lumber went into it. On August 17, 1964, the Forestry Building’s caretaker locked up for the night and within 45 minutes neighbors were noticing that something was wrong. The whole building was on fire, and when the fire crews arrived it was clear that there was nothing they could do. Photo from rarehistoricalphotos.com

02/02/2022

Ashanté Reese Lecture

11/12/2021

Congratulations Jennifer!!

Founded in 1910, Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) is the monthly magazine of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It is the magazine of record for the landscape architecture pr…

11/11/2021

Students, faculty and staff members are working together in restoring a Cumberland County Rosenwald School designed to educate Black students during segregated times.

04/05/2021

Please join us THIS FRIDAY (04/09) for our spring lecture to be delivered by Dr. Sarah Lopez from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Lopez's talk "Architectural History as Migrant History: The Development of a Binational Construction Industry" will explore the development (over the last fifty years) of a network of Mexican stonemasons, quarry workers, homebuilders, architects and businessman who primarily provide services to Mexican and Mexican-American clientele in the U.S. southwest.

Dr. Lopez is a built environment historian and migration scholar, is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Lopez' book, The Remittance Landscape: The Spaces of Migration in Rural Mexico and Urban USA, was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2015 and won the 2017 Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians.

To Register or read more about the upcoming lecture, click the link below!

Sarah Lopez Lecture - April 9, 2021 - UVASAH Speaker Series

09/22/2020

Did you miss our virtual roundtable, State of the Field: Architectural History at UVA? No problem! The entire program can be streamed here:

The Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians for a panel discussion, “State of the Field: Architectural History at the University ...

09/08/2020

Please join the Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians for a roundtable discussion, “State of the Field: Architectural History at the University of Virginia.” This event will showcase the recent work of professors within the School of Architecture that are engaging in architectural history, as well as their thoughts and reflections regarding developments in the field that have inspired them. This event will reassert the relevance of architectural history within interdisciplinary studies as well as its continued potential to spark contemporary conversations in the field professionally, pedagogically, and academically. In this session, each speaker will introduce their topic of inquiry, leaving room for questions and dialog, in order to showcase the variety of interests within the department and A-School and to highlight the range of issues that are discussed within architectural history today.

Panelists include:
Sheila Crane, Associate Professor and Chair, Architectural History; Director, Graduate Architectural History Program
Andy Johnston, Associate Professor and Director, Historic Preservation Program
Shiqiao Li, Weedon Professor in Asian Architecture and Director, PhD in the Constructed Environment Program
Louis Nelson, Professor, Architectural History
Erin Putalik, Assistant Professor, Architecture + Architectural History
Lisa Reilly, Professor and Director, Undergraduate Architectural History Program
Jessica Sewell, Associate Professor, Urban + Environmental Planning

To register for this event, click the link below and follow the registration prompt, "see" you there!

State of the Field: Architectural History at UVA Panel Discussion

09/03/2020

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/3/21420388/emmett-till-childhood-home-chicago-landmark

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks granted preliminary landmark status Thursday to the home of Emmett Till, at 6427 S. St. Lawrence Ave. in Woodlawn.

08/24/2020

Congratulations to Professors Emeritus Yunsheng Huang and Nancy Takahashi!

Yunsheng Huang and Nancy Takahashi retire, their remarkable legacies remembered