This content originally appeared as Austin – Society of Architectural Historians by Michelangelo Sabatino.

The 67th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians was held in Austin, TX from April 9 – 11, 2014. The Hyatt Regency (fig. 1) located on the southern edge of the Colorado River overlooking downtown was the conference venue. In addition to attending the SAH Board Meeting and as many sessions as possible, I […]

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This content originally appeared as Washington D.C. by Michelangelo Sabatino.

The Second Annual Frascari Symposium entitled Confabulations – Storytelling in Architecture was held at Washington-Alexandria Center of Virginia Tech on March 28th and 29th, 2014. Architects and historians from all over the world converged onto the historic Lyceum and WAAC building, a wonderfully quirky space for learning in the heart of Alexandria. Although I do […]

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This content originally appeared as Ottawa by Michelangelo Sabatino.

In late March 2014 I visited a snow-covered Ottawa to deliver a lecture at the Azrieli School of Architecture at Carleton University. The Azrieli School of Architecture is located in an award-winning building (fig. 1) inaugurated in 1971 and purpose-designed by Carmen and Elin Corneil with Jeffrey Stinson. Somewhere in-between the look of a factory and-or warehouse, this […]

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This content originally appeared as DOCOMOMO US National Symposium – Modernism in Texas by Michelangelo Sabatino.

Houston hosted this year’s DOCOMOMO US National Symposium and as you can imagine the theme was Modernism in Texas. A lively group of preservationist-architects, archivists, and historians descended upon Houston to share their knowledge with various participants who represent the academic and professional constituencies of Houston. Houston Mod, the local non-profit organization dedicated to promoting […]

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This content originally appeared as Texas (Dallas and Marfa) by Michelangelo Sabatino.

Texas is an incredibly diverse state in terms of its climate, culture, and geography. I was reminded of this diversity when I took an architectural historian colleague from Italy to visit Marfa via Dallas. In Dallas, we visited the John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza designed by Philip Johnson (1970) and several other sites including I. […]

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This content originally appeared as Israel (Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv) by Michelangelo Sabatino.

I travelled to Israel for my first time in order to attend a business meeting for the European Architectural History Network (EAHN). Although my time there was very brief, I was able to visit Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. In between meetings, a symposia, and organized tours, I squeezed in as much self-directed architectural tourism […]

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This content originally appeared as London and Coventry by Michelangelo Sabatino.

I travelled to London to take part in a couple of intense days of debate and exchange. A conference entitled “Critical Juncture” hosted by the Victoria & Albert Museum in honor of Joseph Rykwert’s RIBA Gold Medal brought a number of his former students and admirers to speak about the impact of his books on […]

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This content originally appeared as Arthur Erickson’s Bank of Canada in danger by Michelangelo Sabatino.

Read The Cultural Landscape Foundation post below to find out more about threats to the integrity of Arthur Erickson’s Bank of Canada in Ottawa (1979): http://tclf.org/landslides/destruction-looms-for-bank-of-canada-atrium

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This content originally appeared as Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Lethbridge, Vancouver by Michelangelo Sabatino.

On the occasion of the publication of Arthur Erickson – Layered Landscapes (Dalhousie Architectural Press) I took a lightning multi-city trip across Canada that started in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba and ended in Vancouver. At the University of Calgary, I participated in a round table discussion that was part of the programming surrounding the Erickson exhibition currently on view […]

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