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September 2016 Newsletter

Sep 15, 2016 by av福利社 News

 
September 2016 Volume LX, No. 9 / Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter
 
Salk Institute    Register Now for Louis Kahn in San Diego and La Jolla
On Friday, November 4, 2016, av福利社 will host a study day in San Diego and La Jolla, California, exploring the work of Louis I. Kahn. The day will begin at The San Diego Museum of Art with a special, in-depth preview of the exhibition Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture, followed by a behind-the-scenes site visit at the architect's pioneering Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The study day will end with a "Friends Lecture" and reception at The San Diego Museum of Art.
     
    Tickets Available for av福利社 Awards Gala           
Tickets for av福利社's 7th annual Awards Gala are on sale now. The Society will present its 2016 Awards for Architectural Excellence to Richard H. Driehaus, Sarah Herda and Peter Landon, FAIA. Proceeds benefit the educational mission of av福利社 and the ongoing restoration of av福利社's Landmark headquarters, the Charnley-Persky House.             
     
    av福利社 Announces 2016 av福利社/Mellon Author Award Winners
av福利社 has named Peter Christensen, Itohan I. Osayimese and Robin Schuldenfrei as the recipients of the 2016 av福利社/Mellon Author Awards. These awards are designed to provide financial relief to scholars who are publishing their first monograph on the history of the built environment, and who are responsible for paying for rights and permissions for images or for commissioning maps, charts or line drawings in their publications.

     
Kirbabas    av福利社 Hires New Director of Programs
Christopher Kirbabas joins the Society of Architectural Historians as its new director of programs, having worked in not-for-profit associations for the past 19 years as a meeting professional. Previous organizations Kirbabas has worked for include Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society, American Massage Therapy Association and most recently, the Association of Legal Administrators.

     
INOMA    av福利社's American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip Program Makes a Grant to I-NOMA
In July 2016 av福利社 awarded the Illinois Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (I-NOMA) a $5,000 grant to support their Project Pipeline Architecture Summer Camp for Chicagoland students in the sixth through eighth grades. The mission of the annual camp is “to empower young people to affect change in their community through design.”
     
    Scotch Whisky Tasting
Enjoy an afternoon of fine Scotch whisky tasting on September 24 at the Franklin Room in Chicago, presented by the University of St. Andrews in partnership with av福利社. Proceeds from the event will benefit the University of St. Andrews' 600th Anniversary Campaign and the Society of Architectural Historians' 70th Annual International Conference to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in June 2017.

     
Unfinished Spaces    Unfinished Spaces Film Screening
MAS Context, in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago and the Society of Architectural Historians, is pleased to present the screening of the film Unfinished Spaces. The screening is part of MAS Context’s 2016 Fall Talks series and it will take place at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago.
     
    Jav福利社 September Issue Now Available
av福利社 is pleased to announce the release of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Vol. 75, No. 3, September 2016 issue. av福利社 members can access full articles by logging on to the av福利社 website and following the link on the Jav福利社 webpage.

     
    Highlights from av福利社ARA: Institutions of Learning
As many of us begin our busy fall season at universities, colleges, archives and libraries, and our children head back to school, we would like to highlight the diverse images of buildings related to education in av福利社ARA. The collection includes new and old architecture, re-purposed buildings, and buildings in ruin, from rural to urban settings.
     
Coeur d鈥橝lene鈥檚 Old Sacred Heart Mission    av福利社 Archipedia: Idaho Entries Added
Sixty-three entries from the state of Idaho have been added to av福利社 Archipedia. This material, which includes fifty main entries and an additional thirteen subentries, comprises the first half of a list featuring Idaho’s most representative buildings and sites, compiled by state coordinators Anne L. Marshall, Wendy R. McClure, Phillip G. Mead, and D. Nels Reese.

     
J枚kuls谩rl贸n Glacier Lagoon    Overcrowded Sites and Unexpected Voids: The Extremes of Tourism in Iceland and the Faroe Islands
By Danielle S. Willkens, 2015 H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow
With travels this month in the Vesturland, the southern portion of the Ring Road known as the Sudhurland, and a trip to Vestmannaeyjar, I logged nearly 2,000 miles in Iceland in August. Although my itinerary included only the bottom half of the nation, the distance I traversed was twice the length of the Ring Road [Route 1].

 
Current av福利社 Opportunities
: Open to current full-time MA and PhD students and emerging professionals, this fellowship is offered for the Louis Kahn in San Diego and La Jolla Study Day and covers the single occupancy price of the tour package. Deadline September 30.

: $50,000 fellowship that allows a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year. Deadline October 3.

: This av福利社 Field Seminar (December 1-13, 2016) will explore the fascinating architectural landscape of Vietnam and the spectacular Angkor complex in Cambodia, capital of the Khmer empire from the ninth to fifteenth century. Two spots left! Register by September 30.

: Permits a graduate student in architectural history or a related field to work on a 12-week HABS history project during the summer of 2017. Deadline December 31.
 
av福利社 Chapter and Partner News
SHERA welcomes two new institutional members, New York-based foundation . and . This summer, SHERA received a donation to establish the . The procedure for selecting a grantee will be elaborated on November 18 during the SHERA membership meeting at the  in Washington, D.C.
 
av福利社 in the News
- Architect Magazine (August 30, 2016)
- Architect Magazine (August 30, 2016)
- The Architect's Newspaper (August 31, 2016)
- The Architect's Newspaper (September 2, 2016)
 
Members in the News
 
av福利社 September Booklist
Read the  of recently published architecture books and related works. are selected by Barbara Opar, architecture librarian, Syracuse University Library.