Abigail Van Slyck, Dayton Professor of Art History at Connecticut College, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award at the University of York, in York, England. The Fulbright award will support Van Slyck’s research on the history of childhood and the role of architecture in reproducing elite identity. She will be in residence at the University of York in fall 2019 and will conduct research in the U.K. In particular, she will lead a detailed study of the Swiss Cottage, built for the children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. 

Robert A. Young, PhD, FAPT, PE, Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation Program Director at the University of Utah College of Architecture + Planning, has retired after 26 years of teaching, research, and community service focused on stewardship of the built environment (e.g., environmental controls, historic preservation, and sustainability).  Professor Young has been elevated to the rank of Professor Emeritus effective July 1, 2019.  His retirement plans include travel, writing, photography, and preservation consulting.

I have enjoyed the camaraderie and support from VAF members over the years and wish everyone continued success in their academic endeavors.

Suzanne Francis-Brown (UWI Museum) worked with Jamaican architect Peter Francis on  Norman & Dawbarn, the UCWI, and Tropical Modernist Architecture in Jamaica, published in Caribbean Quarterly, Volume 65 Issue 1. 

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the regional University College of the West Indies was one of the early greenfield universities developed in the waning British empire, which drew on the work of several British architects working in the tropics post-World War II. British modernist architect Graham Dawbarn brought a spare sensibility, climatic considerations and modern systems to the Jamaican landscape where the university’s founding campus was located.

A Field Guide to American Residential Doors by Seth Hinshaw is a historic account of the changing design of doors from 1650 to 2000. It highlights the 300 most commonly encountered doors in the United States. The book is arranged around five classes of doors: batten doors, paneled doors, sash doors, veneered doors, and ancillary doors. The book covers the history of each of these classes of doors and discusses variations of doors within each class. It also includes a brief overview of the millwork industry with thumbnail sketches of some important door companies.

compiled by Travis Olson

Anderson, Colin L. "Segregation, Popular Culture, and the Southern Pastoral: The Spatial and Racial Politics of American Sheet Music, 1870–1900." Journal of Southern History, vol. 85 no. 3, 2019, pp. 577-610. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/soh.2019.0163

Bădescu, Gruia. “Traces of Empire: Architectural Heritage, Imperial Memory and Post-War Reconstruction in Sarajevo and Beirut.” History and Anthropology, vol. 30, no. 4, Aug. 2019, pp. 366–81.

Byrd, Jodi A. "To Hear the Call and Respond: Grounded Relationalities and the Spaces of Emergence." American Quarterly, vol. 71 no. 2, 2019, pp. 337-342.

Cohen, Joanna. Luxurious Citizens: The Politics of Consumption in Nineteenth-Century America. PENN, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017.

Datta, Ankur. “‘That Was Natural . This Is Just Artificial ’!: Displacement, Memory, Worship, and Connection at a Kashmiri Hindu Shrine Replica.” History and Anthropology, vol. 30, no. 3, May 2019, pp. 276–92.

de Antuñano, Emilio. “Mexico City as an Urban Laboratory: Oscar Lewis, the ‘Culture of Poverty’ and the Transnational History of the Slum.” Journal of Urban History, vol. 45, no. 4, July 2019, pp. 813–30.

Feeley, Lynne. “The Elevationists: Gerrit Smith, Black Agrarianism, and Land Reform in 1840s New York,” Environmental History, Volume 24, Issue 2, April 2019, Pages 307–326, https://doi.org/10.1093/envhis/emy126

Finlay, Robin. “A Diasporic Right to the City: The Production of a Moroccan Diaspora Space in Granada, Spain.” Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 20, no. 6, July 2019, pp. 785–805.

Franklin, Alex, and Nora Schuurman. “Aging Animal Bodies: Horse Retirement Yards as Relational Spaces of Liminality, Dwelling and Negotiation.” Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 20, no. 7, Sept. 2019, pp. 918–37.

Gutterman, Nan R., and J. Scott Howell. “Completing a Nineteenth-Century Vision: Creating Monumental Portal Gates at Philadelphia City Hall.” APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, vol. 49, no. 4, 2018, pp. 16–22.

Hubbard, Phil. “Enthusiasm, Craft and Authenticity on the High Street: Micropubs as ‘Community Fixers.’” Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 20, no. 6, July 2019, pp. 763–84.

Jones, Christopher W. "Culture in Crisis: Preserving Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones." Future Anterior, vol. 15 no. 1, 2018, pp. 68-77.

O’Brien, Kean & Vilchis, Leonardo & Maritescu, Corina. "Boyle Heights and the Fight against Gentrification as State Violence." American Quarterly, vol. 71 no. 2, 2019, pp. 389-396.

Rainer, Leslie, and Susan Macdonald. “Protecting and Preserving América Tropical in Downtown Los Angeles.” APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, vol. 49, no. 4, 2018, pp. 33–42.

Shackel, Paul A. “Structural Violence and the Industrial Landscape.” International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 25, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 750–62.

Strunk, Christopher, and Margaret Richardson. “Cultivating Belonging: Refugees, Urban Gardens, and Placemaking in the Midwest, U.S.A.” Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 20, no. 6, July 2019, pp. 826–48.

Wills, John. “Exploding the 1950s Consumer Dream: Mannequins and Mushroom Clouds at Doom Town, Nevada Test Site.” Pacific Historical Review, vol. 88, no. 3, Aug. 2019, pp. 410–38.

Buildings & Landscapes is the leading source for peer-reviewed, scholarly work on the vernacular architecture of North America and beyond.  The journal continues VAF's tradition of scholarly publication going back to the first Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture in 1982.  Published through the University of Minnesota Press since 2007, the journal publishes two issues per year.

The editors encourage rolling submissions of scholarly articles that integrate fieldwork and archival/primary source research into original arguments about the history of everyday buildings and/or landscapes. The editors particularly welcome submission of articles on topics related to the study of North American vernacular architecture or which otherwise broaden the context of NorthAmerican architecture and cultural landscapes. Authors are urged to draw linkages between the physical aspects of the built environment they study and the people who create, consume, use, and inhabit it. If an author is unsure about a manuscript’s fit for the journal, they are encouraged to contact the editors in advance of a formal submission: Carl Lounsbury(carllounsbury@gmail.com) and Lydia MatticeBrandt (lbrandt.usc@gmail.com). To find out more about submitting to B&L, please visit the VAF website.