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Dear ARLIS/NA colleagues, News from the Society of Architectural Historians: award-winning publications! Best, Janine Henri ARLIS/NA Liaison to SAH Architecture, Design, and Digital Services Librarian UCLA Arts Library 1400 Public Affairs Building Box 951392 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1392 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> office: 310-206-4587 fax: 310-825-1303 From: Society of Architectural Historians List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Bird Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:22 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SAH-LISTSERV] SAH announces recipients of the 2011 Book Awards The Society of Architectural Historians announces recipients of the 2011 Book Awards New Orleans -April 14, 2011 The Society of Architectural Historians announced the recipients of the Society of Architectural Historians 2011 Book Awards, presented during the Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award - established in 1987, the Downing award honors excellence in a published work devoted to historical topics in preservation. Randall Mason The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City University of Minnesota Press, 2009 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award - established in 1949, the Hitchcock award recognizes annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar. Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen Alvar Aalto: Architecture, Modernity, and Geopolitics Yale University Press, 2009 Philip Johnson Exhibition Catalogue Award- established in 1990, The Johnson award recognizes excellence in published exhibition catalogues. Andrew Blauvelt Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes Walker Art Center, 2008 Spiro Kostof Book Award - established in 1994, the Kostof award recognizes the work that, focusing on urbanism and architecture, provides the greatest contribution to our understanding of historical development and change. Two awards were given for 2011. Çiğdem Kafescioğlu Constantinopolis / Istanbul: Cultural Encounter, Imperial Vision, and the Construction of the Ottoman Capital Penn State University Press, 2009 Dell Upton Another City: Urban Life and Urban Spaces in the New American Republic Yale University Press, 2008 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Award - established in 2006 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of landscape architecture or garden design. Anne Goldgar Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age University of Chicago Press, 2007 Founders' Award - established in 1970, the Founders' Award recognizes the best article on the history of architecture published by an emerging scholar in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. G. Alex Bremner The Architecture of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa: Developing a Vernacular Tradition in the Anglican Mission Field, 1861-1909 JSAH, volume 69, December 2009 Contact: Beth Eifrig, SAH Assistant Director of Membership & Programs, 312.573.1365 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~