{"id":394504,"date":"2026-04-16T02:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/394504\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:43:18","slug":"society-of-architectural-historians-announces-winners-of-2026-publication-awards-and-film-and-video-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/394504\/","title":{"rendered":"Society of Architectural Historians Announces Winners of 2026 Publication Awards and Film and Video Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, MEXICO \u2013 April 15, 2026 \u2013 The Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 SAH Publication Awards and <a href=\"https:\/\/sah.org\/programs\/sah-awards\/sah-award-for-film-and-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SAH Award for Film and Video<\/a>. The awards recognize distinguished publications in architectural history, urban history, landscape history, preservation, and architectural exhibition catalogues; an outstanding JSAH article written by an emerging scholar; and the most distinguished work of film or video on the history of the built environment. The Society announced the winners during a ceremony at its 79th Annual International Conference in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 winners are:<\/p>\n<p>Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award<\/p>\n<p>The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi<br \/>Architecture of Migration: The Dadaab Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Settlement<br \/>Duke University Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ArchitectureofMigration_RGB.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ArchitectureofMigration_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25346\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6628880587401778;width:225px;height:auto\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Richard Wittman<br \/>Rebuilding St. Paul\u2019s Outside the Walls<br \/>Cambridge University Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RebuildingStPauls_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RebuildingStPauls_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25347\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award<\/p>\n<p>Architectural history exhibitions address historical and critical questions in special ways, through the presentation of both documentation and artifacts to a diversified audience. Exhibition catalogues have become distinctive vehicles for the expression of scholarship in architectural history. They remain as the substantial and enduring contribution after the life of the exhibition is spent. The SAH Exhibition Catalogue Award recognizes excellence in this form of scholarship and publication.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Gilles Delalex, Yves Moreau, Claudia Shmidt, Mauricio Pezo, and Sofia von Ellrichshausen; edited by Franceso Garutti and Alexandra Pereira-Edwards<br \/>AP205 Amancio Williams: Readings of the Archive by Studio Muoto, Claudia Shmidt, and Pezo von Ellrichshausen<br \/>Canadian Centre for Architecture and Spector Books, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AmancioWilliams_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AmancioWilliams_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25350\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Edited by Joar Nango, Taqralik Partridge, Jocelyn Piirainen, and Rafico Ruiz. Managing Editor: Alexandra Pereira-Edwards<br \/>Towards Home: Inuit and S\u00e1mi Placemaking<br \/>Canadian Centre for Architecture and Valiz, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TowardsHome_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TowardsHome_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25351\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spiro Kostof Book Award<\/p>\n<p>This award was established in 1993 in recognition of Spiro Kostof\u2019s extraordinarily productive and inspiring career. In the spirit of Kostof\u2019s writings, the award recognizes interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of cities.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Min Kyung Lee<br \/>The Tyranny of the Straight Line: Mapping Modern Paris<br \/>Penn State University Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TyrannyoftheStraightLine_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TyrannyoftheStraightLine_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25352\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Farshid Emami<br \/>Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran<br \/>Yale University Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isfahan_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Isfahan_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25353\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 Honorable Mention <br \/>Faiza Moatasim <br \/>Master Plans and Encroachments: The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad<br \/>University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MasterPlansandEncroachments.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MasterPlansandEncroachments.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25354\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2026 Honorable Mention <br \/>Erica Allen-Kim <br \/>Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs<br \/>University of Texas Press, 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BuildingLittleSaigon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BuildingLittleSaigon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25355\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award<\/p>\n<p>The Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award was established in 2005 to recognize annually the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of landscape architecture or garden design. Named for SAH past president and landscape historian Elisabeth MacDougall, the award honors the late historian\u2019s role in developing this field of study.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Shoaf Vincent <br \/>Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City<br \/>University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ConstructingGardens_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ConstructingGardens_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25356\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Founders\u2019 JSAH Article Award<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1970, the Founders\u2019 Award recognizes an article published by an emerging scholar in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH) that exhibits excellence of scholarship and presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Yasmina El Chami <br \/>A Mutual Project: Architecture and the Imperial Foundations of American Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century Beirut<br \/>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,\u00a0Vol. 83\u00a0No. 4,\u00a0December 2024<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JSAHDec24Cover_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JSAHDec24Cover_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25357\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Historic Interiors Article Award<\/p>\n<p>This award was conceived by the SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group in 2022 and is focused on fostering new approaches to the history of the interiors as both an independent line of scholarly inquiry and as an important aspect of the expanded study of the built environment. This award recognizes excellence in research of a scholarly article from an English-language publication that has made a significant contribution to the study of historic interiors.<\/p>\n<p>2026 Winner<br \/>Grace Ong Yan <br \/>\u201cFrom Interior Supergraphics to Participation in the Public Sphere.\u201d In\u00a0Public Interiority, pp. 20-31. Routledge, 2024<\/p>\n<p>2026 Honorable Mention<br \/>Chunyao Liu, Lian Liu, and Erin Cunningham<br \/>\u201cTowards a cross-cultural hybridisation: An exploration of furniture design and advertising in Shanghai, China (1912-1949).\u201d\u00a0Fabrications 33, no. 2 (2023): 306-331<\/p>\n<p>SAH Award for Film and Video<\/p>\n<p>The SAH Award for Film and Video recognizes the most distinguished work of film or video on the history of the built environment. The most important criterion for award recognition is the work\u2019s contribution to the understanding of the built environment, defined either as deepening that understanding or as bringing understanding to new audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Skin of Glass<br \/>Director\/producer: Denise Zmekhol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SKINOFGLASS_KeyArt_Clean_864x1280_RGB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SKINOFGLASS_KeyArt_Clean_864x1280_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25358\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Antoinette Forrester Downing Book Award<\/p>\n<p>Named for Antoinette Forrester Downing, this award recognizes excellence in a published work devoted to historical topics in preservation and honors her scholarship and recognition of the value of local inventories and surveys.<\/p>\n<p>No award given.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nominations for the 2027 award cycle will open in June 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About the Society of Architectural Historians<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1940, the Society of Architectural Historians is an international nonprofit membership organizations promoting the study, interpretation and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes and urbanism worldwide. SAH serves a network of local, national and international institutions and individuals who, by vocation or avocation, focus on the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. SAH promotes meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national and international programs. Learn more at sah.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEXICO CITY, MEXICO \u2013 April 15, 2026 \u2013 The Society of Architectural Historians is pleased to announce the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-394504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}