World Histories of Architecture. The Emergence of a New Genre in the Nineteenth Century

convenors:
Petra Brouwer, University of Amsterdam
Martin Bressani, School of Architecture McGill University
Christopher Drew Armstrong, University of Pittsburgh

Day 1/Wednesday Nov 29

09.30 coffee, tea

09.45 Welcome by the Lorentz Center

10.00 – Martin Bressani
Introduction

10.15-11.00 – Petra Brouwer
A new genre. The first architectural history survey texts

11.00-11.45 – Christopher Drew Armstrong
Architectural history before the survey text

coffee

12.00-12.45 – Matteo Burioni
Architectural history after the nineteenth-century survey text. Hitchcock, Giedion, Pevsner and the long nineteenth century

lunch

14.00-14.45 – Martin Bressani
Daniël Ramée, Manuel de l’histoire générale de l’architecture chez tous les peuples, 1843

14.45-15.30 – Sarah Allaback
Louisa C. Tuthill, History of Architecture. From the Earliest Times. Its Present Condition in Europe and the United States, 1848

tea

16.30-17.15 – Kathleen James-Chakraborty
New perspectives on world architectural history

Day 2/Thursday Nov 30

9.00-9.15 – Christopher Drew Armstrong
Introduction

9.15-10.00 – Stephan Muthesius
The margins of architectural history: national and local histories, non-western architecture

10.00-10.45 – Martin Bressani
Architectural history, race and the organic metaphor

coffee

11.15-12.00 – Anne Hultzsch
Edward Boid, A Concise History and Analysis of all the Principle Styles of Architecture, 1829 and Thomas Talbot Bury, Rudimentary Architecture for the Use of Beginners. The History and Description of the Styles of Architecture of Various Countries, from the Earliest to the Present Period, 1849

12.00-12.45 – Alex Bremner
Edward Augustus Freeman, A History of Architecture, 1849

lunch

14.00-14.45 – Henrik Karge
Wilhelm Lübke, Geschichte der Architektur, 1855

14.45-15.30 – Matthew Mullane
James Fergusson, The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture, 1855

tea

16.30-17.15 – Mark Jarzombek
New perspectives on world architectural history

 
Day 3/Friday Dec 1

9.00-9.15 – Petra Brouwer
Introduction

9.15-10.00 – Ute Engel
Franz Kugler, Geschichte der Baukunst, 1856-73

10.00-10.45 – Dirk Baalman
Eugen Gugel, Geschiedenis van de bouwstijlen, 1869

coffee

11.15-12.00 – David Theodore
Banister Fletcher, A History of Architecture for the Student, Craftsman and Amateur, 1896

12.00-12.45 – Javier Girón
Auguste Choisy, Histoire de l’Architecture, 1899

lunch

14.00-14.45 – Mari Hvattum
Architectural history in the popular press

14.45-15.30 – Barry Bergdoll
Not at home?: geographies and domesticities of architecture on display in 19th century World's Fairs

tea

16.30-17.15 – Dell Upton
New perspectives on world architectural history