Eve Blau
Eve Marion Blau (born July 20, 1951 in London) is an American historian and educator, who teaches at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University as Adjunct Professor of the History and Theory of Urban Form and Design, as well as Director of Research. Blau has contributed to scholarship on the history of architecture and urban design.[1] In 2018, she was named Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Eve Blau | |
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Born | Eve Marion Blau July 20, 1951 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Historian Educator |
Spouse(s) | Peter Rose |
Parent(s) | George E. Gertrud M. |
Relatives | Helen Blau (sister) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of York Yale University |
Thesis | The Architecture of Deane and Woodward, 1845-1861 (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | George L. Hersey |
Other academic advisors | Vincent Scully |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Wesleyan University Canadian Centre for Architecture Harvard University |
Early life and education
Born in London to George E. and Gertrud M., Blau is of Czech descent.[2] Her sister, Helen Blau, is a biochemist.
Blau attended the University of York and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Sociology. Her postgraduate studies in the History of Architecture took her to Yale University. There, Blau was awarded a Master of Arts in 1974 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978.[3]
Career
In 1979, Blau began her teaching career as Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Wesleyan University. She then left academia for a post as Head of the Department of Exhibitions and Publications (1984-1991) at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which was designed by her husband, the architect Peter Rose. Blau's position was later retitled to Curator of Exhibitions and Publications (1991-2001).
After Blau's spell at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, she returned to academia as Adjunct Professor of the History of Architecture (2004-2011) in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, while Toshiko Mori was chair. Blau also served as Director of the Master in Architecture Degree Programs (2008-2011). To present, she has been part of the school's Department of Urban Planning and Design as Adjunct Professor of the History and Theory of Urban Form and Design. As of 2019, Blau was appointed as Director of Research by Mohsen Mostafavi.
Blau has also held visiting professorships at McGill University (1983), Williams College (1995), and the University at Buffalo (2016).
From 1997 through 2000, Blau served as the Editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.[4]
Blau's research has focused extensively on a range of issues in architectural history and theory, specifically in Europe and Eurasia, as well as the intersection of urban spatial form and media. Her publications have covered topics such as Red Vienna in Austria and the petroleum industry in Azerbaijan.
Photography
Photographs attributed to Blau appear in the collection of the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Images captured includes religious and secular buildings, sculptures, and various communities.[5] A linked exhibition of her work ran there from October 2017 to March 2018, which highlighted the architectural importance of the Greystone buildings in Montreal.[6]
Works
Awards
- 2000 Society of Architectural Historians Spiro Kostof Book Award for The Architecture of Red Vienna (1999)
- 2001 Society of Architectural Historians Alice Davis Hitchcock Award for The Architecture of Red Vienna (1999)
- 2015 Victor Adler State Prize of the Republic of Austria for the German translation of The Architecture of Red Vienna (2014)
- 2018 Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians[7]
- 2019 DAM Architectural Book Award for Baku: Oil and Urbanism (2018)
References
- "Eve Blau". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- Jr, Miloslav Rechcigl (2019-09-16). Notable American Women with Czechoslovak Roots: A Bibliography, Bio-Bibliographies, Historiography and Genealogy. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-7283-2139-4.
- "Eve Blau Awarded Victor Adler State Prize of the Republic of Austria | Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences". gsas.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- "Eve Blau". Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- Architecture (CCA), Canadian Centre for. "Greystone: Tools for Understanding the City". www.cca.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
- "Search Results". www.sah.org. Retrieved 2020-10-27.