Volume 68 of Architectural History
Volume 68 of Architectural History, the Society’s principal publication, has been published. Printed copies will soon be delivered to Society members. The issue features eight articles, twenty book reviews, and a special collection of tributes to the late Howard Burns.
The cover of volume 68 of Architectural History depicts the spiralling Eternit Tower at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. As considered by Davide Deriu in one of seven research articles in the latest volume of our journal, the design exemplifies the period’s playful architectural experiments with gravity. Other articles in the latest volume range from an economic history of the Newfoundland Hotel to an assessment of funerary monuments built for Indian soldiers killed in the First World War.
Alongside research by internationally established academics, the volume features the work of several early career scholars. This includes an article developed by the winner of the SAHGB’s 2023 Hawksmoor Essay Medal; Emily Jenkins identifies the intellectual influences accompanying the ruin of Gorhambury, a renowned Elizabethan house. A Shorter Notice by Aoife Stables meanwhile draws attention to the earliest surviving print of a temporary pageant structure in England; a text adapted from an essay commended for the Society’s Hawksmoor Essay Medal.
Twenty book reviews are included in the volume, written by scholars from across the world. The late Andrew Saint — a frequent contributor to the journal — provided a review of Gary A. Boyd’s Architecture and the Face of Coal. Subjects in other reviewed books range from the architecture of early modern Iran at the Safavid capital of Isfahan, to the design of the United Nations headquarters in New York.
A special feature in the volume contains tributes to the late Howard Burns (1939–2025), a prominent expert on the architecture of Andrea Palladio. Former students of Burns, from his very first to his very last PhD student, contribute their perspectives on the researcher and educator. An accompanying bibliography provides a valuable resource for scholars of Palladio, capturing Burns’ comprehensive contributions to architectural history.
Volume 68 of Architectural History marks the end of an era in the journal’s publishing history and the final edition published by Cambridge University Press. Going forward, the journal will be published Open Access by Ubiquity Press. The journal will continue to publish an annual volume comprising scholarly articles and book reviews. It will be freely available online through the publisher's website and accessible through the SAHGB Members' area. Members will continue to have the option to receive the journal in print for an additional charge.
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