Launch of a new SAHGB fund for publications in memory of Mark Girouard

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain is very proud to announce the establishment of a new fund for publications, in memory of Mark Girouard (1931-2022). Mark was known above all as a writer firstly at Country Life (1958-66) and then in the magnificent series of books that he published with Yale University Press and the Paul Mellon Centre over his long 60-year career. He became the only person to have won the SAHGB’s Alice Davis Hitchcock prize three times in 1967, 1973 and 2010 as well as the Colvin prize posthumously in 2022 for his Biographical Dictionary of English Architecture 1540-1640.

To reflect Mark’s career and incredible legacy as a writer this fund will be used to promote and aid publications in architectural history. The Fund has been set up in consultation with Mark’s daughter, Blanche, who has given it her wholehearted support.

We have a target for the fund of £100,000 which will come from a range of sources: crowd-funded donations from members and other people; larger individual donors; and grants and trusts. We welcome all donations however great or small and those of £1,000 or over will be acknowledged in a list of Patrons.

To give a gift online, please explore our dedicated page and the resources you will find there, and help to spread the word: The Girouard Fund for Publications