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Andrew S. Dolkart, the Director of the Historic Preservation Program and the James Marston Fitch Associate Professor of Historic Preservation, is a graduate of Colgate University and Columbia's Historic Preservation Program. He has been active in historic preservation in New York City for over thirty years, both as a staff member at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, as a freelance consultant, and as a teacher. He has worked extensively with neighborhood groups on preservation efforts and has completed scores of National Register nominations, Landmark Commission designation reports, and historic resource surveys for environmental reviews. Andrew has also written extensively about his passion, the architecture and development of New York City, focusing in particular on the city's everyday, vernacular building types.  His books include the award-winning Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development and Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street. His latest book, The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City 1908-1929 was published in the fall of 2009 and has won several architectural history awards.  He is currently writing on the development of New York's Garment District lofts.  In addition, Andrew has curated exhibitions, is a board member of several local preservation groups, has been interviewed for many documentaries, and is well-known for his architectural walking tours of New York. At Columbia, Andrew teaches classes in American architecture and in the architecture and development of New York City, as well as Studio and Documentation.

 
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City 1908-1929 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
 
“New York Vernacular City: Expanding the Canon of New York City Architecture,” in Building America: Eine Grosse Erzählung (Thelem, 2008).
 
Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street.(Center for American Places, 2006). Winner, Social History Award, New York City Book Awards
 
 "Millionaires Elysiums: The Luxury Apartment Hotels of Schultze & Weaver," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts (2005).
 
 The Carnegie Mansion and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum: The History of a House (Scala/Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2002).
 
Central Synagogue In Its Changing Neighborhood (Central Synagogue, 2002). Winner, Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums 2002 Award for Excellence.
 
Touring Lower Manhattan: Three Walks in New York's Historic Downtown (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 2000).
 
Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development (Columbia University Press, 1998). Winner, Association of American Publishers 1998 Award for Excellence in Professional/Scholarly Publishing, Best Book in Architecture and Urban Planning.
 
Guide to New York City Landmarks (1992; expanded and updated, John Wiley, 1998, 2003, 2009).
 
Touring Historic Harlem: Four Walks in Northern Manhattan (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1997).
 
Gramercy: Its Architectural Surroundings (Gramercy Neighborhood Associates, 1996).
 
The Dictionary of Art (London: Macmillan, 1996); major entry on the development of New York City and entries on seven architects.
 
New Architecture in Brooklyn, 1985-1995 (Rotunda Gallery, 1995).
 
Touring the Upper East Side: Walks in Five Historic Districts (New York Landmarks Conservancy, 1995).
 
George & Edward Blum: Texture and Design in New York Apartment Buildings with Susan Tunick (Friends of Terra Cotta, 1993)
 

 

 

Architecture and Context
02.11.09
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
Annabelle Selldorf is the principal of Selldorf Architects. Born and raised in Germany, she came to the United States to attend architecture school. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute, in New York City, and her Master's in Architecture from Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. She briefly worked in the offices of Fox & Fowle and Richard Gluckman Architects prior to opening her own firm, in 1988. Ms. Selldorf is a Fellow of The American Institute of Architects and in 2006 was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame. She is a Vice President of the Board of Directors of The Architectural League of New York and a Member of the Board of the Design Trust for Public Space, as well as Co-Chair of its Design Council. She participates in invited juries and lectures occasionally. Selldorf Architects has won numerous awards for its work over the years, which includes institutional, commercial, and high-end retail and residential projects.
LISTED UNDER: Architecture Context Lecture
Historic Preservation Book Launch: The Row House Reborn
10.26.09
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
Historic Preservation Book Launch - The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City 1908-1929 With: Andrew Dolkart, Author + Director, Historic Preservation, GSAPP and guests. Co-organized by the Historic Preservation Program and the GSAPP Preservation Alumni
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American Architecture Before 1876

This course will examine the development of American architecture from the earliest European settlements to the centennial in 1876. Beginning with the earliest Spanish, French, Dutch, and English colonial architecture, we will explore the American adaptation of European forms and ideas and the development of a distinctly American architecture. The course lectures and readings examine high style and vernacular architecture in rural and urban environments throughout the settled parts of the United States. The course will be supplemented with tours and the examination of original drawings and early architectural publications in Avery Library.

LISTED UNDER: American Architecture before 1876 Courses

History Workshop: Depression Era New York

The Hudson River Valley has been described by the National Park Service as "the landscape that defined America". In recent years, the Valley has been named by Congress as a National Heritage Area, by President Clinton as an American Heritage River and by New York State as the Hudson River Valley Greenway. Yet the Valley continues to face great challenges to its character and historic context through the planned (and unplanned) development of cement plants, energy facilities, destruction of historic buildings, and through sprawl.

LISTED UNDER: Courses Historic Preservation History Workshop: Depression Era New York

Preservation Studio I: Understanding & Documenting Historic Architecture

Studio is the core course of the first year, and revolves around the study of a section of New York City. Students begin by documenting individual buildings, and move through the first semester with understanding and documenting ever-more complex elements of the built environment in the study area. Students explore buildings from the perspective of each of the sectors conservation, design, history, and planning  under the direction of four faculty, each of whom is expert in one of the sectors. Studio work includes graphic presentations, written presentations, and oral presentations. The second semester Studio will build on this work and culminate in the preparation of a Preservation Plan for the study area.

LISTED UNDER: Bollack Dolkart Historic Preservation Otero-Pailos