Macarena de la Vega awarded the David Saunders Founder’s Grant 2019

The David Saunders Founder’s Grant 2019 has been awarded to Macarena de la Vega for her project “The Mental Life of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand.” De la Vega is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Architecture, The …


ABE Journal CfP: Entanglements of Architecture and Comfort

Entanglements of Architecture and Comfort beyond the Temperate Zone Section guest-edited by: Jiat-Hwee Chang, National University of Singapore (Singapore) and Daniel Ryan, University of Sydney (Australia). The dominant discourse on comfort in architect …


SAHANZ Membership renewal 2019/20 now open!

SAHANZ membership renewal/registration is now open! To join the Society, or to renew your membership for the current financial year (July 1st, 2019 – June 30th, 2020), please follow this link.


Applications for David Saunders Grant now open

SAHANZ calls for applications for the David Saunders Founder’s Grant. The grant (AUD $3000) is intended to support research by emerging researchers in the disciplines of architectural history and theory. The application deadline is 1 June 2019.


Footprint CfP: The Architecture Competition as ‘Contact Zone’

The Architecture Competition as ‘Contact Zone’ – Towards a Historiography of Cross-Cultural Exchanges Competition is key to the architectural profession. On a daily basis, practicing architects compete for the recognition of their ideas, new commission …


Call for EOI for JSAHANZ Co-Editor

The Editorial Board of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, calls for Expressions of Interest for the role of Co-Editor of the Society’s refereed journal, Fabrications: JSAHANZ


Call for nominations for SAHANZ office bearers

The SAHANZ Committee calls for nominations for new SAHANZ Executive and SAHANZ Committee members. Nominations should be sent to the SAHANZ secretary (), before 30 June 2019.


SAHANZ call for Life/Honorary Membership Nominations

SAHANZ calls for nominations for life and honorary members of the Society. f you wish to nominate someone for Honorary or Life membership, please download the nomination documents on the SAHANZ website, and submit the completed nomination to the Society’s Secretary by March 1st, 2019.


2018 SAHANZ Conference Proceedings online

The full proceedings of the 35th annual SAHANZ conference, “Historiographies of Technology and Architecture”, which was held at Victoria University of Wellington in 2018, are now online.


SAHANZ members’ survey closed

The SAHANZ Committee thanks all those who completed the SAHANZ members’ survey – we had a last minute flurry leading to 39 responses which, for a society with roughly 150 members, is a good result.