The book compiles essays by 15 historians documenting the largely forgotten yet remarkable life story of the Vienna-born architect and interior designer.
‘The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU’ by Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Katherine M. Kuenzli, and Bryan Clark Green
An obscure Modernist landmark, the Belgian Friendship Building has lived many lives since being reconstructed on the campus of a Virginia HBCU in the 1940s.
Our dwelling-focused picks include monographs dedicated to Tom Kundig and Anne Fougeron, an expanded edition of ‘Fire Island Modernist,’ and a history of Neutra’s Lovell Health House.
The five new grantees include significant academic buildings and churches designed by Black architects in Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and elsewhere.