Richard Guy Wilson in the News
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Four A-School Students Win Kenan Fellowships for Summer 2008
The William R. Kenan Endowment Fund of the Academical Village summer fellowships support educational opportunities for students to conduct research projects that increase public understanding of the Academical Village. Each student receives a $4,000 stipend and his/her faculty advisor receives $1,000. The resulting project is intended for public dissemination at the end of the summer and may include an exhibition, publication, or public event. Kenan Fellowships have been awarded to the following School of Architecture students for summer 2008: Lydia Mattice Brandt (faculty advisors: Elizabeth Meyer and Richard Guy Wilson); Benjamin Trudel (faculty advisor: Peter Waldman); Danielle Willkens (faculty advisor: Peter Waldman); and Edwin Wright (faculty advisor: Phoebe Crisman.Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Prof. Richard Guy Wilson Authors Book on Harbor Hill House
Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History Richard Guy Wilson is the author of the new book, "Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House" (Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, in association with W.W. Norton & Co., February, 2008) which describes the rise and fall of the famous estate designed by Stanford White at the beginning of the 20th century.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Commonwealth Prof. Richard Guy Wilson Co-edits New Book on Colonial Revivalism that Includes Alumni Essayists
Recreating the American Past: Essays on the Colonial Revival is a new book published by University of Virginia Press and edited by Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History Richard Guy Wilson, alumna Shaun Eyring (MLA'87) and Kenny Marotta. The various scholars included in this volume examine the causes behind the persistence of colonialism in modern day architecture, landscape architecture, art and other forms of cultural expression.Among the essayists are alumni Eve Barsoum (BP'88, MAH'93), Sara Butler (MAH'96, PhD'01), Barbara Powers (MAH'83), Elizabeth Sargent (MLA'91) and Jacqueline Taylor (MAH'00).