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Society Business

To provide standards of excellence in architectural history through the following means:
- creating communication and meeting between people active in architectural history in Australia and New Zealand.
- encouraging discussion, criticism and debate among all who are interested in the subject of architectural history.
- holding regular conventions at regional and national venues for the above purposes.
- publishing a scholarly journal.
- encouraging student participation in its activities.
- supporting the teaching of architectural history.
- supporting the processes of conservation in relation to such matters as significant structures and sites, documents and archives.

Background

Since the Society of Architectural Historians Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ) first met in Adelaide in 1984, it has held annual conferences. These events usually include a triple stream programme, invited keynote speakers and a field trip. In 1989 the society started its journal, Fabrications, which now appears as two refereed issues per year. For more information on the early history of the society, see Anne Neale's Background Notes about the History of SAHANZ and Julia Gatley's 2004 article on 'SAHANZ: The First 20 Years, 1984-2004'.

In the recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment of research quality by the the Australian Research Council, the the society's journal and conferences were both awarded A rankings.

Current Officers

Executive

President:
Stuart King (University of Tasmania)
Stuart.King@utas.edu.au

Publications

Fabrications Editors
Deborah van der Plaat, d.vanderplaat@uq.edu.au
Paul Walker, walkp@unimelb.edu.au
Julia Gatley (from 2012),

Past Presidents, Secretaries & Treasurers

Past Editors of Fabrications

Past Editorial Board Members of Fabrications

Vols. 1 to 3, 1989-1991 Richard Apperly, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann, Robert Irving, Joan Kerr and Miles Lewis.
Vols. 4 to 7, 1993-1996 Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann, Robert Irving (as editor), Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor.
Vols. 8 and 9, 1997-1999 Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Conrad Hamann, Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor.
Vols. 10 to 13, 2000-2007 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Joan Kerr, Miles Lewis, Ian Lochhead and Jennifer Taylor.
Vols. 14 to 15 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead, Geoffrey London, John Macarthur, Sarah Treadwell, Paul Walker, Julie Willis.
Vols. 16 to 17 Mike Austin, Peter Bell, Judith Brine, Philip Goad, Hannah Lewi, Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead, John Macarthur, Sarah Treadwell, Paul Walker, Julie Willis.
Vols. 18 Mike Austin, Deidre Brown, Philip Goad, Hannah Lewi, Peter Kohane, Ian Lochhead, John Macarthur, Naomi Stead, William Taylor, Sarah Treadwell, Julie Willis, Andrew Leach, Ian Lochhead, John Macarthur, Naomi Stead, William Taylor, Julie Willis.

Conference Locations and Themes

1st 1984 Adelaide, Architectural Historians in Australia: Australian Questions to Face
2nd 1985 Sydney, Second Conference (no theme)
3rd 1986 Melbourne, Classicism and Romanticism in Australasian Architecture
4th 1987 Adelaide, Fourth Conference (no theme)
5th 1988 Sydney, Australian Studies in Architectural History
6th 1989 Canberra, Landscape and 20th Century Urban Design in Australasia
7th 1990 Melbourne, Colonial Connections
8th 1991 Christchurch, Regional Responses
9th 1992 Geelong, Asia/Australasia
10th 1993 Perth, Nuts and Bolts, or Berries: Early Modernism in Australasia
11th 1994 Brisbane, From Sarsaparilla to Muckadilla
12th 1995 Sydney, 50 Years of Modernity in Australasia, 1920-1970
13th 1996 Auckland, Loyalty and Disloyalty in the Architecture of the British Empire and Commonwealth
14th 1997 Adelaide, On What Ground(s)?
15th 1998 Melbourne, FIRM(ness) commodity DE-light?: questioning the canons
16th 1999 Launceston, Thresholds
17th 2000 Wellington, Formulation Fabrication: The Architecture of History
18th 2001 Darwin, In the Making: Architecture's Past
19th 2002 Brisbane, Additions to Architecture
20th 2003 Sydney, Progress
21st 2004 Melbourne, Limits
22nd 2005 Napier, Celebration
23rd 2006 Freemantle, Contested Terrains
24th 2007 Adelaide, Panorama to Paradise
25th 2008 Geelong, History in Practice
26th 2009 Auckland, Cultural Crossroads
27th 2010 Newcastle, Imagining
28th 2011 Brisbane, Audience
29th 2012 Launceston, Tasmania, Fabulation: Myth, Nature, Heritage
30th 2013 Gold Coast

Recipients of the David Saunders Founder's Grant

1998 Paul Hogben, NSW. 'Hotel Architecture of the 1950s.'
1999 Katrina Place, Vic. 'Country Estates and Commissions of Walter Butler.'
2000 Catherine Townsend, Vic. 'Émigré Architects in Australia.'
2001 No award.
2002 Don Roderick, Qld. 'Queensland Vernacular Architecture.'
2003 Igea Troiani, Qld. 'The architecture of Stuart McIntosh, 1950-1970.' and Ellen Andersen, NZ. 'Maori Architectural Artefacts on Display Outside New Zealand.'
2004 Jeanette Budgett, NZ. 'Mission Period Architecture, Mangaia, Cook Islands.'
2005 Julia Gatley, NZ. '"Success of New Zealand Lady Architect" Revisited: Alison Shepherd, ARIBA.'
2006 Nicole van Ruler, NZ. 'M.H. Wevers: Architectuur New Zealand.'
2007 Louise Bird, 'Architect Designed: The Role of the Architect in Designing the Adelaide Inter-war Garden.'
2008 Anuradha Chatterjee, NSW. 'Touching the Surace, Looking for Substance - The Role of the Surface in Australian Architecture form 1990-2008.'
2009 Anne Watson, 'Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House: the ‘lost’ years 1966-69.'
2010 Jared Bird and Susan Holden, Qld. 'Animated Nets: Trajectories of Post-war European Urbanism, Two Brisbane Case Studies.'
2011 Tanya Poppelreuter, NZ. 'The Influx of Modernism to New Zealand: Refugee Architects before 1940.'