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Conferences
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Publications
Through print and digital publications, av福利社 documents the history of the built environment and disseminates scholarshipLatest Issue:
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About
About
av福利社 promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of the built environment worldwide for the benefit of all
The av福利社 | Places | Graham Foundation Prize is a unique collaboration between the Society of Architectural Historians, , and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts that supports innovative public scholarship on race, architecture, and the built environment. The Prize aims to expand the contemporary discussion on race and the built environment through the production of a significant work of public scholarship to be published in Places and presented as a lecture by av福利社. It was envisioned by Charles L. Davis II, an associate professor of architectural history and criticism at the University of Texas at Austin and co-founder of the av福利社 Race + Architectural History Affiliate Group.
2025 Recipient
Jess Myers is the recipient of the 2025 av福利社 | Places | Graham Foundation Prize on Race and the Built Environment. She will receive a $5,000 honorarium to fund archival research and travel, which will begin this year. Her research will culminate in a public lecture presented in Chicago by av福利社 and the Graham Foundation and the publication of an article in Places.
Myers is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture at Syracuse University, where she teaches and researches urbanism, sound studies, and the politics of occupancy. Her project, "Disciplining Sound: The Universal Ear Listens to New York's Public Infrastructure" will create a framework for "listening to listening" by examining the killings of Jordan Neely and Akai Gurley. Each man died because of an unexpected or unpleasant sound in a public or semi-public space.
2023 Recipient
Architectural historian Ginger Nolan received the 2023 av福利社 | Places Prize. On October 20, 2023, she delivered the av福利社 | Places Prize Lecture, "Black Capitalism and the City: African American Insurance and the Actuarial Double-Bind," at the Graham Foundation. Her essay is available to via Places Journal and her lecture available to watch via the link below.
