Marta Gutman's urban history "A City For Children"
CCNY Professor Marta Gutman has been recognized on an international level for her urban history, A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850–1950 (The University of Chicago Press, 2014). The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) awarded the book the 2017 Spiro Kostof Award, given to interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of cities. A City for Children focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings over a hundred year span in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children.
The Society, which promotes the study, interpretation, and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes, and urbanism worldwide, announced the winners of the 2017 Publication Awards at the SAH 70th Annual International Conference Awards Ceremony held June 8 in Glasgow, Scotland. Gutman called her book’s selection, “an incredible honor.”
Gutman is an historian and licensed architect. She is Professor of Architecture and Coordinator, History & Theory, Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY and is also Professor of Art History, Doctoral Faculty in Art History, The Graduate Center/CUNY.
The Society of Architectural Historians is a nonprofit membership organization that serves a network of local, national, and international institutions and individuals who, by profession or interest, focus on the history of the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. SAH promotes meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national, and international programs.
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