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Daniel M. Abramson
"Obsolescence: the Fate of Architecture in the 20th Century."
May 23 2009
Daniel M. Abramson is associate professor of modern architectural history and director of architectural studies at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he teaches the history of modern architecture. He holds degrees in English literature (Princeton, A.B.) and art history (Harvard, M.A., Ph.D.) and is the author of the books Building the Bank of England: Money, Architecture, Society, 1694-1942 (2005) and Skyscraper Rivals: The AIG Building and the Architecture of Wall Street (2001). His is currently working on a project on the history of obsolescence in twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. He is the recipient of a Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (London) Senior Fellowship (2008) and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2007-8), among other prestigious awards.
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