A Modernist’s Masterworks, Loved and Lost

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Jason Coleman

This week the Press will be at the Society of Architectural Historians annual meeting in Buffalo. In this post, our assistant managing editor, Mark Mones, shares his thoughts on some titles that will be on exhibit there. He writes: “The celebrated modernist architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970) figures prominently in several recently published UVa Press volumes, and with his work we are faced with the enduring questions of how we define, honor, and struggle with history.”

SAH Archipedia Now Online

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Jason Coleman

The University of Virginia Press announces this week the launch of Rotunda’s SAH Archipedia, an online resource developed in collaboration with the Society of Architectural Historians. A richly illustrated, peer-reviewed database, SAH Archipedia offers a comprehensive view of some of the most notable architecture in the United States. This new resource examines thousands of buildings in the context of their communities and landscapes, explores all the forces that shaped them—from the aesthetic to the historical, economic, and geographical—and presents them in a fully searchable XML-based environment.

Sendak

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jason Coleman

We were saddened this week, as was everyone in publishing, to hear that Maurice Sendak—the author of countless delightfully macabre, unforgettable books—had passed away at the age of 83. The University of Virginia Press is proud to have published two of Sendak’s books, both out of print now and prized by collectors—Ten Little Rabbits (1970) and Fantasy Sketches (1981).

The View from Above

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Jason Coleman

Cameron Davidson appeared recently on the Kojo Nnamdi Show to discuss his latest book, Chesapeake: The Aerial Photography of Cameron Davidson. He was joined by Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold, who wrote the book’s text. You may listen to the entire interview on the episode page of the show’s web site.
The nearly hour-long conversation touches on the terrific diversity of the Chesapeake region, as well as the authors’ hope that people can see past the political issues, which in the nearby metropolises of Washington and Baltimore tend to dominate all discussions of the bay, and enjoy what is still an awesome display of nature. Davidson also addresses the difficulty of his highly specialized brand of photography, which finds him in aircraft ranging from planes at 8,500 feet to low-flying helicopters slowed down to 40 knots per hour.