Summer 2021 Update: Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) will remain by-appointment for the summer (late May-early August 2021). SCUA will be open for appointments from 10a-4pm, Monday through Thursday (subject to change and availability of staff). Seats can be booked using the Library's seat reservation system or by going directly to the Special Collections and University Archives seat page. Seats must be booked one (1) week in advance. Additional SCUA policies and information for booking and visiting by-appointment are available on our website or researchers can contact us at specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308 (please leave a message for a call back).
We also remain available for virtual reference at specref@vt.edu, and we continue to check voicemail at our reference desk number (540-231-6308). You can find updated information about hours and services for Newman Library and University Libraries branches at https://lib.vt.edu/.
Please note: We will be closed Monday, May 31st, for Memorial Day and Monday, July 5th, for observance of July 4th.
IAWA Board of Advisors
IAWA Center Board of Advisors, 2019-2020
Zahira Asmal
Director, THE CITY
Capetown, South Africa
Claire Bonney, Ph.D.
Professor of Architectural History
Bern University of Applied Sciences
Switzerland
Rebecca Chestnutt
Chestnutt_Niess Architekten PartGmbB BDA
Berlin, Germany
Solange d’Herbez de la Tour, Honorary FAIA, DFAB, DEPB
President, UIFA
Paris, France
Donna Dunay, FAIA
Professor of Architecture, Board Chair
Virginia Tech
Kristine Fallon, FAIA
Architect
Chicago, USA
Alice Finnerup Møller, MAA
Mads Thuesen Møller A/S
Aabenraa, Denmark
Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida
Architect, President UIFA Japon
Tokyo, Japan
Elham Morshedzadeh
Professor of Industrial Design
Virginia Tech
Marie Paget
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Ana María Pinzón
Architect, Arquitectas Colombianas
Bogotá, Colombia
Tanja Poppelreuter, Ph.D.
Lecturer, School of the Built Environment
University of Stalford, UK
Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, FAIA
Dean, Woodbury University
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ochirpureviin Sarantsatral
Architect/Director, Urkh Co.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Si-Hwa, Bae, Ph.D.
Director of the Architectural Institute
South Korea
Sharóne Tomer, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Paola Zellner Bassett
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Ex-Officio Advisors
Richard Blythe, FAIA (2006-Present)
Dean, College of Architecture & Urban Studies
Virginia Tech
Hunter Pittman (2016-Present)
Director, School of Architecture + Design
Virginia Tech
Aaron Purcell, Ph.D. (2007-Present)
IAWA Archivist, Director of Special Collections and University Archives
Virginia Tech
Tyler Walters, Ph.D. (2011-Present)
Dean,University Libraries
Virginia Tech
Emeriti Advisors
Milka Bliznakov, Ph.D. (1927-2010)
IAWA Founder and Professor Emerita of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Prof. Annette Burr, Ph.D.
Librarian (ret.), Virginia Tech
Inge Horton, MCP, Dipl.-Ing.
City Planner (ret.), San Francisco, California
Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Hon. FAIA
Dean (ret.)
University of Toronto
Prof. M. Rosaria Piomelli, AIA
Professor of Architecture
College of the City of New York
Dr. Charles Steger, FAIA
President (ret.)
Virginia Tech
Prof. Robert Stephenson
Librarian (ret.), Virginia Tech
Susana Torre, AIA
Architect
New York
Tony Wrenn, Hon. AIA
Archivist (ret.)
American Institute of Architects
Honorary Advisors
Marilyn Casto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Jennifer Gunter King
Director
Rose Library at Emory University
Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture
Virginia Tech
Anna P. Sokolina, Ph.D.
Bliznakov Scholar, Professo of Architecturer
Despina Stratigakos, Ph.D.
Professor of Architecture and Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence
University of Buffalo