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Meet the GAHTC Board

The GAHTC is managed by a project manager and a core team of board members. Together they endeavor to extend the reach of architectural survey with the aim of enhancing the global knowledge of architectural history.The GAHTC was co-founded by board members Mark Jarzombek (MIT) and Vikram Prakash (U...

About GAHTC

The GAHTC is a digital humanities project housed in the Department of Architecture at MIT. I was co-founded by Mark Jarzombek (MIT) and Vikram Prakash (University of Washington), and is managed by Eliana Abu-Hamdi (MIT) along with five board members.Phase one of the Global Architectural History Tea...

Mission Statement

At a time of rapid technological change and professional specialization, we can easily forget that the most important mission of schools and universities is to offer inspiring and horizon-expanding teaching to the next generation. Survey courses play a particularly important role as they open the w...