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Joseph Siry

b. 1956

American architectural historian

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About Joseph Siry

Born 1956. Joseph Siry is an American historian and art historian.

Joseph M. Siry is a leading American architectural historian and professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Wesleyan University. Siry's publications have focused particularly on the architecture of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School.

Siry received his education at Princeton University (B.A.), the University of Pennsylvania (M.Arch.), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.).

Siry's book, The Chicago Auditorium Building: Adler and Sullivan's Architecture and the City received the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award of the Society of Architectural Historians in 2003. He is a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Books

Siry, Joseph M., Carson Pirie Scott: Louis Sullivan and the Chicago Department Store, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 1988, Siry, Joseph M., The Chicago Auditorium Building: Adler and Sullivan's Architecture and the City, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 2002, Siry, Joseph M., Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion, Cambridge University Press, London and New York 1998, Siry, Joseph M., Beth Sholom Synagogue: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern Religious Architecture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 2012,

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Important facts

Born
1956
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Nationality
Education
Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employers
Wesleyan University

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joseph Siry?

American architectural historian

When was Joseph Siry born?

Joseph Siry was born in 1956.

What is Joseph Siry's occupation?

Joseph Siry is a historian and art historian.

What nationality is Joseph Siry?

Joseph Siry is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joseph Siry

· Wikidata: Q6287014

· DBpedia: Joseph Siry

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