Professor Jones, Emma Letizia
Professor Jones, Emma Letizia
I am an architect, architectural historian and Assistant Professor in the History of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. I research the history of architectural representation and its impact on architectural production during the formative and continuing years of the industrial revolution. I primarily look at how developments in architectural media impacted upon the European architecture and building trades and their global relations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I am currently examining how developments in architectural publishing in this period in Europe, including the dissemination of practical building publications like building manuals and trade catalogues, resulted in the globalisation of the building industries – particularly in China and Oceania. My forthcoming book with MIT Press, The Illusionist: Schinkel and the Drawing in Nineteenth century Prussia, will provide a new account of how the processes and products of architectural drawing shaped the approach of the early nineteenth century Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his contemporaries toward architecture as the production of illusions.
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | University of Sydney | BDesArch |
| 2009 | University of Sydney | MArch |
| 2011 | Architectural Association School of Architecture | MA |
| 2016 | University of Zurich | PhD |
I am an architect, architectural historian and Assistant Professor in the History of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. I research the history of architectural representation and its impact on architectural production during the formative and continuing years of the industrial revolution. I primarily look at how developments in architectural media impacted upon the European architecture and building trades and their global relations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I am currently examining how developments in architectural publishing in this period in Europe, including the dissemination of practical building publications like building manuals and trade catalogues, resulted in the globalisation of the building industries – particularly in China and Oceania. My forthcoming book with MIT Press, The Illusionist: Schinkel and the Drawing in Nineteenth century Prussia, will provide a new account of how the processes and products of architectural drawing shaped the approach of the early nineteenth century Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his contemporaries toward architecture as the production of illusions.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-01 | Roma Calling’ Research Fellow, Istituto Svizzero, Villa Maraini, Rome, January - June 2022: Istituto Svizzero Roma | Research Achievement | |
| 2022-02-01 | Research Grant: Anne Marie Schindler Stiftung | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-12-01 | Hong Kong University Design Publishing Fund Grant: Hong Kong University | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-12-01 | Furthermore Publishing Grant: J M Kaplan Fund | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-12-01 | Publication Grant: Tavolozza Foundation | Research Achievement | |
| 2023-12-29 | Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund 2023-24 | Teaching Accomplishment | |
| 2024-08-31 | Masters student Hou Ruiqi wins first prize in The Architect Magazine Teamzero Award for 2024 | Teaching Accomplishment |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 10/2023 – ongoing | Scientific Reviewer | Fabrications, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Australia and New Zealand |
| 09/2021 – ongoing | Scientific Reviewer | Architectural Theory Review |
| 09/2021 – ongoing | Editorial Board and Scientific Reviewer | Architectural Histories |
| 01/2020 – ongoing | Member | The Victorian Society, UK |
| 02/2014 – ongoing | Member | Society of Architectural Historians SAH |
| 02/2018 – ongoing | Member | European Architectural History Network EAHN |
| 08/2021 – ongoing | Member | College Art Association CAA |
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