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MICHAEL W. FAZIO, Ph.D.            
Emeritus Professor of Architecture

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University, 1967
Master of Architecture (architectural history), The Ohio State University, 1969
Ph.D., History of Architecture and Urban Development, Cornell University, 1987

Teaching Experience

Assistant/Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University, 1970-74
Associate Prof./Professor, Collegel of Architecture, Art, and Design, Mississippi State University, 1974-2005
Acting Dean, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 1986-87
Acting Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 1996-98, 2001-03
Director of the Graduate Program, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University,1995-2001
Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Mississippi State University, 2005 to present

Teaching Responsibilities

History of Architecture
History of Southern Architecture
History of Town Planning
Architectural Design Studios
Writing for Digital Media
History of Digital Media (Taught via video conferencing)

Awards and Grants

American Institute of Architects Foundation Scholarship, 1978AIA Design Citation, 1982
Tau Sigma Delta, Outstanding Teacher Award, 1985 and 1987
Outstanding Faculty Member, MSU Student Association, 1987
Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award, 1990
American Philosophical Society Research Grant, 1991
NEH Summer Stipend, 1991
Graham Foundation Research Grant, 1992, 2001, and 2005
Vincent Scully Jr. Research Grant, The Architectural History Foundation, 1993
Humanities and Arts Research Program Grant, Mississippi State University, 1993 and 1999
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor, 1997
Allen and Hoshall Faculty Award (for use of digital media), 1997 and 2005
J. M. Kaplan Fund Grant, 1998
MSU Faculty Research Award, 1999
Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal, 2005
Southeast Society of Architectural Historians Book Award, 2007
Society of Architectural Historians, Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award, 2008

Memberships and Affiliations

AIA, Member of Historic Resources Committee and Funded Member of Scholarships Committee, 1975-2004
Mississippi Chapter, AIA, 1975-2004

Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Member of Board of Directors, 1984-87

Southeast Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH), President, 1989-90; Vice-president and President-elect, 2007-2008

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, President of Mississippi State University Chapter, 1990-91

Advisory Council member, Department of Architecture, Auburn University, 1990-91

Mississippi Historic Preservation Professional Review Board, 1978-present, Chairperson 1991 and 2002
NAAB Accreditation Teams,
     Southern College of Technology, 1992
      Iowa State University, 1993
      Rice University, 1994
      University of Detroit-Mercy, 1997.

Referee, Journal of Architectural Education

Manuscript reviewer, Society of Architectural Historians Journal, the Mississippi Quarterly, the Alabama Review, the Johns Hopkins University Press, the University of Alabama Press

Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities

Tau Sigma Delta Architectural Honor Society, Grand Chapter Secretary, 1991-1994;
Vice-President/President-Elect, 1994-96; President, 1996-98

Journal Articles, Book Entries, Editing

"The Forgotten Language of the Column." Proceedings of the ACSA 68th Annual Meeting. 1980, 98-109

Associate Editor of the November, 1980 issue of the Southern Quarterly containing selected articles from the first annual "Chautauqua in Mississippi"

Co-Editor of Change and Tradition in the American Small Town. Mississippi State University: Center for Small Town Research and Design, 1983

"Historiography of Southern Architecture" in The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989

"The Greek Revival" (co-authored with Patrick Snadon) in The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989

"Benjamin Latrobe's Lighthouse at the Mouth of the Mississippi River," Society of Architectural Historians Journal, 47/3 (September, 1989), 232-247

"Planned Capitals: A Universal Planning Phenomenon in the Deep South," ARRIS (the journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians), 1 (1989), 29-49

"Modularity in Southern Antebellum Plantation Houses: Form and Meaning," Pioneer America Society Transactions, 12 (1989), 1-10

McComb, Mississippi Charrette, 1988. Mississippi State University: Center for Small Town Research and Design, 1989

"Benjamin Latrobe" (with Patrick Snadon) entry published in the St. James Press's International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture, 1993

"Interpretating Southern Antebellum Architecture in the 1990s," Journal of Architectural Education, 44/4 (August 1991), 225-234

Introductory essay for the Overstreet & Overstreet: A Legacy in Architecture, exhibition catalog,1993

"Agents of Change," Architecture South, Volume 2, Number 2 (Spring 1995), 10-11

"Benjamin Latrobe and Thomas Jefferson Redesign the President's House," White House History, Number 8 (Fall 2000), 36-53

"The Making and Un-Making of the Woodward Iron Company,"Alabama Heritage, Number 68 (Spring 2003), 6-17

Introductory essay and individual building entries for South Carolina Architecture, 1970-2000, Clemson University, 2003.

"Four Great Spaces," Mississippi State Alumnus, Volume 80, Number 2 (Summer 2004), 24-26.

Book Reviews for the Southern Quarterly, the Journal of Southwest Georgia History, the Alabama Review, ARRIS, and the Journal of Mississippi History.

Books

The Small Town as an Art Object (with James F. Barker and Henry Hildebrandt), Center for Small Town Research and Design, Mississippi State University, 1981

Buildings Across Time: An Introduction to Architectural History (with Marian Moffett and Lawrence Wodehouse), McGraw-Hill, third edition, 2008
Perspective: "There are any number of architectural survey texts . . . [and] this is the most comprehensive and pleasing of them all."
This volume is now the best selling architectural history textbook in the United States.


The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (with Patrick Snadon), The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
Winner of the 2007 Southeast Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians Book Award in 2007 and winner of the Society of Architectural Historians Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award "for the best book on architectural history by a North American scholar in 2008

Landscape of Transformations: Architecture and Birmingham, Alabama , forthcoming from the University of Tennessee Press, 2009.

Selected Invited Lectures

"Historic Preservation, the Mississippi Context," Lost Jackson/Found Jackson Symposium hosted by the Jackson Arts Alliance, Jackson, Mississippi, March, 1983

"The Idea of the Southern Plantation," Buell Talks on American Architecture, Columbia University, April, 1985

"Father John Baptist Mouton, Builder Priest of Mississippi," Sesquicenntenial of the Catholic Church , Natchez, Mississippi, September, 1987

"Decorum and Diversity in Southern Plantation Plan Types," University of Virginia Symposium on the History of Art and Architecture, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1989

"The Temple in Mississippi: Understanding the National and International Context," part of the Southern Museum of Jewish Experience's "Keeping the Story Alive" project, August, 1991

"Palladio, Palladianism, and Palladio-isms" Montgomery Museum of Fine Art's Palladio Symposium, November, 1991

"Two Generations of Overstreets and the Sources for their Work," Mississippi Museum of Art, 1993

"Analytic and Design Tools," 1995 A/E/C Systems Concurrent Conference, The American Institute of Architects, Atlanta, June, 1995

"Palladio in the Deep South," Annual Meeting of the Palladian Society in America, Natchez, MS, October, 1995

"Computer Applications in the Design Studio," American Institute of Architects Committe on Design, Memphis, TN, March, 1996

“Southern Plantation Planning," Columbus, Mississippi Antiques Forum, 1996

"Latrobe's 'Capital Houses', Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Washington, D.C., November, 2002

"Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Invention of the American House, Baltimore Museum of Art, October, 2006

Selected Refereed Papers

"Architectural Preservation in Natchez, Mississippi," First Annual Chautauqua in Mississippi, Mississippi State University, October, 1979

"The Forgotten Language of the Column," Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, San Antonio, Texas, April, 1980

"Teaching the Freshman Studio," Regional Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, October, 1980

"The Remaking of the Southern Plantation," Annual Meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, October, 1981

"Benjamin Latrobe's Lighthouse for the Mouth of the Mississippi River," Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Phoenix, Arizona, March, 1983

"The Greek Revival in the South," Gulf Coast Meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, August, 1983

"Plantation Site Planning," Southeastern College Art Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1985

"James Hamilton Couper, Georgia Rice Planter," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Georgia Institute of Technology, November, 1985

"The Southern Plantation, A Typology," Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Washington, D.C., April, 1986

"The Developent of the Skyscraper as Revealed in the Pages of Architectural Record, 1890-1940, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, October, 1986

"The Architectural World of William Byrd," Annual Meeting of the Southern 18th- Century Society, March, 1987

"Planned Capitals, a Peculiar Planning Phenomenon in the Deep South," Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Society of Architectural Historians, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1987

"Antebellum Plantation Plans and Modularity," joint meeting of the Pioneer America Society and the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Mobile, Alabama, November, 1988

"The Work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe in New Orleans," Southeastern Regional ACSA Conference, 1990.The Domestic Architecture of Benjamin Henry Latrobe," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Atlanta, 1990

"The Contextual Filters Used by Benjamin Henry Latrobe," Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinnati, Ohio, April, 1991

"The Design Theory of Benjamin Henry Latrobe," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Charlotte, N.C., 1993

"Benjamin Latrobe's Adaptation to the American Context," 1993 Annual Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Natchez, Mississippi

"A Federal Period Sampler: Latrobe's Colleagues in America," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Clemson, South Carolina, November, 1993

"Benjamin Latrobe's Radical Redesign for the President's House," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994

"The Computer as a Design Too," 1995 Annual Convention of the American Institute of Architects, Atlanta, May, 1995

"Then and Now, A Comparison of American Architectural Practice in 1795 and 1995," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Birmingham, November, 1995

"The Sedgeley Tenant's Cottage: How it is Sometimes Better to be Lucky than Smart," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Lexington, Kentucky, October, 1999

"The Architecture of Iron and Steel," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Lexington, Virginia, October, 2000

"The Making and Unmaking of the Woodward Iron Company," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Mobile, Alabama, 2002

"Henry DeBardeleben and Ironmaking in Birmingham, Alabama," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Savannah, Georgia, 2003

"Robert Jemison Jr., "Enlightened Subdivision Planning and Social Dysfunction in Birmingham, Alabama," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2004

"The Setting for Civil Rights," Annual Meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2005.

Other Research and Practice Activity

Program Chairperson, "Chautauqua in Mississippi," 1980-89

Founder and Editor,"Southern Architecture and Urban Development Newsletter," 1982- 87

Bibliography Editor, "Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter,"1989-93

Program Chairperson, ACSA Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., 1993

Co-Editor, Arris (The Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians),1992-1996

Exhibit Co-Curator, "Overstreet & Overstreet: A Legacy in Architecture," A retrospective exhibition sponsored by The Mississippi Museum of Art, 1993

Kress-Opera House Promotional Video for the City of Meridian, Mississippi, Principal Investigator, February-June, 1995

Coordinator, International Computer Visualization Video Conference, School of Architecture segment, 1995-96

Jury Organizer and Essayist for South Carolina Architecture 1970-2000: The Millenium Project for the Arts, an Exhibition of the last 30 years of South Carolina architecture

Member, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Preservation Division, Hurricane Katrina-Mississippi Gulf Coast, Historic Structures Investigation Team, 2005

Selected Professional Experience

Consultant to Chris Risher, Architect: Historic Resource Survey and Historical Model, Meridian, Mississippi, 1975

Consultant to Johnson and McCarty, Architects: The People's Bank restoration and addition, Tupelo, Mississippi 1978-79; Wesson Residence, Tupelo, 1979; Hutchinson Residence, Tupelo, 1980

Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, West Point, Mississippi, addition, 1979

Laws Residence, Columbus, Mississippi, restoration an addition, 1979

Consultant to the United States Postal Service: 36 post offices in Mississippi submitted to the National Register of Historic Places, 1979

Braddock Clinic, West Point, Mississippi, addition, 1980

Rainey Residence, West Point, Mississippi, additions, 1982

Kosko Residence, Greenwood, Mississippi, restoration and addition, 1983

Consultant to Canizaro/Trigiani and Eley Associates, Architects: Hinds County Courthouse, Jackson, Mississippi, Historic Structure Report

Snowdon Mansion, Columbus, Mississippi, restoration, 1983

Consultant to A.J. Staub and Associates, Architects, Holly Springs, Mississippi: tax
certification, 1983

Consultant to Dan Bennett, Architect: Galloway House, restoration, Jackson, Mississippi, 1983.
National Register District Nominations: Laurel and Gallman, Mississippi, 1984

Chi Omega Sorority House, Mississippi State University, programming, 1984

Broadway Historic District Nomination, Tupelo, 1985

Historic Resources Inventory of the Farish Street District for the City of Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, 1985

Chandler House, West Point, Misssissippi, addition, 1985

Consultant to Kidd, Plosser, Sprague, Architects, Birmingham, Alabama, 1986

Plainclothes, Birmingham, Alabama, store interior and facade renovation, 1986

Evaluation of historic properties in Tupelo Milltown District for the City of Tupelo, 1987

Vicksburg National Battlefield Park, Historic Structure Reports for the Mississippi, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa State Monuments, Cooperative Agreement with the National Park Service, 1988-1989

Steven and Martha Fazio Residence, Birmingham, Alabama, 1989, remodeling

Consultant to Larry Albert, Architect, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Honors House and Walthall Museum, 1989

Old Jail, Macon, Mississippi, restoration, 1990

Perry County Courthouse, New Augusta, Mississippi, Historic Structure Report, 1990

Consultant to Albert and Lewis, Architects, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: New Hattiesburg Library

Consultant to Eley & Associates, Architects, Woolfolk Building restoration and additions, Jackson, 1993

Consultant to Dean, Dale, and Dean, Architects, Historic Structure Report for the King Edward Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi, 1994

Plainclothes, Birmingham, Alabama, design of retail space and redesign of facades, 1994

Consultant to Eley and Associates, Historic Structure Report on the Lyceum Building, University of Mississippi, 1995

Jones House Renovation, Starkville, Mississippi, 1995

Turnipseed House, Sumner, Mississippi, Restoration, Renovation, and Additions, 1995

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Architects, Historic Structure Report for the Laurel,
Mississippi Railroad Depot, 1996

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Architects, Historic Structure Report for the Clarke
County Courthouse, Quitman, MS, 1996

Consultant to McCarty Architects, Historic Structure Report on the YMCA Building, University of Mississippi, 1997

Consultant to Eley Associates, Architects, Historic Structure Report on Montgomery Hall, Mississippi State University, 1998

Consultant to Dean and Dean, Architects, Historic Structure Report on the White House Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1998

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Historic Structure Report on the Saenger Theater, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1998

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Historic Structure Report on the Columbia High School, Columbia, Mississippi, 1999

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Historic Structure Report on the Whitworth College Campus, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 2000

Consultant to Shafer/Banner Architects on the facilities evaluation for Wood College, West Point, Mississippi, 2001

Consultant to Albert and Associates, Historic Structure Report for the Hattiesburg Depot, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 2003

Consultant to the Episcopal Church Vestry of the Chapel of the Cross, Madison, Mississippi, 2003

Consultant to Barlow, Edy, Jenkins, Architects, Evaluation of historic structures, Biloxi Veterans Administration Hospital, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2005

Consultant to Belinda Stewart, Architect, Historic Structure Report for the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, Sumner, Mississippi, 2007

Consultant to Dale and Associates, Architects, Historic Structure Report for Lee Hall at Mississippi State University, 2008

Consultant to Dale and Associates Architects, Historic Structure Report for Chamberlain-Hunt Academy,
Port Gibson, Mississippi, 2008

Consultant to Eley Guild Hardy Architects, Design Guidelines for the University of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, 2008

Various National Register of Historic Places individual building nominations.