William C. Macdonald Professor
BA (McG.), MArch, PhD (UC Berkeley)
Director
School of Architecture
Tel: (514) 398-3492
annmarie [dot] adams [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Email)
Major research interests
- the history of hospital architecture
- longterm care institutions
- material culture
- cultural landscape studies
- vernacular architecture
- gender, sexuality and space
Forthcoming Lectures
"Grand Plans: Hospital Architecture in Montreal, 1893-2012," Canadian Centre for Architecture, March 29, 2012
"Death at the Hospital," Johns Hopkins University, October 18, 2012
Recent Publications
Adams, A., Minnett, V., Poutanen, M.A., Theodore, D., “‘She must not stir out of a darkened room’: The Redpath Mansion Mystery,” Material Culture Review 72 (Fall 2010): 12-24.
Annmarie Adams and Peter Gossage, “Health Matters: The Dawson and Harrington Families at Home,” Fontanus, XII (2010).
Annmarie Adams and Silvia Spampinato, “Carrollcroft as Women’s Space: An Architectural History,” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies 35 (2010): 21-48.
Annmarie Adams, “Sex and the Single Building: The Weston Havens House, 1941-2001,” Buildings & Landscapes 17, 1 (Spring 2010): 82-97.
Annmarie Adams, et al., "Kids in the atrium: Comparing architectural intentions and children's experiences in a pediatric hospital lobby," Social Science & Medicine 70, 5 (March 2010): 658-667.
Dr. Annmarie Adams is Director and William C. Macdonald Professor at the School of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal. She is the author of Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870-1900 (McGill-Queens University Press, 1996), Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893-1943 (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) and co-author of Designing Women: Gender and the Architectural Profession (University of Toronto Press, 2000). Her new work focuses on bodies and space, including a study of gender-variant children at home, the design of long-term care institutions, and how hospitals cope with death. Her research has garnered numerous awards, including the Jason Hannah Medal from the Royal Society of Canada, a CIHR Health Career Award, and a YWCA Woman of Distinction prize. She works closely and has co-published with colleagues in medicine, nursing, anthropology, history, and women’s studies. She is a Mentor in the University of Toronto’s CIHR-training program, Heath Care Technology and Place (HCTP) and has held research funds from CIHR, the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine, SSHRC, Heritage Canada, and the Australian Research Council.