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
- gender, sexuality and space
- the history of hospital architecture
- longterm care institutions
- material culture
- cultural landscape studies
- vernacular architecture
Recent and Forthcoming Lectures
"Kitchens, Cities, Expo," VISA 4670, York University, 15 February 2011
"Sex and the Single Building," The Body in History/The Body in Space, Harvard University, 25 March 2011, 11:00
Aging, Old Age, Memory, Aesthetics, University of Toronto, 26 March 2011, 4:45
International Network of Hospitals in History, Lisbon, Portugal, 8 April 2011, 9:00
Montreal British History Seminar, Concordia University, 29 September 2011, 4:00
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.