Meredith Clausen Explained

Meredith L. Clausen (born 1942) is an American architectural historian, and professor emeritus in the School of Art and the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA.^[1] She is known for research and writing on American architect Pietro Belluschi and on Art Nouveau architecture.

Clausen graduated with a B.A. from Scripps College, Claremont, California, and went on to earn her M.A. (in 1972) and Ph.D. (in 1975) at the University of California, Berkeley. She taught at the University of Washington from 1979 until 2023.

Awards

Her book, Spiritual Space received a Washington State Governor's Writer's Award in 1993.^[2]

In 2023, Clausen was named a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Clausen, Meredith, Frantz Jourdain and the Samaritaine: Art Nouveau Theory and Criticism, E. J. Brill, Leiden 1987;
Clausen, Meredith, The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 2005;
Clausen, Meredith, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 1994;
Clausen, Meredith, Spiritual Space: The Religious Architecture of Pietro Belluschi. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 1992;