Meredith Clausen

Meredith L. Clausen (born 1942) is an architectural historian, and professor 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 has taught at the University of Washington since 1979.^[1]

Her book, Spiritual Space received a Washington State Governor's Writer's Award in 1993.^[1][2]

Writings

• Clausen, Meredith, Frantz Jourdain and the Samaritaine: Art Nouveau Theory and Criticism, E. J. Brill, Leiden 1987; ISBN 90-04-07879-7
• Clausen, Meredith, The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 2005; ISBN 0-262-03324-0
• Clausen, Meredith, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect, MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London 1994; ISBN 0-262-03220-1
• Clausen, Meredith, Spiritual Space: The Religious Architecture of Pietro Belluschi. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London 1992; ISBN 0-295-97213-0

Notes

1. Meredith L. Clausen Curriculum Vitae and Bibliography, University of Washington. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
2. Washington State Book Awards list