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Norma Evenson

Norma Doris Evenson (September 3, 1928 – June 7, 2021) was an American historian of architecture and urban planning. A 1975 Guggenheim Fellow, she won the 1979 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award for her book Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978 (1979), and she wrote Chandigarh (1966), Le Corbusier: The Machine and the Grand Design (1969), Two Brazilian Capitals (1973), and The Indian Metropolis: A View Toward the West (1989). She was also a professor at University of California, Berkeley for thirty years.

Norma Evenson
Born(1928-09-03)September 3, 1928
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedJune 7, 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 92)
OccupationHistorian
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisChandigarh: A Study of the City and its Monuments (1963)
Academic work
Discipline
  • Architectural history
  • urban history
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Biography

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Norma Doris Evenson was born on September 3, 1928, in Minneapolis.[1] She obtained her BA from George Washington University in 1950 and her MFA from the Catholic University of America on 1951.[2] After a few years as an art teacher and consultant in Montgomery County, Maryland, as well as a year of study at the American University (1957-1958), she went to Yale University, where she got her MA in 1960 and her PhD in 1963.[2] She also worked as a research assistant at the Yale University Art Gallery while doing graduate studies at Yale.[1]

In 1963, Evenson became an assistant professor of architectural history at the University of California, Berkeley,[2] where she was part of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.[3] Kathleen James-Chakraborty said that Evenson was hired in part due to student demand for diversity at UC Berkeley.[4] She was promoted to associate professor in 1969 and full professor in 1972.[2] She retired from UC Berkeley in 1993.[5]

Evenson wrote on urban history, including urban planning in India and Brazil.[3] In 1975,[6] she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study the era following Haussmann's renovation of Paris.[2] She won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award for her 1979 book Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978.[7] She was appointed Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians in 2009.[8] Other books she wrote include Chandigarh (1966), Le Corbusier: The Machine and the Grand Design (1969), Two Brazilian Capitals (1973), and The Indian Metropolis: A View Toward the West (1989).[3] She also received grants from the American Philosophical Society and Social Science Research Council.[1]

Evenson's personal library of architectural history materials was destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991.[9]

Evenson died on June 7, 2021, in the Washington metropolitan area; she was 92.[3]

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  1. 1 2 3 National Directory of Latin Americanists: Biographies of 2,688 Specialists in the Social Sciences & Humanities. Library of Congress Hispanic Foundation. 1972. p. 184.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1975. p. 37.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "CED Professor Emerita Norma Evenson Has Died". UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ James-Chakraborty, Kathleen (2021). "Accreditation Requirements and the Global History of Architecture". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 80 (2): 136–139. doi:10.1525/jsah.2021.80.2.136. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 48766426.
  5. ↑ "SAYING GOODBYE" (PDF). ced.berkeley.edu. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Norma Evenson". Guggenheim Fellows.
  7. ↑ "[Awards]". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 39 (3). 1980. doi:10.2307/989565. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 989565.
  8. ↑ "Obituary: SAH Fellow Norma Evenson (1929-2021)". Society of Architectural Historians. Archived from the original on January 2, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  9. ↑ Paddock, Richard C. "Oakland's Elite Lose Irreplaceable History". The Los Angeles Times. p. A30.
  10. ↑ Ascher, Charles S. (1967). "Review of Chandigarh". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 370: 231–232. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1038123.
  11. ↑ Besset, Maurice (1968). "Review of Chandigarh". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 27 (2): 148–150. doi:10.2307/988474. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 988474.
  12. ↑ Burchard, John E. (1971). "Review of The Modern City: Planning in the 19th Century; Tony Garnier: The Cité Industrielle; Le Corbusier: The Machine and the Grand Design". The Art Bulletin. 53 (1): 133–134. doi:10.2307/3048822. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3048822.
  13. ↑ Serenyi, Peter (1971). "Review of Who Was Le Corbusier?; Le Corbusier, Elemente einer Synthese; Pessac de Le Corbusier; Le Corbusier: The Machine and the Grand Design". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 30 (3): 255–259. doi:10.2307/988757. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 988757.
  14. ↑ Ascher, Charles S. (1974). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia; Brasilia, Plan and Reality: A Study of Planned and Spontaneous Urban Development". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 411: 234–235. doi:10.1177/000271627441100177. ISSN 0002-7162. JSTOR 1041072.
  15. ↑ Blair, Thomas (1973). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia". Built Environment (1972-1975). 2 (12): 695. ISSN 0045-3463. JSTOR 43677423.
  16. ↑ Burchard, John Ely (1974). "The Brazilian Model". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 50 (1): 138–143. ISSN 0042-675X. JSTOR 26435414.
  17. ↑ Fogle, David P. (1977). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 36 (3): 212–213. doi:10.2307/989082. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 989082.
  18. ↑ Jellicoe, Geoffrey (1975). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals". Journal of Latin American Studies. 7 (1): 190. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00017053. ISSN 0022-216X. JSTOR 156298.
  19. ↑ Serenyi, Peter (1975). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília". The Art Bulletin. 57 (3): 461–463. doi:10.2307/3049421. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3049421.
  20. ↑ Smith, C. T. (1976). "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília". Urban History Yearbook. [3]: 92–94. ISSN 0306-0845. JSTOR 44608968.
  21. ↑ "Review of Two Brazilian Capitals: Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro and Brasília". The Town Planning Review. 46 (3): 348. 1975. ISSN 0041-0020. JSTOR 40103138.
  22. ↑ Collins, Peter (1980). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change 1878-1978". JAE. 33 (4). doi:10.2307/1424696. ISSN 0149-2993. JSTOR 1424696.
  23. ↑ Hydak, Michael G. (1982). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". The French Review. 55 (6): 931–932. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 390696.
  24. ↑ Kain, Roger (1981). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". Geographical Review. 71 (3): 340–341. doi:10.2307/214705. ISSN 0016-7428. JSTOR 214705.
  25. ↑ Maitland, Barry S. (1981). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". Leonardo. 14 (4): 345. doi:10.2307/1574658. ISSN 0024-094X. JSTOR 1574658.
  26. ↑ Olsen, Donald J. (1981). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". Urban History Yearbook. [8]: 229–230. ISSN 0306-0845. JSTOR 44609338.
  27. ↑ Sutcliffe, Anthony (1980). "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 39 (2): 159–160. doi:10.2307/989589. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 989589.
  28. ↑ "Review of Paris: A Century of Change, 1878-1978". The Wilson Quarterly. 4 (2): 164–165. 1980. ISSN 0363-3276. JSTOR 40255825.
  29. ↑ Archer, John (1992). "Review of An Imperial Vision: Indian Architecture and Britain's Raj; The Indian Metropolis: A View toward the West". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 51 (1): 85–87. doi:10.2307/990642. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 990642.
  30. ↑ King, Anthony D. (1995). "Writing Colonial Space. A Review Article". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 37 (3): 541–554. doi:10.1017/S0010417500019800. ISSN 0010-4175. JSTOR 179219.
  31. ↑ King, Anthony (1990). "Review of The Indian Metropolis, A View Toward the West.; An Imperial Vision: Indian Architecture and Britain's Raj.; The Tradition of Indian Architecture, Continuity, Controversy and Change Since 1850". The Journal of Asian Studies. 49 (4): 964–967. doi:10.2307/2058307. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2058307.
  32. ↑ Melvin, Jeremy (1990). "Review of An Imperial Vision. Indian Architecture and Britain's Raj; The Indian Metropolis. A View toward the West; Continuity, Controversy and Change since 1850: The Tradition of Indian Architecture". The Burlington Magazine. 132 (1049): 585–586. ISSN 0007-6287. JSTOR 884377.
  33. ↑ Michell, George (1991). "Review of An Imperial Vision: Indian Architecture and Britain's Raj; The Indian Metropolis: A View towards the West; The Tradition of Indian Architecture: Continuity, Controversy and Change Since 1850". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 54 (3): 602–603. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0000118X. ISSN 0041-977X. JSTOR 619089.
  34. ↑ Olsen, Donald J. (1991). "Review of The Indian Metropolis: A View toward the West". The American Historical Review. 96 (3): 936–937. doi:10.2307/2162585. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 2162585.
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