The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded several grants in support of preservation of collections at small institutions, innovative digital projects for the public, and advanced humanities research. Among the many awarded projects was a new tool which uses digital analysis of architectural floor plans to show change over time in works by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Here are all the awarded architecture related grants:
"A two-year faculty and curricular development project at Tuskegee University to integrate humanities study and architectural training."
"The purchase and installation of environmental monitoring equipment to aid in the preservation of collections housed at Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin, and Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona - modern historic homes designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright."
"A program to involve 32 teens from minority and low-income groups in the study of the architectural history of Chicago's neighborhoods."
"The continued development of a prototype of an analytical tool and database to allow humanities scholars and students to comparatively study architectural floor plans. The test case would be a collection of floor plans by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright from the Alexander Architectural Archives at the University of Texas, Austin."
A full list of grants awarded by category and geographic location are available here.
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