Preserving important structures, landscapes and other aspects of the built environment is a key tenet of the Society of Architectural Historians' mission. The SAH Heritage Conservation Committee meets monthly and coordinates SAH’s preservation advocacy, evaluating emerging preservation issues and selecting those on which the committee decides to comment. As a matter of policy, the Society only becomes involved in preservation issues of national or international significance. Preservation issues of local significance should be directed to your State Historic Preservation Office or to local preservation organizations. 
 

Priya Jain, Texas A&M University, Chair

Kenneth Breisch, University of Southern California
Bryan Clark Green, Virginia Tech School of Architecture, Transition Chair
Yannick Etoundi, PhD Candidate, Brown University
Pushpika Eshika, PhD Candidate, Arkansas State University
Suha Hasan, ASH
Başak Kalfa, Cankaya University
Mary Rzepczynski, University of Notre Dame
Fallon Aidoo, Tulane University
Mohammad Gharipour, SAH President, Ex Officio
Ben Thomas, SAH Executive Director, Ex Officio

Recent Activities

  • Preservation Advocacy

Statement on the Executive Order “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture”

July 18, 2025
  • Preservation Advocacy

Statement on Threats to the Historic Preservation Fund

July 18, 2025
  • Preservation Advocacy

SAH Opposes Proposed Demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium

July 18, 2025
  • Preservation Advocacy

Statement on Cultural Losses Related to the Ongoing Conflict in the Middle East

January 15, 2025
  • Preservation Advocacy

Statement on The Edgar J. Kaufmann Conference Rooms, Lecture Hall, and Elevator Lobby, 809 United Nations Plaza, Manhattan

October 31, 2024
  • Preservation Advocacy

SAH Supports Designation of Institute for Texan Cultures Building as an Antiquities Landmark and Historic Site

October 24, 2024