> Costs of Architecture Network
About
Launched in 2025, the Costs of Architecture Network is a forum for scholars to workshop works in progress (chapters, articles, etc.) that address questions related to costs in the history of architecture and the built environment. The forum aims to develop the thesis of a 2024 reading seminar, itself based on the proposal of Grey Room 71: namely, that costs and cost data, long elided in architectural history, demand fuller engagement—an engagement that might have a definitive impact on architectural history writing. By costs we refer to the money costs of building in a literal sense, considering the quantification of building processes, but also to an open and expanding consideration of costs that includes broader themes of political economy. The aim of the workshops is to foster critical, constructive exchanges about ongoing work among researchers working across the disciplinary boundaries of architectural history and—starting from costs—to convene discussions about new methods and domains of investigation.
In Summer 2025, we will host a series of five workshops. The workshops will be open to registered participants. For more, please see the schedule.
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Contact
Katie Filek and Chelsea Spencer are the conveners of the summer 2025 workshops. You can reach them at costs.of.architecture@gmail.com.