Project Publications
Minding Her Business: Women, Architecture, and Design
Dianat, A. and James-Chakraborty, K. (2026) Minding Her Business: Women, Architecture, and Design (Leuven: Leuven University Press).
The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU
James-Chakraborty, K., Kuenzli, K. M., and Green, B. C. (2025) The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York World’s Fair to a Virginia HBCU (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2025).
Eric Mendelsohn and B’nai Amoona
James-Chakraborty, K., (2025) “Eric Mendelsohn and B’nai Amoona” in Eric P. Mumford, ed., Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s-1970s (St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2025) 39-55.
Making Global History: Henry van der Velde and the Belgian Friendship Building
James-Chakraborty, K., (2024) “Making Global History: Henry van der Velde and the Belgian Friendship Building” in Pappal Suneja, ed., Bauhaus & Beyond: A Global, Postcolonial Perspective (Weimar: Lucia Verlag, 2024) 106-115.
Chloethiel Woodard Smith: Avdancing through Exhibitions
James-Chakraborty, K., (2024) “Chloethiel Woodard Smith: Advancing through Exhibitions”, Architectural Histories 12 (1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/ah.9636
Style Congo: Heritage and Heresy: Reappraising Art Nouveau in Brussels
James-Chakraborty, K. (2024). “Style Congo: Heritage and Heresy: Reappraising Art Nouveau in Brussels,” in Marco Zoppi, ed., Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa: Representation, Commemoration, and Memorialization of a Connected Past (London: Routledge, 2024) 46-66.
Expanding Agency: Women, Race and the Dissemination of Modern Architecture
James-Chakraborty, K. (2022). Expanding Agency. Women, Race and the Dissemination of Modern Architecture. ZARCH, (18), 16–29. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, No. 18 (2022)
Black Lives Matters to Architecture: A View from Europe
James-Chakraborty, K., (2022) “Black Lives Matters to Architecture: A View from Europe”, Architectural Histories 10(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/ah.8295
The Outsider as Insider: Louis I. Kahn and Chloethiel Woodard Smith
James Chakraborty, K. (2022) “The Outsider as insider: Louis I. Kahn and Chloethiel Woodard Smith” arq.Urb, (35), 5–19.
Rooms of their Own: Displaying Architecture by Women in Copenhagen
James Chakraborty, K. (2023) “Rooms of their Own: Displaying Architecture by Women in Copenhagen”, Architectural Histories 11(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/ah.10074
Chloethiel Woodard Smith: An Architect for Washington
James Chakraborty, K. (2023) ” Chloethiel Woodard Smith: An Architect for Washington” Washington History, (35:2), 8–20.
A Career Around Architecture
James Chakraborty, K. (2023) ” A Career Around Architecture” Come As You Are!, 80-83.
New states and old statues: Ireland’s monuments in an international context
James Chakraborty, K. (2024) “New states and old statues: Ireland’s monuments in an international context,” in Colleen M. Thomas and Paula Murphy, eds, Ireland: The Matter of Monuments (University of Liverpool Press, 2024) 23-41.
Steeped in Influence: The Impact of Tea Advertisements on Black Urban Domesticity in the South African Press
Mchunu, N. (2024) “Steeped in Influence: The Impact of Tea Advertisements on Black Urban Domesticity in the South African Press,” in Juan Calatrava Escobar , David Arredondo Garrido , Marta Rodríguez Iturriaga, eds, COMUNICAR LA ARQUITECTURA del origen de la modernidad a la era digital
(University of Granada, 2024) 393-406.
https://editorial.ugr.es/libro/comunicar-la-arquitectura_139503/
House Beautiful: Introducing American Women to the World
James Chakraborty, K. (2024) “House Beautiful: Introducing American Women to the World,” in Juan Calatrava Escobar , David Arredondo Garrido , Marta Rodríguez Iturriaga, eds, COMUNICAR LA ARQUITECTURA del origen de la modernidad a la era digital
(University of Granada, 2024) 1131-1139.
https://editorial.ugr.es/libro/comunicar-la-arquitectura_139503/
From Domestic Interiors to National Platforms. Modern
Architecture and Indian Womanhood in the Indian Ladies’
Magazine
Sastry, P. (2024) “From Domestic Interiors to National Platforms. Modern
Architecture and Indian Womanhood in the Indian Ladies’
Magazine,” in Juan Calatrava Escobar , David Arredondo Garrido , Marta Rodríguez Iturriaga, eds, COMUNICAR LA ARQUITECTURA del origen de la modernidad a la era digital
(University of Granada, 2024) 1417-1426.
https://editorial.ugr.es/libro/comunicar-la-arquitectura_139503/
Expanding Agency: Ethel Power, House Beautiful, and the Writing of the History of American Architecture
James Chakraborty, K. (2024) “Expanding Agency: Ethel Power, House Beautiful, and the Writing of the History of American Architecture,” in Dana Arnold, ed., Women and Architectural History: The Monstrous Regiment Then and Now (London: Routledge, 2024) 152-68.
Lin Huiyin, House Beautiful, and women’s place in architectural culture in the United States in the 1920s
James Chakraborty, K. (2024) “Lin Huiyin, House Beautiful, and women’s place in architectural culture in the United States in the 1920s,” Perspectives in Architecture and Urbanism 1
Expanding Agency: Women, Race and the Global Dissemination of Modern Architecture 