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Michael Faciejew is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at Dalhousie University. His research interests encompass architecture, colonialism, history, media, information technology, infrastructure, and global architectural history. He is currently engaged in a book project that examines the architectural imperial transformations and their impact on modern culture and information in Europe from 1890 to 1960. Faciejew is also developing an interdisciplinary edited volume titled 'Concrete: Rethinking Dynamics Material,' which investigates the historical and future relationship of reinforced concrete to global environmental change, set to be published by Birkhäuser in 2026. He has received the SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his research project 'Terraqueous Architectures Settler Colonial Canada,' which focuses on key structures that negotiated land and water and their connection to settler colonial politics since 1867. His previous work includes a postdoctoral position at Yale University, where he coordinated the Mellon Sawyer Seminar and has taught at Princeton University, Pratt Institute, and the University of Toronto. Faciejew is also an Associate Editor for the Journal Architectural Education and has numerous publications to his name that delve into the intersections of architecture, imperialism, and information technology.
Dalhousie University • Halifax, NS, Canada
Teaching and researching topics related to architecture, colonialism, and media.
Yale University • New Haven, CT, USA
Coordinated interdisciplinary Mellon Sawyer Seminar and taught architectural history.