Anne Marshall

• Indigenous architecture and landscapes in North America
• Decolonizing strategies within contemporary Indigenous architecture
• Global architectural history
• Architectural design
• Urban and community design and regeneration

Anne Lawrason Marshall is a Professor of Architecture and American Indian Studies at the University of Idaho. A registered architect, she practiced professionally in various firms including her own office in Berkeley and the Connecticut office of Pritzker Prize winner Kevin Roche. Her work with Kevin Roche has been published and exhibited at Yale University, the Museum of the City of New York, the National Building Museum, and Arthur Eric Gallery (Toronto).

Her most recent research — published in three book chapters and presented at international conferences in Dubai, New York, Melbourne, Beirut, and Oxford — examines architectures within contemporary Indigenous communities in North America, with a focus on tribal museums and cultural centers. She is writing a book titled “Indigenous Architecture: Creating The Museum At Warm Springs” in which she explores the role of architecture and its potential as a tool for decolonization.

She has also conducted research on the architecture and siting of great houses at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and presented her work more than 20 times as an invited speaker and as a conference participant. Her Chaco scholarship — supported by numerous grants from the Graham Foundation, the Idaho Humanities Council, University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois, and University of Idaho — has been the subject of three published book chapters and an extensive website.

Another research project is the Society of Architectural Historians' peer-reviewed, online encyclopedia of architecture. Together with three other colleagues, Professor Marshall identified, photographed, researched, and wrote about the 100 most representative and significant buildings in Idaho to create Idaho’s Classic Buildings in SAH Archipedia. An introductory essay and 119 peer-reviewed entries are published online: http://sah-archipedia.org/essays/ID-01

Professor Marshall teaches design studios at various scales, often service-learning projects with Indigenous communities. She mentors graduate architecture students and serves on graduate committees of students in disciplines such as anthropology. She teaches global architectural history, architectural theory, a seminar titled "Identity and Place in Global Space,” and Indigenous architecture. With a grant from Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative/Mellon/MIT she is developing a teaching module, "Indigenous Architectures and the Living Landscape of North America," to share with an international network of educators.

Online Encyclopedia

Anne L. Marshall was Co-Coordinator of Idaho’s Classic Buildings in SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. She authored 21 peer-reviewed entries, published online 2016-2019:

• Marshall, Anne L., Wendy R. McClure, Phillip G. Mead, and D. Nels Reese. “Idaho.” http://sah-archipedia.org/essays/ID-01
• Marshall, Anne L. “Mary Immaculate School.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-009-0010
• Marshall, Anne L. “Benewah Medical Center.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-009-0041
• Marshall, Anne L. “Fort Hall Agency Campus.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-011-0043
• Marshall, Anne L. “Tribal Business Center and Human Resource Development Center.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-011-0057
• Marshall, Anne L. “Red Baron Hangar.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-019-0024
• Marshall, Anne L. “EBR-1 Atomic Museum.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-023-0056
• Marshall, Anne L. “Chicken Point Cabin.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-055-0040
• Marshall, Anne L. “Fort Lapwai Officers’ Quarters.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-069-0017
• Marshall, Anne L. “Lincoln Creek Day School.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-011-0049
• Coyner, Barbara and Anne L. Marshall. “Potlatch.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-057-0006
• Walters, Frederick L. and Anne L. Marshall. “St. Joseph’s Mission Church.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-061-0009
• Marshall, Anne L. “Coeur d’Alene’s Old Sacred Heart Mission.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-055-0008
• Marshall, Anne L. “Moscow Public Library.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-057-0014
• Marshall, Anne L. “Memorial Gymnasium, University of Idaho.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-057-0029
• Marshall, Anne L. “First Presbyterian Church of Moscow, Idaho.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-057-0032
• Marshall, Anne L. “Bollinger Performing Arts Center.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-069-0016
• Marshall, Anne L. “Lewis-Clark Hotel.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-069-0025
• Marshall, Anne L. and Katherine Leija. “Spalding Visitor Center, Nez Perce National Historical Park.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-069-0036
• Marshall, Anne L. and Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg. “Center for Advanced Energy Studies.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-019-0058
• Berrett, Kelton and Anne L. Marshall. “Franklin.” http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/ID-01-041-0042

Book Chapters

• Marshall, Anne L. “Collaborative Indigenous Design: The Museum At Warm Springs.” In Contemporary Indigenous Architecture: Local Traditions, Global Winds, T. Jojola, E. Bastéa and L. Paxson (ed.), University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque (under contract).
• Marshall, Anne L. “Constructing Tribal Architectures and Identities in Native American Museums and Cultural Centers.” In Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence, Jaynie Anderson (ed.), Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, Australia, 2009.
• Singh, Rana P.B., John McKim Malville, and Anne L. Marshall. “Death and Transformation at Gaya: Pilgrimage, Ancestors and the Sun.” In Pilgrimage: Sacred Landscapes and Self-Organized Complexity, J. M. Malville and R. K. Bhattacharya (ed.), Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts/ D. K. Printworld, New Delhi, India, 2009.
• Marshall, Anne L. “Tradition and Tribal Nations: Constructing Native American Architectures and Identities. In Identity Politics and the Reinscription of Space (Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Papers Series), Nezar AlSayyad (ed.), International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Berkeley, 2008.
• Marshall, Anne L. “The Siting of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon.” In Pueblo Bonito: Center of the Chacoan World, Jill Neitzel (ed.), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 2003.
• Marshall, Anne L. “Tribal Borders and their Exclusion of Sacred Landscapes.” In Politics of Cartography (Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Papers Series), Nezar AlSayyad (ed.), International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, Berkeley, 2002.

Designing Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers

Indigenous communities have established approximately 200 tribal museums and cultural centers in North America. What critical activities do tribal members and designers do to create culturally appropriate Indigenous architectures that meet needs of contemporary Indigenous communities? And how are Indigenous traditions honored during processes of designing? To address these questions, I interviewed tribal members, designers, and others involved in designing The Museum At Warm Springs in central Oregon. I am writing a book, “Indigenous Architecture: Creating the Museum at Warm Springs,” that begins to answer these questions and explore the role of architecture and its potential as a tool for decolonization.

The Siting of Chacoan Great Houses

In Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, Indigenous people constructed more than a dozen monumental stone buildings, known as great houses c. AD 850-1150. The central question of much of my research has been: Why were each of the great houses built where they were? To help document the great houses in their landscapes, I photographed and created QuickTime VRs—dynamic, digital panoramic images. I developed a web site with maps, plans, QuickTime VRs, and text introducing each outlying great house: Anasazi Great Houses. For a complete list of my Chaco publications and presentations, go to the Bibliography of the Chaco Research Archive.

Idaho’s Classic Buildings in SAH Archipedia

The Society of Architectural Historians is creating an open-source, peer-reviewed, online encyclopedia of architecture that includes at least 100 buildings from each of the 50 states in the United States. I was Co-Coordinator of Idaho’s Classic Buildings in SAH Archipedia. Together with colleagues, I identified, photographed, researched, and wrote about more than 100 significant and representative buildings in Idaho. Collectively we published an introductory essay and 119 peer-reviewed entries 2016-2019: https://sah-archipedia.org/essays/ID-01

Service Learning Design Projects

• 2017 A Future for Lapwai’s Historic Center: Regeneration of the BIA Parade Grounds on the Nez Perce Reservation, Lapwai, Idaho (masterplan and design for open space, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, and new infill buildings).
• 2017 Diversity Center and Tribal Nations Center, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (architectural design).
• 2015 International Center, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho (architectural design).
• 2014 Schitsu’umsh Cultural Resources Educational Center, Plummer and Worley, Idaho (masterplan and architectural design).
• 2013 Moscow Public Library Transformation, Moscow, Idaho (architectural design).
• 2012 UI Extension Site Redevelopment, Sandpoint, Idaho (masterplan, landscape, and architectural design).
• 2009 Hilltop Neighborhood Revitalization, Tacoma, Washington (masterplan and design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 2009 Native American Graduate Research Center, Moscow, Idaho (architectural design).
• 2008 South Tacoma Neighborhood Regeneration, Tacoma, Washington (masterplan and design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 2007 McKinley Mixed-use Center, Tacoma, Washington (masterplan and design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 2007 Huhugam Heritage Center Exhibit Spaces, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona (architectural design).
• 2006 Bank Left Gallery, Tea Room, and Inn, Palouse, Washington (architectural design).
• 2006 Tacoma: New Visions for the Brewery and Lincoln Districts, Tacoma, Washington (masterplan and design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 2005 Schitsu’umsh Cultural Institute, Plummer, Idaho (architectural design).
• 2000 Transportation-Oriented Development, Nampa, Idaho (masterplan and design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 1999 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Weippe, Idaho (design for adaptive reuse of historic buildings and new infill buildings).
• 1999 St. Mary’s School Addition, Moscow, Idaho (architectural design).
• 1998 City of Orofino, Idaho (masterplan and design for open space, adaptive reuse of historic buildings, and new infill buildings).
• 1997 Boise Light Rail Stations, Boise, Idaho (architectural design).

• Faculty mentor to first place winners of the Spokane AIA Student Design Competition, 2018
• Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2017
• Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative Grant, "Indigenous Architectures and The Living Landscape of North America” (GAHTC/MIT/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation), 2017
• The Paul G. Windley Faculty Excellence and Development Award, “Indigenous Architecture: Creating the Museum at Warm Springs,” 2017
• Faculty mentor to first, second, and third place winners of the Spokane AIA “Better Block” Student Design Competition, 2016
• Faculty mentor to second place winners of the Spokane AIA Student Design Competition, 2015
• Elisabeth Walton Potter Award, “Indigenous Architecture: Creating the Museum at Warm Springs,” 2014
• Faculty Service Learning Fellow, University of Idaho, 2008
• Faculty advisor to second place winners of the national Leading Edge Student Design Competition for a sustainable arts magnet school, 2002
• Graham Foundation Grant, Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Arts, “Chacoan Great Houses,” 2000
• Idaho Humanities Council Fellow, Idaho Humanities Council, “Chacoan Great Houses,” 2000