About

Tait Johnson, Ph.D., AIA, is an architect and architectural historian teaching architectural history and theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research examines the history and theory of modern architecture and materiality in the twentieth century, specifically concerned with the image and instrumentality of metals in architecture. This research has been published in the International Journal of the Constructed Environment, presented at the Construction History Society of America, the Vernacular Architecture Forum, and the Society of Architectural Historians.