Expanding the Archives of Asian American and Pacific Islander Architectural History: A Call to Action | Gail Dubrow

Expanding the Archives of Asian American and Pacific Islander Architectural History: A Call to Action | Gail Dubrow

Experts on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) architectural history depend on documentation in the archives to produce new scholarly work. Yet, what we find there…

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From “Desi” History to Heritage

From “Desi” History to Heritage

The Unique Challenges of South Asian American Representation Within AAPI Heritage | Priya Jain South Asian Americans (SAAs) make up one-third of the total Asian American…

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Conservation of Korean American Architecture and Architectural Archives

Conservation of Korean American Architecture and Architectural Archives

Sujin Eom & Sean H. McPherson Korean American transnational architectural histories offer vast possibilities for new scholarship on significant contributions to the built environment of the…

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Places that Matter in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage | Chelsea Wait

Places that Matter in Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage | Chelsea Wait

The editors of this journal issue have collaborated with Huy Pham, Executive Director of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), to create a…

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Frank G. Matero – In Memoriam Issue

Frank G. Matero – In Memoriam Issue

It is with great sadness that I write about the passing of COT founding editor, Frank G. Matero. Frank died December 2025 after a protracted…

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COT Welcomes Manuscript Submissions 

COT Welcomes Manuscript Submissions 

Dear Readers, Change Over Time is a peer-reviewed, semiannual journal dedicated to the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. The journal promotes…

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CPCRS Reflections | Dr. Kwesi Daniels

CPCRS Reflections | Dr. Kwesi Daniels

Looking Back to Move Forward The preservation of African American sites is often performed by everyday people who are not formally trained in historic preservation…

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Africatown | Dr. Kwesi Daniels

Africatown | Dr. Kwesi Daniels

The Power of Design Ideas In 1860, approximately 50 years after the transatlantic slave trade was abolished, the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to…

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Ruins, Rhetoric, and Renewal | Dr. Danielle S. Willkens & Pastor Winston Taylor

Ruins, Rhetoric, and Renewal | Dr. Danielle S. Willkens & Pastor Winston Taylor

Atlanta’s St. Mark’s Ame The historic St. Mark AME (b.1920; abandoned 1976) is located at the figurative and literal center of Atlanta’s English Avenue neighborhood….

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From Local to Global | Miguel Guitart

From Local to Global | Miguel Guitart

Reconsidering Material Experience in the Age of Global Regionalism Global design tends to simplify and homogenize the discourse of architectural practice. Global practices typically avoid…

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Earthly Matters, Earthy Visions | Erika Brandl

Earthly Matters, Earthy Visions | Erika Brandl

National Architecture Narratives and the Unexpected Culture of Norwegian Rammed Earth Houses This research paper shares the neglected story of rammed earth houses in Norway,…

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Raw Materials in Transition | Isabel Rodríguez De La Rosa

Raw Materials in Transition | Isabel Rodríguez De La Rosa

Narratives Around Water in the Construction of an Industrialized Spain Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, various fascist states in Europe embraced a…

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Our Pain, Their Heritage Project | Ammar Azzouz

Our Pain, Their Heritage Project | Ammar Azzouz

From the Palmyra Moment to Violence and The City Cultural heritage sites in Syria have been weaponised, targeted, bombed, looted and destroyed. Since the start…

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“When My People Go to See This, Will They Recognize What They Experienced?” | Debra Schultz

“When My People Go to See This, Will They Recognize What They Experienced?” | Debra Schultz

African American Women as Civil Rights Movement Legacy Keepers in Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi is emerging as a civil rights memory landscape of national and…

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Inventing Tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal | Vanicka Arora & Manas Murthy

Inventing Tradition in Bhaktapur, Nepal | Vanicka Arora & Manas Murthy

The Trajectories of Lime in Heritage Reconstruction In this paper, we trace the evolution of discourse, policy, and practice that have legitimized lime as a…

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