Sarah Landau

Who is Sarah Landau?

Dr. Sarah Bradford Landau is a noted architectural historian who taught for many years in the Department of Art History at New York University.

Landau earned her B.F.A. at the University of North Carolina. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at New York University, where she was a student of Henry-Russell Hitchcock.

Landau been active in historic preservation and served as a commissioner on the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission from 1987 to 1996.

Landau has won numerous awards including the American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award, the Victorian Society in America Book Award, the Lucy G. Moses Award for Preservation Leadership, New York Landmarks Conservancy and designation as a Centennial Historian of the City of New York.