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Dr. Danielle S. Willkens, Associate AIA, FRSA, LEED AP BD+C, is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Georgia Institute of Technology.

She is a practicing designer, researcher, and FAA Certified Remote Pilot who is particularly interested in bringing architectural engagement to diverse audiences through interactive projects. Her experiences in practice and research include design/build projects, public installations, and on-site investigations as well as extensive archival work in several countries. She was an inaugural Mellon History Teaching Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, exploring the project “From Plantation to Protest: Visualizing Cultural Landscapes of Conflict in the American South.” She currently has several research, documentation, and visualization projects in Selma, AL and Atlanta, GA supported by National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grants. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Atlanta Preservation Center, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Penn Center, the Georiga State Representative for the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, and a member of the Education Committee for the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art’s Southeast chapter. 

Recent Publications

Forthcoming

• Willkens, Danielle. The Transatlantic Design Network: Jefferson, Soane, and agents of architectural exchange, 1768-1838. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, exp. 2024.
• (forthcoming, accepted abstract) Willkens, Danielle, Junshan Liu, Botao Li. “Modeling and Monitoring the Rosenwald Ideal: Digital Documentation and Preservation at the Tankersley Rosenwald School, AL” in Decoding Cultural Heritage: a Critical Dissection and Taxonomy of Human Creativity Through Digital Tools, edited by Fernando Moral Andres. New York, NY: Springer, expected 2024.
• *(forthcoming, accepted contribution invitation) Willkens, Danielle. “The Women of the Transatlantic Design Network” in Women as Builders, Designers, and Critics of the Built Environment, 1200-1800, edited by S.Roff. London: Routledge, expected 2024.

 

Published

• Liu, Junshan, Salman Azhar, Danielle Willkens, and Botao Li. “Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) for Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM): A Systematic Review. Virtual World: Digital Twins in Cultural Heritage vol. 2, no. 2 (2023): 90-114. DOI: 10.3390/virtualworlds2020006
• Willkens, Danielle. “The Craft and Care of Reality Capture” Buildings and Landscapes 29.2 (Fall 2022): 2-14. DOI:10.1353/bdl.2022.0009
• Willkens, Danielle. “Sir John Soane.” Oxford Bibliographies in “Architecture Studies.” New York: Oxford University Press, expected spring 2022.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Domestic Architecture in Diagram: Fiske Kimball as Architect-Historian and the Case for Spatial Analysis.” In Fiske and Marie Kimball: Shaping Our Experience of Buildings and Objects (TBC), edited by Marie Frank. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, exp. 2023.
• Willkens, Danielle. Architecture for Teens: A Beginner’s Book for Aspiring Architects. New York, NY: Rockridge Press, 2021.
• Willkens, Danielle. “The Epistolary Polygraph.” In Extinct: A Compendium of Obsolete Objects, edited by Barbara Penner, Adrian Forty, Miranda Critchley, and Olivia Horsfall Turner, 181-184. London: Reaktion, 2021.
• Willkens, Danielle. “The Curious Homes and Collections of Jefferson and Soane.” In Connective Tissue: Ten Essays by University of Virginia Kenan Fellows 2001-2016, edited by Peter Waldman, 127-158. San Francisco, CA: Oro Editions, 2021.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Design by ‘considerable degree’: Jefferson’s Architecture as Applied Science.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society v.110 p.2 (2021): 167-194.
• Willkens, Danielle, Heather Haley, and Junshan Liu. “Race, Space, and Digital Interpretation at Selma’s Old Depot Museum.” ARRIS 31 (2021): 108-118.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Clouds and Cataracts: atmospheric experiments at Sir John Soane’s Museum.” TAD: Open 3:2 (2019): 211-220.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Capital and Carbon: Testing the Limits of Tourism in Iceland.” Urban Transcripts 2:1 (2019).
• Willkens, Danielle, Richard Burt, Junshan Liu, Keith Hebert, David Carter, and Heather Haley, “Bringing History to Life: a digital reconstruction of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’.“ Auburn Research 2 (Spring 2018): 14-16.
• Willkens, Danielle, Richard Burt, Junshan Liu, Keith Hebert, David Carter, and Heather Haley, “Bringing History to Life: a digital reconstruction of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’.“ Auburn Research 2.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Capital and Carbon: Testing the Limits of Tourism in Iceland.” Urban Transcripts 2: 1 (2018).
• Willkens, Danielle. “Ruins and renewal in Cuba.” The Architectural Historian 6 (2018): 4-8.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Of Time and Place [and Technology]: documenting Hale County.” Dialectic V: The Figure of Vernacular in Architectural Imagination (2017): 81-92.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Bringing History to Life: LiDAR and digital modeling for the Spatial Reconstruction of Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.” Proceedings of BRIDGE: the Heritage of Connecting Places and Cultures, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. “A Year as the SAH H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellow: Reflections on Travel, Time, and Technology.” Publications and Research (blog), Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), July 14, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. “From Edo to 21st-Century Tokyo: A New ‘Floating World’.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, June 19, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Railroads and Reconstructions: Transportation as a Tourism Conduit in Central Honshu.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, May 8, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. ”Reclaimed: Sites of Conflict, Industry, and Population Change in Japan.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, April 3, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. ”Cities and Celebrations in Snow: an Introduction to Tourism in Japan.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, March 8, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. ”Prados and Plazas: Investigations into the Cultural Resources and Key Urban Elements of the Island.” Publications and Research (blog), Society of Architectural Historians, February 13, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. “New Year Interlude: Two Architectural Pilgrimages.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, January 12, 2017.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Scaffolding and a City in Section: an Introduction to La Habana.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, December 5, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Connectivity and ‘Green’ Craft: Exploring the Infrastructure and Architecture of the Faroe Islands.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, October 25, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Fjords and Repurposed Sites: Explorations around Iceland’s Ring Road.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, October 4, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Overcrowded Sites and Unexpected Voids: The Extremes of Tourism in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, September 2, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Museums In and Out of Doors: Curating Art, History, and Nature on the Island.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, August 2, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Concrete, Churches, and Cirrostratus in Reykjavík: An Introduction to Iceland.” Publications and Research (blog), SAH, July 6, 2016.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Monuments in Mountains.” Lobby: Faith 5 (Autumn 2016).
• Willkens, Danielle. “Reading Words and Images in the Description(s) of Sir John Soane’s Museum.” Architectural Histories 4 (1): 5, Building-Word-Image Special Collection (2016): 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ah.204.
• Willkens, Danielle. “Epistolary Architecture: the Transatlantic Design Network, 1768-1838.” On Site review: on writing, or not 34 (2016): 4-11. Available online: http://www.onsitereview.ca/34writing/

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Atlantic, England, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

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18th century, 19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century, 21st century

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American Founding Era, Art & Architectural History, Environment, Higher Ed, Material Culture, Museums, Urban History, Women