Alexander Luckmann is a Ph.D. student specializing in histories of architecture, preservation, and landscape. His primary research focus is modern and contemporary religious architecture in the United States and Germany, particularly Catholic architecture in the Rhineland. His academic publications have appeared in Art in Translation and react/review: a responsive journal for art & architecture. His popular writing has appeared in Slate, The Architect’s Newspaper, New York Review of Architecture, and Cleveland Review of Books. He has presented at conferences including the College Art Association, Society of Architectural Historians, and American Historical Association. His research has been supported by the Regents Fellowship from UC Santa Barbara and the Thyssen Pre-Dissertation Fellowship from the German Historical Institute.

Before grad school, Alexander worked as a landscape designer at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates in New York City, helping design waterfront public parks across the United States and Europe. He has also been the Architecture + Design Curatorial Intern at SFMOMA, conducting research for the 2018 exhibition The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism.

For a full CV and further information, please see Alexander’s website .