Peter Draper (architectural historian)

For the British professor of nursing, see Peter Raymond Draper.

Peter Draper (born 7 May 1943) is an English architectural historian. He has specialised in medieval architecture with a particular interest in English ecclesiastical building, primarily cathedrals, and the relationship between the architecture and its social, political and liturgical functions. Latterly his research has extended to Islamic architecture and its influence on Western traditions.[1] He is Professor emeritus and an honorary life member of Birkbeck College, University of London where he is currently visiting professor in the History of Architecture.[2] He has published numerous articles and books including The Formation of English Gothic : Architecture and Identity, for which he won two prestigious awards; the Spiro Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians in 2008[3] and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion in 2009, awarded by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.[4]

  1. ^ "Dr Peter Draper | British Archaeological Association". thebaa.org. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Peter Draper — Department of History of Art, Birkbeck, University of London". www.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Kostof Book Award Recipients". www.sah.org. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain : The Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion" (PDF). Architectural History. 58, 2015: Front matter.