https://www.vafweb.org/VAN
Although summer is drawing to a close, there’s still plenty of time to go out and see interesting buildings and landscapes (and ballparks!)! This issue is packed with news including calls for papers, reports from some of the Ambassador and Access Award winners who went to Walla Walla (more to come in the Fall issue!), and updates from members! The next issue will be out in early November. If you have time-sensitive information to get out about conferences, RFPs, etc., make sure you send them along – they might be sent out in a MiniVAN or a future VAN! Questions? Comments? Submission ideas? Email me at vaneditor@vafweb.org! ~Gretchen
Spring 2026 VAN available
Here!
You can find ride-shares, roommates, and more on the VAF Forum page of the website.
From the Homepage, click Home: About: Member: Member Forum.
https://www.vafweb.org/Member-Forum
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À la carte registration closes in a week for #VAF2026
https://www.vafweb.org/VAF-2026-Registration
Spring 2026 MiniVAN available!
Winter MiniVAN now available!
As a reminder, the next full issue will be out in late February/early March. If you have time-sensitive information to get out about conferences, RFPs, etc., make sure you send them along!
Questions? Comments? Submission ideas? Email me at vaneditor@vafweb.org! ~Gretchen
EVENT INFO:
Abbott Lowell Cummings Award Lecture
City of Wood: A Conversation with James Buckley
January 14, 12pm EST on Zoom
REGISTRATION LINK:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TewxZcpbQf-__KHatr39-A
SPEAKER BIOS:
James Michael Buckley is an urban planner and historian in San Francisco, CA. His book, City of Wood: San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry (University of Texas, 2024) has been awarded the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award (Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2025), the J.B. Jackson Award (American Association of Geographers, 2025), and the John Brickerhoff Jackson Book Prize (UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes, 2025). Jim is a long-time member of the VAF and served as its President from 2021-2023. He taught in the urban planning programs at MIT and UC Berkeley and was the Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the University of Oregon.
VAN Winter 2025.pdf
The deadline for submitting paper and poster proposals for the 2026 VAF Annual Meeting has been extended to December 15th, 2025. If you are considering proposing a paper or poster presentation for the upcoming Columbia River Plateau conference in Walla Walla, Washington, please go to this page on the VAF website.
Please note that the deadlines for the Advocacy, Access, Ambassadors, and Simpson awards are now on December 15th, 2025.
For more information or questions contact the secretary or the webmaster.
