Addison Godel

Assistant Professor, NJ School of Architecture
About Me
Addison Godel, Ph.D. is an architectural historian, whose research explores 20th century modernist architecture as a component in large urban infrastructural systems. He is currently writing a book on infrastructural architecture in New York City from the Progressive Era to the 1980s. In this research project, he looks closely at the architecture of wholesale food distribution, long-distance telephony, and wastewater treatment, in order to illuminate the contested politics and priorities surrounding the designs of these systems and their impacts on the city’s present-day form.


Dr. Godel received his M.Arch from The Ohio State University in 2009, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2021. He joined HCAD’s faculty as an Assistant Professor in fall 2023, following six years as an Assistant Professor in Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture.
Education
Ph.D.; Columbia University in the City of New York; Architecture; 2021
M.Arch.; Ohio State University-Main Campus; 2009
B.A.; University of Georgia; Women’s Studies and Political Science; 2004
2026 Fall Courses
ARCH 210 - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 528G - HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
Past Courses
ARCH 110: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES I: INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE THINKING
ARCH 210: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 210: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I - HONORS
ARCH 211: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II
ARCH 211: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE II - HONORS
ARCH 528G: HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE I
ARCH 533: HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
Chapter
Addison McMillan Godel. "From 'Terrestrial Paradise' to 'Dreary Waste': Race and the Chinese Garden in European Eyes." In Irene Cheng, Charles Davis, and Mabel Wilson, eds., "Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present," pp. 79-95. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
Book
Evan Chakroff, Addison McMillan Godel, Jacqueline Gargus. "China: Architectural Guide." 400 pp. DOM Publishers, 2015. ISBN 9783869223483.
Journal Article
Addison McMillan Godel. 2015. "When Windows Were Wires: The Projection of Network Invulnerability and the Architecture of the AT&T Long Lines." Grey Room, no. 61, pp. 34-65.