Hunter UAP professor Matt Lasner wins 2013 Cummings Prize for ‘High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century’

Hunter UAP professor Matthew Lasner has been awarded the 2013 Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize for his recent book, High Life: Condo Living in the Suburban Century. According to the Vernacular Architecture Forum’s website, the prize is awarded to the publication that has “made the most significant contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes… in judging the nominated books, jurors look for a publication that is based on primary research, emphasizes fieldwork, breaks new ground in interpretation or methodology, and contributes generally to the intellectual vitality of vernacular studies in North America.”