dr. M.T. Mullane (Matthew)

Matthew Mullane is an Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL. He received his PhD from Princeton University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo. His book, World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025) studies the work of prominent Japanese architect and historian Itō Chūta and offers an alternative origin for global architectural history in late nineteenth-century Asia. His current interests include the architecture of the Japanese empire, sustainable architecture and the history of material re-use, and developing new methodologies for "global" architectural history. In addition to his historical scholarship, he has also published critical writings on contemporary architecture's relationship to digital technology and climate change. His writing has appeared in Architectural Theory Review, Future Anterior, The Journal of Architecture, gta papers, Clara, AA Files, Log, Art Papers, Kenchiku zasshi, and others.