Why colleges have dormitories with Carla Yanni

The college dormitory is an American tradition, though it hasn’t always been necessary for education. Carla Yanni tells us why the dorm has become a feature of campus architecture since the 17th century.

References mentioned this episode:

• Carla Yanni. 2019. Living on Campus: An Architectural History of the American Dormitory. University of Minnesota Press.
• Carla Yanni’s faculty page

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