Michael Bell

Visiting McCall Endowed Assistant Professor

Contact
Richard A. McMahan School of Architecture
Office: Lee 1-160
Email: mbell8@clemson.edu

Research Interests
Adaptive Reuse; Archaeology; Architectural History; Built Heritage; Cartography; Material Culture; Memory Studies; Spatial Politics

Michael Bell teaches architectural design, history, and theory. His research explores the cultural and political relationships between architecture, heritage, and place. Drawing on professional and research experiences in historic preservation, adaptive reuse, material culture, and collective memory, his work builds on architectural history and archaeology to examine the ways buildings and landscapes change over time and acquire cultural meaning.