Steven Rugare

Steve Rugare has been a full-time member of the CAED since 2009. In addition to teaching introductory courses in architectural history, he teaches urban history and theory at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) and the upper-division courses in architectural history and theory. He has also coordinated the Master of Urban Design capstone project at the CUDC.

Before 2009, Steve was a full-time member of the CUDC professional staff, managing competitions, coordinating events, and doing editing and graphic design. With Terry Schwarz, he edited the first two volumes of the CUDC's Urban Infill journal. He has also organized or advised numerous design competitions and symposia. Steve Rugare's primary research focus is modernism in the communicative and planning context of world's expositions. In addition, he recently published an edited book on contemporary urban theory. He has presented work at numerous architectural history and planning history. Recently, Professor Rugare has developed an innovative course comparing ancient Maya and Roman architectures. He also teaches a course on Frank Lloyd Wright and a course on Decorative Modernisms in the context of urban reform around 1900.

Publications and Papers

• Co-edited with Jeffrey Kruth, Urban Histories in Practice: Morphology and Memory. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2023.
• “Defining the Urban Freeway in Cleveland 1920-1950,” Society of American City and Regional Planning History, 2019
• “Transported without Moving: Two Models of Immersive Fantasy at the 1964 World’s Fair,” Courtauld Institute of Art, 2017
• “Cleveland’s Group Plan Revision of 1929: Reconciling Mid-Century Urban Priorities on an Industrial Waterfront,” Society of American City and Regional Planning History, 2015
• “Exposing the Third Rome: Planning Strategies for the 1911 Exposition,” International Planning History Society | July 2014
• “The Temporality of Style in Exposition Architecture: Raimondo d'Aronco in Context and Comparison,” Architectural Research Centers Consortium, February 2014