Malcolm Russell Airs OBE FSA FRHS (born March 1941) is emeritus professor of conservation and the historic environment at Kellogg College, University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor, Department of Education.[1]

His main research work focussed on the building processes and craftsmanship of the Tudor and Stuart periods.[2]

Airs was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to the historic environment, conservation and education.[3]

A conference was held in 2016 at Rewley House, Oxford to honour Airs who taught there from 1975 to 2006 and the papers presented were published in Barnwell & Henderson (2017).[4]

Selected publications

  • Airs, M. (1975). The Making of the English Country House, 1500-1640. Architectural Press.
  • Airs, M. (1995). The Tudor & Jacobean Country House: A Building History. Sutton Pub Limited.
  • Airs, M., William Whyte and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. (2013). Architectural History After Colvin : The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain Symposium 2011. Donington: Shaun Tys.

References

  1. ↑ "Malcolm Airs OBE".
  2. ↑ Barnwell P. S & Paula Henderson (2017). Architect Patron and Craftsman in Tudor and Early Stuart England : Essays for Malcolm Airs. Donington: Shaun Tyas.
  3. ↑ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B10.
  4. ↑ Barnwell P. S & Paula Henderson (2017). Architect Patron and Craftsman in Tudor and Early Stuart England : Essays for Malcolm Airs. Donington: Shaun Tyas.


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