“American Modern Architecture as Frame and Character in Alfred Hitchcock’s Cinematic Spaces,” Critical Insights: Alfred Hitchcock (Douglas Cunningham, ed., Salem Press, 2016). Download a PDF of the essay 

“The Visitor Center as Monument: Re-Contextualizing Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama Center at Gettysburg.” Public Nature: Scenery, History, and Park Design, Ethan Carr, Shaun Eyring, and Richard Guy Wilson, eds., University of Virginia Press, 2013. 

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Christopher Hudson, ed., by Fitzroy-Dearborn Press, 2002. Contributing writer, “Visitor Centers” entry. 

Through the Labyrinth: Designs and Meanings Over 5,000 Years, Hermann Kern, published by Prestel, 2000. Translation Research. 

The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia.K. Edward Lay, published by the University Press of Virginia, 1999. Digital Development and editorial assistant, Compact Disc Edition and Supplement. 

National Geographic Guide to America’s Great Houses, Henry Wiencek, ed., published by National Geographic Society, 1999. Researcher and contributing writer for illustrated guidebook to 150 historic homes in the United States open to the public. 

Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, AIA, ed., published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996. Illustration Editor, Compiled over 400 illustrations for use in the dictionary. Reference text contains 10,000 terms defining buildings, structural elements, materials, and styles. 

U.S. Modern Architecture. Modern Modules Booklet Series by Christine Madrid French and Elaine B. Stiles. Produced for TrustModern (the Modernism + Recent Past Program at the National Trust for Historic Preservation), a nationwide two-year endeavor aimed at building public support for and engaging in discussions focused on the study and protection of America’s modern architectural resources. The project was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Henry Luce Foundation. 

Aspen Modern: America’s International Resort https://issuu.com/madridfrench/docs/aspenmodern 

Boston Modern: The Spirit of Reinvention https://issuu.com/madridfrench/docs/bostonmodern 

Los Angeles Modern: City of Tomorrow https://issuu.com/madridfrench/docs/los_angeles_modern__the_city_of_tomorrow 

Minnesota Modern: Era of Innovation
https://issuu.com/madridfrench/docs/mnmodern 

“MidCentury Modern: Winter Park’s Hidden Heritage,” Preservation Winter Park (FL). “On the surface, the wildly popular television show “Mad Men,”set in the 1960s, chronicled the life of high-flying advertising executive Donald Draper and his stylish coworkers. On a broader, cultural level, however, the show can be credited with a bringing about a national resurgence of mid-century mania…While you may have been following this trend, were you also aware that Winter Park boasts an extensive inventory of midcentury gems? Indeed, Winter Park’s renowned architectural heritage includes important but lesser-known structures from the middle-twentieth century, often referred to as Mid-Century Modern.”

“Saving the Modern Century: Future Visions for Historic Preservation.” Preservation Leadership Forum, National Trust for Historic Preservation. March 6, 2014. “I am relieved to see progress after two decades of advocacy work on behalf of American modernism. However, the overall idea of saving the “recent past” —which now includes structures dating from the late 1980s—or heralding the architectural significance of maligned styles such as Brutalism, remains our biggest challenge. Staying ahead of the bulldozer tsunami requires that we think as “futurists.” Not an easy task for people that focus intensely on illuminating the past. Preservationists need to consider innovative strategies and new perspectives to guide the field over the next 50 years. How will our built environment look in 2066, at the 100th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act?”

“For the Love of Concrete: What Happens When You Heart Brutalism Not Trash It.” Big Red and Shiny, March 18, 2013. Brutalist buildings are the great unloved structures of our time. No other style of architecture can get a rise out of the public faster than an all-concrete behemoth in the center of town, usually surrounded by an abandoned, windblown plaza. But, what happens when a historic Brutalist design is celebrated rather than rejected? What might result if more communities decided to love their twentieth-century-concrete city halls, schools, airports, and churches, rather than trash them?