Dr Patricia Lara-Betancourt
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Academic, Modern Interiors Research Centre
About
I am a design history researcher and a member of the Modern Interiors Research Centre, Kingston University, London, UK. My PhD (2009, KU) focused on late Victorian and Edwardian middle-class domestic interiors: Conflicting modernities? Arts and crafts and commercial influences in the decoration of the middle-class home 1890-1914. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493138
I trained as a historian at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia), where I worked from 1990 to 1996. My MA research dissertation (1997) from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia charted the history of the drawing room in Bogota in the nineteenth century, addressing its architecture, interiors, furniture, furnishings and rituals: La Sala Domestica en Santa Fe de Bogotá, Siglo XIX. https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/toc/histcrit/20 and https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/achsc/article/view/16682
I am co-President (2023-25) of HIG Historic Interiors Group, affiliate group of SAH Society of Architectural Historians
My recent publications include:
'Complex Interior Spaces in London, 1850–1930: Introduction' (with F Fisher, V. Kelley, P. Sparke), in London Journal, special issue, Complex Interior Spaces in London, 1850–1930, Vol 45, Issue 2, 2020.
‘Locating Design Exchanges in Latin America and the Caribbean', in my co-edited Journal of Design History, special issue, Locating Design Exchanges in Latin America and the Caribbean, Vol 32, Issue 1, 2019, London, OUP. Published online: 21 January 2019; epy048, https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epy048
‘Displaying Dreams: Model Interiors in the London Department Store, 1890-1914' in my co-edited volume Architectures of Display: Department Stores and Modern Retail (Routledge 2017),
'Republican Homes: Modern Flows in Domestic Architecture in Santa Fé de Bogotá, 1820-1900' in my co-edited volume Flow: Interior, Landscape and Architecture in the Era of Liquid Modernity (Routledge 2018).
Qualifications
- PhD Design History
- MA Colombian and Latin American History
- BA (Hons) History
- International Baccalaureate
Domains
Within the field of modern interiors and design history, my research focuses on the themes of modernity, representation and identity.
Publications
Locating design exchanges in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2019). London, U.K.: (Oxford University Press)
Flow: interior, landscape, and architecture in the era of liquid modernity
(2018). London, U.K.: (Bloomsbury)
Architectures of display : department stores and modern retail
(2018). Abingdon, U.K.: (Routledge)
Seductive discourses : design advice for the home
(2014). London, U.K.:
Performance, fashion and the modern interior: from the Victorians to today
(2011). Oxford, U.K.: (Berg)
Book review of: 'Designing the department store : display and retail at the turn of the twentieth century' by Emily M. Orr
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, 2021, Journal of Design History (34), 3, pp 285-287
Complex interior spaces in London, 1850-1930 : introduction
Fisher, Fiona, Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, Kelley, Victoria and Sparke, Penny, 2020, London Journal (45), 2, pp 177-188
Locating design exchanges in Latin America and the Caribbean
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia and Rezende, Livia, 2019, Journal of Design History (32), 1, pp 1-16
Book review of: ' The urban department store in America, 1850-1930 ' by Louisa Iarocci
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, 2016, Journal of Design History (29), 4, pp 429-431
Seductive discourses : design advice for the home - an introduction
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia and Hardy, Emma, 2014, Interiors : Design Architecture Culture (5), 2, pp 131-139
Book review of 'Historia del diseno en America Latina y el Caribe: industrializacion y comunicacion visual para la autonomia' by Silvia Fernandez and Gui Bonsiepe (eds.)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, 2011, West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture (18), 2, pp 260-264
La sala domestica en Santa Fe de Bogota. Siglo XIX el decorado: la sala barroca
Lara Betancourt, Patricia, 2000, Historia Critica, 20, pp 93-111
La sala domestica en Santa fe de Bogota Siglo XIX: arquitectura domestica: lenguajes colonial y republicano
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, 1998, Memoria y Sociedad (3), 5, pp 53-75
La sala domestica en Santafe de Bogota, Siglo XIX el decorado de la sala romantica: gusto europeo y esnobismo
Lara Betancourt, Patricia, 1998, Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura, 25, pp 109-134
New interior identities : inhabiting London’s railway stations, winter gardens, people’s palaces, and department stores, 1830–1920
Fisher, Fiona, Lara-Betancourt, Patricia and Sparke, Penny (2023). In: Marinic, Gregory, (ed.), The interior urbanism theory reader. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge
Republican homes: modern flows in domestic architecture in Santa Fe de Bogota, 1820-1900
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2018). In: Sparke, Penny, (eds.), Brown, Pat, (eds.), Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, (eds.), Lee, Gini, (eds.) and Taylor, Mark, (eds.), Flow: interior, landscape and architecture in the era of liquid modernity. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury, pp 109-119
Architectures of display: an introduction
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, Lasc, Anca I. and Petty, Margaret Maile (2018). In: Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, (eds.), Lasc, Anca I., (eds.) and Petty, Margaret Maile, (eds.), Architectures of display : department stores and modern retail. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 1-14
Displaying dreams : model interiors in British department stores, 1890-1914
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2018). In: Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, (eds.), Lasc, Anca, (eds.) and Petty, Margaret Maile, (eds.), Architectures of display : department stores and modern retail. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 31-46
Ambasz, Emilio (1943-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (eds.), Atkinson, Harriet, (eds.), Bhagat, Dipti, (eds.), Kettley, Sarah, (eds.), O'Brien, Sorcha, (eds.), Raizman, David, (eds.) and Willis, Anne-Marie, (eds.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic, pp 37-38
Arauz de Pirovano, Celina (1915-2010)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 47-47
Baillie Scott, Mackay Hugh (1865–1945)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 120-121
Beltran, Felix (1938-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 158-158
Bo Bardi, Lina (1914-1992)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 179-179
Bonsiepe, Gui (1934-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 181-181
Cadovius, Poul (1911-2011)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 209-210
Campana Brothers: Fernando (1961-) and Humberto (1953-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 212-212
Churba, Alberto (1932-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 244-245
De La Renta, Oscar (1932-2014)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 340-341
De Wolfe, Elsie (1865-1950)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 346-347
Ferrari-Hardoy, Jorge (1914-1977)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 14-14
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 71-71
Graz, John (1891-1980)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 114-114
Laplace, Luis (1969-)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 310-310
Maugham, Syrie (1879-1955)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 361-362
Porset, Clara (1895-1981)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 71-71
Putman, Andrée (1925-2013)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 125-126
Rodrigues, Sergio (1927-2014)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 166-167
Royére, Jean (1902–1981)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 177-177
Tenreiro, Joaquim (1906-1992)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 314-314
Wanders, Marcel (1963 - )
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Edwards, Clive, (ed.), The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of design. London: Bloomsbury, pp 404-406
The quest for modernity : a global/national approach to a history of design in Latin America
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2016). In: Fallan, Kjetil, (eds.) and Lees-Maffei, Grace, (eds.), Designing Worlds: National Design Histories in the Age of Globalization. Oxford, U.K.: Berghahn Books
Contesting the modernity of domestic space: design reform and the middle class home, 1890-1914
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2013). In: Kilickiran, Didem, (eds.), Alegria, Christina, (eds.) and Haddrell, Carl, (eds.), Space and place: exploring critical issues. Oxford, U.K.: Inter-Disciplinary Press
Latin America 1830-1900
Kirkham, Patricia, Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, Larsen, Christian. A and Perez, Jorge F. Rivas (2013). In: Kirkham, Pat, (eds.) and Weber, Susan, (eds.), History of design: decorative arts and material culture, 1400-2000. New York, U.S.A., New Haven U.S.A. and London, U.K.: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture: Yale University Press, pp 456-463
Introduction: 1970 - Present
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2011). In: Fisher, Fiona, (eds.), Lara-Betancourt, Patricia, (eds.), Keeble, Trevor, (eds.) and Martin, Brenda, (eds.), Performance, fashion and the modern interior: from the Victorians to today. London, U.K.: Berg, pp 199-205
Semiotica de los objetos: una propuesta de investigacion historica
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (1994). Tiempos Breves II: ensayos de estudiantes de la Maestria en Historia cuarta promocion (1991-1992). Santafe de Bogota, Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, pp 15-19
'Ideas, Temas, Recursos y Métodos para el Estudio del Espacio Interior Doméstico' (Ideas, Themes, Resources and Methodologies in the Study of the Domestic Interior in Mexico)
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia and Arana, Gladys(2015). In: 'Semana de la Arquitectura' ('Architect's Week'), 19-23 September 2015 :Facultad de Architectura, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, México
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2015). In: 2015 DHS CONFERENCE, Sep 2015 :San Francisco, CA, USA
Perspectivas de Investigacion sobre el Interior Moderno
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2015). In: ‘Semana de la Arquitectura’ ('Architecture's Week'), 19 - 23 Sep 2015 :Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Visions of design autonomy in Latin America: the work and ideas of Gui Bonsiepe and Victor Papanek.
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2015). In: "How We Live, and How We Might Live": Design and the Spirit of Critical Utopianism, 10-13 Sep 2015, :San Francisco, California, U.S.
De puertas abiertas: interiores y cultura material de la vivienda latinoamericana. [Open doors: domestic interiors and material culture in Latin America]
Arana López, Gladys Noemí and Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2015). In: 55 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas [55th International Congress of Americanists], 12-17 Jul 2015 :San Salvador, El Salvador
European or national? Latin American domestic interiors, 1870-1930
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2015). In: 55 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas [55th International Congress of Americanists], 12-17 Jul 2015 :San Salvador, El Salvador
Making autonomy: Design, material and visual culture in Latin America
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia and Rezende, Livia(2015). In: Society for Latin American Studies Conference 2015: Autonomy, 17-18 Apr 2015 :Aberdeen, U.K.
Displaying dreams: model interiors in the London store, 1890-1914
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2014). In: Society of Architectural Historians 67th Annual Conference, 09-13 Apr 2014 :Austin, Texas, U.S.
Nuevas perspectivas de investigacion sobre el diseno de interiores [A discussion of recent historical research on the designed interior]
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2013). In: III Seminario de Mobiliario y Decoracion de Interiores (III Seminar on Furniture and Interior Decoration), 30 Sep 2013 :Madrid, Spain
What boundaries? Design history in Latin America
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2013). In: 'Towards Global Histories of Design: Postcolonial Perspectives, 5-8 Sep 2013 :Ahmedabad, India
Advice literature as design reform discourse
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2013). In: Domestic Advice Literature and Histories of Home - Seminar, 31 January 2013 :Geffrye Museum, London, UK
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia(2012). In: 3rd Global Conference Space and Place, 3-6 Sep 2012 :Mansfield College, Oxford, UK
Conflicting modernities? Arts and crafts and commercial influences in the decoration of the middle-class home 1890-1914
Lara-Betancourt, Patricia (2008), PhD thesis, Kingston University