The Victor Adler State Prize is given for scholarship that is distinguished by its interdisciplinary breadth, use of innovative methods, contemporary historical questions, and that is widely published.
Blau attended the Ecole d'Humanité in Switzerland and the Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst in Salzburg[3] before going on to graduate from the University of York with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Sociology.
Her postgraduate studies in the History of Architecture took her to Yale University, where she was awarded a Master of Arts in 1974 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1978.
[5] Blau's research has focused extensively on a range of issues in architectural history and theory, specifically in Europe and Eurasia, as well as the intersection of urban spatial form and media.
[6] A linked exhibition of her work ran there from October 2017 to March 2018, which highlighted the architectural importance of the Greystone buildings in Montreal.