The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide.

Twenty-five chartering members elected Turpin Bannister the first President, and directed him to edit the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians.

In addition, in association with the University of Virginia, the Society is developing an online encyclopedia of architecture called SAH Archipedia.

SAH also presents the Founders' Award for an outstanding JSAH article written by an emerging scholar in the previous two years.

The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award, established in 1949, goes to a North American scholar for the most distinguished work in architectural history.