Born in Scotland and raised in Ghana, Lokko leaves the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg to become dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York.
Effective lighting schemes can enhance landmarks and skylines. To brush up on the trends defining cityscapes, RECORD interviewed Faith Baum, who merged her firm Illumination Arts with Horton Lees Brogdon (HLB), creating one of the largest woman-owned lighting design firms in North America. Read more.
Well before her marriage to Eero Saarinen in 1954, Aline was a cultural force and vigorous defender of modern architecture, at a time when much of America was dubious about contemporary design.
This leading 20th-century reformer and activist helped introduce the socially minded goals of European architects to America through her seminal 1934 book, Modern Housing.
The architectural historian and critic's intelligence, style, commitment, and courage made architects and the general public pay attention to her words.
