Spotlight on Black Leaders in Design

Kimberly Dowdell Elected 2024 AIA President

June 16, 2022

Dowdell, who will be the first Black woman to serve in the role, spoke to RECORD about her aspirations for the organization and the importance of advocating for architects.

The Future of Practice: Interview with Imani Day of RVSN Studios

The Detroit-based architect puts her focus on socially conscious work

Pansy Schulman

April 20, 2022

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Imani Day of RVSN Studios in Detroit spoke to RECORD about how good design can coexist with communities in need.

Interview: Planner and Urban Designer Ifeoma Ebo

Ebo has played a key role in shaping equitable design efforts around the world

Izzy Kornblatt

March 17, 2022

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Ebo spoke with RECORD about current projects, lessons from the pandemic, and a new studio course at Syracuse.

Interview with Designer, Engineer, and Educator Felecia Davis

Davis works at the intersection of architecture, textiles, design, and technology

Ilana Herzig

February 25, 2022

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The director of Penn State’s SOFTLAB and founding member of the Black Reconstruction Collective explores designing responsive textiles for inhabitable spaces.

Interview with Tiara Hughes

The founder of First 500 and a senior urban designer at SOM talks about helping other Black women architects advance their careers

Jennifer Krichels

December 9, 2021

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A pioneering Black woman architect is pushing to make it easier for others to follow their dreams.

Interview with Mark Chambers

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

July 6, 2021

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The architect speaks with RECORD about his new role in President Biden’s administration.

Interview with Germane Barnes

Kara Mavros

May 25, 2021

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The Miami-based architectural designer talks to RECORD about his recent accolades and the road that led to them.

Interview with Designer-Activist De Nichols

Kara Mavros

September 29, 2020

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The St. Louis–based artist, educator, and 2020 Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow has been using her “visual voice” to condemn racial injustices for over a decade.

Black Voices in Architecture

September 1, 2020

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RECORD interrogates the ways that racism is embedded in the profession—from the whiteness of our Eurocentric history and built environment to education, licensure, and practice.

Three Architects Discuss Whiteness and Racism in the Built Environment

Cathleen McGuigan

July 30, 2020

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RECORD convened a panel of three professionals in practice and education—Mabel O. Wilson, Mario Gooden, and Justin Garrett Moore—to explore how racism has shaped, and operated within, the profession of architecture.