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Home » Topics » Architecture News » Spotlight on Black Leaders in Design

Spotlight on Black Leaders in Design
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The Getty Foundation’s Conserving Black Modernism Initiative Announces Newest Grant Recipients

Matt Hickman
Matt Hickman
July 23, 2024
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Eight sites, including a Washington, D.C., theater and a Buffalo community center, will share $3.1 million earmarked for preservation efforts through a grant partnership with the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
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Brotherhood Sister Sol's Mission of Transformative Support for At-Risk Youth Gets a New Home in Harlem

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus
February 9, 2023
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A vital community resource for nearly three decades, BroSis continues its mission from a new home designed by New York–based Urban Architectural Initiatives. 


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Back in Print, Second Edition of 'African Modernism' Surveys Architecture Across the Continent

Review: 'African Modernism. The Architecture of Independence: Ghana, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia,' edited by Manuel Herz with Ingrid Schröder, Hans Focketyn, and Julia Jamrozik
David Adjaye
January 26, 2023
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Reread David Adjaye’s thoughtful review of the compendium, originally published in Architectural Record in October 2015.
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Sekou Cooke on Hip-Hop as a Blueprint for Architecture

Peter L'Official
December 5, 2022
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The architect and curator of Museum of Design Atlanta’s ongoing exhibition "Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture" discusses hip-hop culture as a creative sourcebook for Black designers.


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Come Celebrate Women in Architecture at RECORD's Design Leadership Awards in New York Tonight

RECORD Editors
October 19, 2022
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It’s not too late to join the ceremony and reception honoring six design leaders.
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Architectural Record's 2022 Women in Architecture Award Winners

RECORD Editors
October 19, 2022
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Now in its 9th year, the annual award recognizes women who lead and inspire in architectural practice and beyond.


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The Getty Commits $3.1 Million to Conserve Modern Architecture by Black Designers

Ilana Herzig.
Ilana Herzig
September 19, 2022
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The Getty Foundation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announce a grant to preserve the historic Modern works of Black architects such as Robert Robinson Taylor, Amaza Lee Meredith and Vertner Woodson Tandy.

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Developer Anyeley Hallová Tackles Equity and Wealth-Building

Randy Gragg
September 15, 2022
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The Portland, Oregon-based developer with degrees in environmental systems, city planning, and landscape architecture launched her own development firm, Adre, in 2020 to serve BIPOC communities.
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RECORD Announces the 2022 Winners of the Women in Architecture Awards

Pansy Schulman
August 31, 2022
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Now in its ninth year, the annual award recognizes women who lead and inspire in architectural practice and beyond.


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Q&A with Riding the Vortex: This Year’s AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award Winner

The collaborators discuss supporting Black women in architecture
Ilana Herzig.
Ilana Herzig
August 31, 2022
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Since 2007, this collaboration of African American women architects has fought for better representation in the field.
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