Sekou Cooke

Sekou Cooke is an architectural practitioner and educator based in Syracuse, New York. He is currently Assistant Professor at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture and runs a professional practice, sekou cooke STUDIO. Sekou’s current research centers on the emergent field of Hip-Hop Architecture, a theoretical movement reflecting the core tenets of hip-hop culture with the power to create meaningful impact on the built environment and give voice to the marginalized and underrepresented within design practice. Sekou holds a B.Arch. from Cornell University, an M.Arch. from Harvard University, and is licensed to practice architecture in New York and California.

Opinion: Blackout — Amplifying the Voices of Blackness Within Architecture

Architect and educator Sekou Cooke considers the role of the profession in confronting historically entrenched racism and violence in the U.S.

Sekou Cooke

June 4, 2020

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"Maybe there is a parallel to be drawn between the lack of Black perspectives within the architectural 'we' and the inability of the architectural profession to find a suitable response to the current state of social justice," writes architect and educator Sekou Cooke.