Celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of 20 pioneering Black architects who have shaped the industry with their impactful designs.
Architects beautify and reconceptualize city skylines, devise public spaces that bring art out of galleries and to the masses, and create environmentally conscious structures to preserve our planet’s dwindling resources. African Americans were long barred from the architecture profession and have always faced enormous social and economic barriers.
Today, African American architects and designers are individual boundary-pushers willing to disrupt convention and welcome the spotlight. And we want to celebrate the number of Black Architects who have managed, designed, and constructed some of today’s most admired structures. You have are driven, intelligent, and unafraid, much like the black builders who came before you, you are trailblazers in your own ways, leaving your indelible mark on the world for years to come.
00:00– Intro 01:22– Norma Sklarek 02:42– John S. Chase 03:38– Harvey Benard Gantt 04:33– J. Max Bond, JR. 05:44– Robert R. Taylor 07:10– Beverly Loraine Greene 08:11– John Warren Moutoussamy 09:05– Moses Mckissack the Third 10:10– Walter T. Bailey 11:10– Vertner Woodson Tandy 12:01– Wallace Augustus Rayfield 12:41– William Sidney Pittman 13:27– Julian Abele 14:27– Clarence W. ‘Cap’ Wigington 15:16– John Edmonston Brent 15:50– Louis Arnett Stuart Bellinger 16:31– Paul Revere Williams 18:01– Albert Irvin Cassell 18:55– Robert Traynham Coles 20:26– Roberta Washington 21:19– Outro
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