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No Foul Play

Now and Forever, a stained glass piece by Kerry James Marshall, brings the civil rights struggle into Washington National Cathedral

portrait of urban designer justin garrett moore
In Care Of

Urban planner Justin Garrett Moore thinks cities need a Department of Care

Large mural walls shot as part of Black Landscapes Matter
Reading The Land

Black Landscapes Matter asks why Black landscapes are separate from landscape design

a confederate statue covered in graffiti, the robert e. lee statue in richmond
Dismounted

Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has been taken down

a group of plywood cut-out figures representing protestors
Another Kind of PPP

Five protest plywood-repurposing public art installations are now on view across New York City

exterior rendering of a history center with a cantilevered roof in tulsa
Up From the Ashes

A new history center in Tulsa’s Greenwood district recounts a grievous past while spurring future change

A statue of robert e. lee in charlottesville in 2006.
Good Riddance

Charlottesville’s Confederate memorials can come down, Virginia supreme court rules

Protestors massed in front of a school-to-loft conversion
What We Talk About When We Talk About Architecture

Op-ed: Architecture critics have a duty to interrogate inequality in the built environment

Interior of an abandoned prison. New AIA regs prohibit such a design
Better Late Than Never

The AIA updates its code of ethics, prohibits members from designing torture or execution chambers

Rendering of translucent buildings with figures sitting-in inside for the Black Reconstruction Collective
Reconstructing Architecture

The Black Reconstruction Collective works to dismantle systemic racism within art, design, and academia

Screenshot of the 2020 noma conference
Spatial Shifts

The 2020 NOMA conference grappled with a rapidly changing world

Women assembled on the steps of lincoln center marching for diversity
Office Improvements

Op-ed: More than a PR campaign—diversity and inclusion through action

a confederate monument in virgina, which would be moved under the monuments project
A More Just Public Square

Mellon Foundation pledges $250 million to help reshape American monuments

Society’s cage, a monument in front of the washington monument
Gone Too Soon

Society’s Cage is an architectural comment on systemic racism on the Washington Mall

empty statue base in a chicago park with a face sticking out
Winds of Change

Chicago will form committee tasked with reviewing ‘problematic’ statues and monuments

A confederate monument being removed
Mass Produced, Mass Removal

Op-Ed: A Confederate monument graveyard is within our grasp

The RISD art museum
One of Many...

Rhode Island School of Design releases open letter promising social equity action

Photo of a protestor in Detroit
Supporting Black Lives

Op-Ed: How can architects promote Black liberation while designing police stations?

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