Searchable History of African American Architecture Website
Searchable History of African American Architecture Website
Academic Year:
2012 - 2013 (June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013)
Funding Requested:
$1,975.00
Project Dates:
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Applicant(s):
Overview of the Project:
This project will address the conspicuous lack of representation of people of color in the history and discourse of architecture. To date, there have been less than two-dozen books written by and/or about practitioners of color, only one African-American architectural critic to have written for a major metropolitan newspaper and zero editorial positions at the major architectural publications; this, for a history in a field that dates back to the 17th century. In collaboration with other interested faculty, this project endeavors to establish an interactive wiki-type database for the identification, collection, categorizing and distribution of material related to the study and practice or architects of color in the United States dating from the 1600s to present as part of an ongoing effort to situate such work within the historical timeline of architecture and the American society.