Who are the the emerging champions of social change in architecture? We asked Teddy Cruz, Peggy Deamer, Raphael Sperry, Susana Torre, John Cary, Beverly Willis, FAIA, Michael Murphy, Rosa Sheng, FAIA, and other established architectural activists to help us identify and celebrate the next generation of leaders. Here are their stories.
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Bryan Lee Jr. and Sue Mobley, Colloqate Design
“The goal is to establish a system of memory that explores histories that haven’t been part of the main narrative.”
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Liz Ogbu, Studio O
“In most of my projects, it’s the wrong problem outlined in the brief. You can only right-fit it by talking to people.”
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Julia Murphy, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
“We are talking about cultural change and the pace of that is often quite slow. There are certain conversations that we have to revisit often in order to keep goals in sight."
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Jeffrey Mansfield, MASS Design Group
“You might say that through architecture, I began to understand my own deafness in a broader cultural context, and started to see my own identity as a culturally deaf person as a form of cultural resistance.”
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Deanna Van Buren and Kyle Rawlins, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
“Their work challenges the racism of mass incarceration head-on.”
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Chelina Odbert and Jennifer Toy, Kounkuey Design Initiative
“As much as we love design and love its power, design alone is not enough.”
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Tiffany Brown, Urban Arts Collective
“I want to give everything I have learned to girls who are walking my path. I want to make sure they know it’s up to them to advocate for our communities.”
Other stories in the 1968 feature section:
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Bryan Lee Jr. and Sue Mobley, Colloqate Design
“The goal is to establish a system of memory that explores histories that haven’t been part of the main narrative.”
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Liz Ogbu, Studio O
“In most of my projects, it’s the wrong problem outlined in the brief. You can only right-fit it by talking to people.”
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Julia Murphy, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
“We are talking about cultural change and the pace of that is often quite slow. There are certain conversations that we have to revisit often in order to keep goals in sight."
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Jeffrey Mansfield, MASS Design Group
“You might say that through architecture, I began to understand my own deafness in a broader cultural context, and started to see my own identity as a culturally deaf person as a form of cultural resistance.”
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Deanna Van Buren and Kyle Rawlins, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
“Their work challenges the racism of mass incarceration head-on.”
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Chelina Odbert and Jennifer Toy, Kounkuey Design Initiative
“As much as we love design and love its power, design alone is not enough.”
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Tiffany Brown, Urban Arts Collective
“I want to give everything I have learned to girls who are walking my path. I want to make sure they know it’s up to them to advocate for our communities.”