Black Women in Architecture Network
for and by Black women in architecture.
Scholarship Supports Architecture Exam Takers
WASHINGTON, DC. (February 22, 2021)—For the fourth year, The Desiree V. Cooper (DVC) Memorial Scholarship Foundation will award outstanding candidates a scholarship toward the cost of their expenses for the Architecture Registration Exam (ARE). The year with increased financial support the committee increased the amount and number of awards.
Read about the winners here
Read the Press release 2021 DVC Memorial Scholarship winners Press Release.
Black women in architecture gathered for Sixth Annual Event in Washington DC
Washington, DC – On October 18, 2020, over 100 black women and other architecture professionals gathered for what has become an annual networking event. The event was virtual this year with women attending from across the country.
Organized by a team of volunteers, this annual event is an opportunity for black women to gather and network with each other to foster working relationships, build future partnerships and support each other. In the profession, black women make-up only 0.4% (497) of the over 116,000 licensed architects in the United States. The event serves to connect women who could easily be working in environments where they rarely see another black woman.
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Riding the Vortex was presented at the 2020 NOMA conference. Hosted by the San Francisco NOMA chapter, the conference was scheduled to be held in Oakland, CA. The event was transformed to a virtual gathering because of COVID.
2019 BWA Brunch attendees Photo by Harry Connolly
Number of Living, licensed African-American Women Architects Tops 500
Washington, DC – On October 18, 2020, the Directory of African American Architects (blackarchitect.us) added its 500th living, licensed African-American woman architect. African-American women make-up only 0.4% of the over 116,000 licensed architects in the United States.
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) relaunched the directory in 2020 and manages the database, a responsibility formerly performed by the Center for the Study of Practice at the University of Cincinnati since its inception. The directory was originally published as a book by professors Brad Grant and Dennis Mann in 1991.
The milestone was marked by the Black Women in Architecture Network which held its annual brunch on the same day. The virtual event provided a venue for over 100 Black women and others to celebrate and encourage participants to continue the collaborative effort to increase the number.
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Riding the Vortex was presented September 23 at NTA 20/20, the annual national conference of the National Technical Association.
Moderated by Katherine Williams
Panelists: Kathryn Prigmore, Katherine Williams, Melissa Daniel, Devanne Pena
Learn more about NTA, a 90-year ord organization founded by Black, architects, engineers, and technical professionals. Mission: “to diversify the practitioners of science by providing programs to encourage under-represented minority students in middle school, high school, and college, to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.”
Registration is now open for the
2020 Black Women in Architecture Brunch.
Visit event website for details.
NAACP CESBS – Black Women in Architecture: Riding the Vortex Presentation
August 12, 8 pm EST
For many CESBS (Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector) Initiative members, a number has remained lodged in our minds from the Launch Summit in August 2018:
0.4%
That is the percentage of architects who are Black women. There are nearly 500 licensed Black women architects in the entire country.
You are invited to an incredibly unique storytelling presentation consisting of a panel of women, exclusively Black, in architecture, sharing their experience in the industry and offering a place for other people to share their stories, connect, and have discussions.
Five speakers to offer their remarks to the NAACP CESBS Initiative.
What are your questions for these Black women architects?
Please share them here so we can help shape their talks and our time together to reflect this community!
This was a Zoom Meeting. Recording will be posted when available.
Speakers
Melissa Daniel, Assoc AIA, NOMA
Katherine Williams, NOMA, AIA, LEED AP
Kathy Dixon, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP+, NCARB, CDT
Kathryn (Tyler) Prigmore,FAIA, NOMAC, NCARB, CDT, LEED AP BD+C
Roberta Washington, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP BD+C
Black Women in Architecture & Design
Lifting As W Design: How to Start a Successful Design Practice
Saturday, July 18, 2020, Black Women in Architecture & Design hosted a panel discussion with Black women architecture firm owners. The discussion was the impetus of a desire by Black women to get advice on starting an architecture firm. The lively discussion was attended by nearly 60 attendees of diverse backgrounds. The panel answered scheduled questions and also took audience questions.
Event Host: Mashawnta Armstrong-Boykin
Moderator: Katherine Williams
Panelists: Chandra Moore, Nakita Reed, Saundra Little, and Kathy Dixon
Resources mentioned in the presentation:
Download the CHAT TRANSCRIPT.
Walt Disney Imagineering Announces
Barbara Hammond Bouza, FAIA, NOMA, as President, Business Operations, Design & Delivery
Announcement
LinkedIn post from Robert Weis, President, Walt Disney Imagineering
RAAS Architects-Bement Teklemariam
Domus
“Built projects …. All have the aim of being innovative while using local knowledge, and being sensitive toward the context and landscape that hosts and generates them.
Highly aware of the strong social component of her trade and position, Shawl has been using Raas Architects as an open platform to encourage young female architects working in a male-dominated industry and culture.”