The Directory of African American Architects

Apr 9, 2014 Sharon Sutton, FAIA with receive the Seattle AIA Medal of honor and Rico Quirindongo with receive the Seattle AIA Young Architects Award. Read about it: http://www.aiaseattle.org/2014honors

Feb 28, 2014 We are delighted to congratulate the new 2014 AIA Awardees. First, elevated to FAIA are Gabrielle A. Bullock (CA), Anthony C. Floyd (AZ), Vergel Lee Gay (TX), Robert Arthur King (NY), and Thierry Paret (NV). This year's Whitney M. Young, Jr. recipient is Ivenue Love-Stanley (GA). One of the Young Architect's Awardees is Karen E. Williams (FL). We are honored to have included them all in the Directory.

Jan 21, 2014 We were recently informed of the passing of Professor Victor A. Adegbite of Howard University. Professor Adegbite passed on 10 January. Services on 25 January, details pending. Victor served as chair, Department of City Planning and Associate Dean, School of Architecture and Planning. Our condolences are extended to the family.

Oct 17, 2013 See Obituary for ARTHUR G. SAUNDERS, Cleveland architect; http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2012/01/post_50.html

Jan 21, 2007 We are proud to announce that THE DIRECTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ARCHITECTS has received a 2007 AIA Award for Collaborative Achievement. The Directory of African American Architects, established in 1991 by two faculty, Professor Bradford Grant, chair of Architecture at Hampton University, and Dennis Mann, Professor of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati, have garnered an Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement for its success in advancing “the visibility, representation, and contributions of African-American architects,” in the words of its founding collaborators. The directory lists more than 1,500 African-American architects who practice in the private and public sectors, teach in higher education, or work outside the profession and still maintain licensure. The listing, with its series of highlight studies, continues to expand and now includes a Web site [http://blackarch.uc.edu] and a comparable listing of landscape architects. Noting the directory’s immediate usefulness, J. Max Bond Jr., FAIA, writes in support of the nomination: “The Directory’s existence helped give a presence to African-American architects. It helped people contact each other and thus helped to reinforce the creation of a community of Architects.”