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Building a Legacy: John Chase

posted Apr 28, 2008 by mannda

See http://www.utexas.edu/features/2008/chase/ for a story on John Chase's life and career.

Steve Lewis

posted Feb 11, 2008 by mannda

See the Feb. 8, 2008 AIArchitect story on the incoming NOMA President; http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0208/0208dp.cfm


Current Statistics

posted Nov 21, 2007 by mannda

Overall Totals of Where (at least one) Professional Degree Was Granted

HBCUs* 573 34.3% MAJORITY SCHOOLS only 968 59.6% NO DEGREE (or Assoc. degree) 54 3.3% INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Only 22 1.4% UNKNOWN 6 0.4%

TOTAL Number Licensed 1623

Male 1414 87.1 % Female 209 12.9 %

  • We included North Carolina A&T, Tennessee State, Central State, and Lincoln University in these totals.


Interesting Web Site

posted Aug 1, 2007 by mannda

A student of ours at Cincinnati came upon this excellent reference web site. Have a look.

http://arch-n-black.blogspot.com/

Sweet Auburn Avenue

posted Jun 3, 2007 by mannda

The following article in Sunday June 3 NY Times discusses the revival of the Sweet Auburn Avenue neighborhood of Atlanta. J.W. Robinson, architect and principal of J.W. Robinson & Associates is featured in an interview.

SEE http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/business/yourmoney/03natreal.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Statistic Update

posted Apr 24, 2007 by mannda

Overall Totals of Where Professional Degrees were Granted

HBCUs* 556 34.9% MAJORITY SCHOOLS only 956 60.1% NO DEGREE (or Assoc. degree) 54 3.4% INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Only 21 1.3% UNKNOWN 6 0.4%

TOTAL Number Licensed 1593

Male 1390 87.2 % Female 203 12.8 %


African American Women

posted Mar 30, 2007 by mannda

The March issue of ARCHITECT Magazine has an excellent article on the increase in the number of African American women in the profession of architecture. Raye McDavid, a young New York architect, is featured on the cover of the magazine. The link is

http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=456447

June Grant and Zevilla Jackson Preston

posted Mar 16, 2007 by mannda

In an AIArchitect article entitled "Young African American Women Architects Sharpen Ties to their Communities" Author Stephen Kliment interviews June Grant and Zevilla Jackson Preston. The link is http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek07/0223/0223rc_face.pdf

Fact

posted Mar 8, 2007 by mannda

At least 190 of the 1286 (12%) architects listed on our web site were born outside of the USA with a large majority from Nigeria.