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exterior of the Brownsville Heritage House where BlackSpace recently renovated the reading room
A Pedagogical Approach to Planning

BlackSpace discusses its work on the Brownsville Heritage House Reading Room and its initiatives centering community-based change

A volunteer for Poetic Justice, an artists collective, plants a tree in St. Louis. for the project Black Forest
“A Dynamic Sonic Portrait”

Black Forest by Poetic Justice aims to plant 40,000 trees and collect 40,000 stories across the U.S. as a memorial for Black life

archival black and white image of Charles E. Fleming
1937–2024

Charles Fleming, a trailblazing modern architect from St. Louis, dies at 86

Unmonument is a black steel industrial lift
Exquisite Corpse

Unmonument by Black Reconstruction Collective refuses “the traditional idea of monuments” to inspire collaborative action

home and studio of Robert T. Coles
A Continuing Legacy

Houses, churches, cemeteries, and other sites centering African American histories receive $3 million in funding for preservation projects

Pascale Sablan portrait
People, Projects & Changing the World

Pascale Sablan, CEO of Adjaye Associates’s New York office, opens up about her work and the current state of the practice

pavilion by Jerome Haferd with a stage in the center
Ascendant

Aleia, a new pavilion by Jerome Haferd Studio, opens in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park

rendering of African American Memorial in Texas
Set in Stone

This Juneteenth, the African American Memorial by Hines A+D breaks ground in Texas

Large art piece by Theaster Gates that reads We Will Save Ourselves
The Gift and The Renege

A new Theaster Gates solo exhibition in Texas explores Houston’s Freedmen’s Town

The Power of Words

Moody Nolan’s Program & Athletics Center at the Obama Presidential Center is breaking ground in Chicago

Reclaiming Narrative

Oakland’s new Black Panther Party Museum memorializes Dr. Huey P. Newton, and the Panthers more broadly

Mapping Truth

Jerald Cooper is honored with 2023’s Julius Shulman Institute Excellence in Photography Award

Black Legacy

The Cultural Landscape Foundation highlights African American history in a new digital guide

Black Form

Black Reconstruction Collective discusses UNMONUMENT CHICAGO: After Work, the group’s contribution to the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Change Agents

AEC Unites is a new organization seeking to dismantle systemic racism in architecture, engineering, and construction

Portland Programs

The National Organization for Minority Architects conference kicks off this week in Portland, Oregon

Collective Support

Approaches to a more inclusive profession post-affirmative action

On-view Offerings

Four immersive exhibitions to check out before fall rolls in

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