What is #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days?

In 2014, Drafting Dreams Founder, Christian J. Hughes, had a conversation with a colleague about the presence of African Americans in the profession of architecture. This colleague, who was also African American, challenged Christian to name five African American Architects. Given Christian's origins of Detroit, Michigan, a city that was 88% African American in his youth, as well as his attendance at Hampton University, a Historically Black University, this was an easy task for Christian. However, his colleague, a Carnegie Mellon University graduate, could not name five. From this conversation, #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days was born.

The aforementioned conversation shed light on the importance of persons of all ethnic backgrounds learning about the accomplishments of African American Architects, both past and present. This work is crucial, as African Americans comprise 1% of the profession of architecture.

The #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days Series is a yearly series that highlights African American Architects daily during African American History Month. The first series was launched in February of 2015.

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Our Founder, Christian J. Hughes, has compiled our highlighted architects into a book! Each Series highlights 28 Black Architects.

The goal is to distribute the book online and in book stores, schools and institutions of higher learning to spread awareness of the contributions of Black Architects. It is additionally important that this book serve as a resource for aspiring architects who are African American to draw inspiration from their predecessors as they matriculate through their careers!

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Read our Founder's article on this series as published by the American Institute of Architects in 2015: The Unbeaten Path

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Today’s #BlackArchitect is William Hart, Founder and President of Hart Development and Founder and Former Principal of Carleton Hart Architecture, PC, in Portland, Oregon!. Hart received the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Studies from Dartmouth Col
Today’s #BlackArchitect is Lynn-Margaret Pace, who is a Founding Partner and Principal at Ponder & Ponder Architects in Norcross, GA! Lynn received the Bachelor of Science, Architecture in 1985 from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlan
Our first #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsin28Days Series is Julian Francis Abele! He received what is now known as the B.Arch [Bachelor of Architecture] from The University of Pennsylvania in 1902, making him the First African American grad
It's Black History Month and we're back for Series 8 of #28BlackArchitectsin28Days! Stay tuned and follow us to learn about one Black Architect Daily! . #Black #Architect #BlackHistory #BlackArchitects
Today’s #BlackArchitect is April C. Drake, AIA, LEED AP ID+C! . April is a 2004 graduate of Hampton University, where she received the B.Arch (Bachelor of Architecture) Degree. She is a native of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. April Drake is
Our first #BlackArchitect of the day is Isaac Menyoli, AIA, NCARB, LEED! He is a Founder and President of M&E Architects + Engineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. . In 1995, Isaac graduated from West Virginia University Institute of Technology with th
Our first #BlackArchitect of the day is Diane Davis-Sikora, who is an Associate Professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University! She has held this position since 1997. . Diane received the B. Arch (Bachelor
There are 2,378 Black Architects in our country. . Some of you have worked in offices with that many or more people. . Some of have lived in dorms or apartment complexes with that many people or more. . Some of you been to conferences with that many
Today, we start off with a letter from WEB Dubois to yesterday's #BlackArchitect Albert Cassell, dated for December 9, 1930, imploring Cassell to share his experiences to young, up-and-coming Black Architects, which reads as follows: . “My Dear
Our first #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days series is Albert Irving Cassell! Cassell was born in Towson, Maryland on June 25, 1895.  He received the B. Arch (Bachelor of Architecture) Degree from Cornell University in 1919. He w
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!! . We're back with our annual #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days Series, thus making it our 7th one!! Sit back, and enjoy the knowledge!
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Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20AndOdd Series is Romulus C. Archer Jr. (March 11, 1890, Norfolk, VA – November 29, 1968). He is credited with designing Virginia University of Lynchburg (originally Lynchburg Bapti
Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20andOdd series is DONNA D. CARTER, FAIA is President of CARTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES, an architectural, planning and restoration firm in Austin, Texas.  Her practice is focused on projec
Our first #BlackArchitect of the day of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20andOdd Series is, Burt Pinnock, FAIA! Burt is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) . A Principal with Baskervill, Burt Pinnock has been a profound voice f
Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20AndOdd Series is Annette Fisher! She was the first black woman to be elected a member of the RIBA Council (Royal Institute of British Architects) in 1999. A year later she became the org
Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20AndOdd series is MICHAEL ANDERSON, Founder CEO & PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE OF DESIGN of BASE Architects! BASE is used as an acronym for Buildings Architecture Streets Engineering. . One of
Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20andOdd Series is Zena Howard, FAIA  Principal and Managing Director at Perkins+Will / North Carolina Practice! . Zena Howard is a Principal and Managing Director of the North Caroli
Today's #BlackArchitect of the #28BlackArchitectsIn28Days #The20andOdd Series is Oel Scott! @oelscott . Oel is a registered Architect from New Orleans, LA. Oel received his Masters of Architecture Degree from Hampton University (2015). While attendin
If you LOVE our posts, get ready for OUR BOOK! Pre-order yours today by visiting http://draftingdreams.org/28blackarchitects (link in bio) for $15.99! . Our founder, Christian J. Hughes @thearchitectscale has compiled our first series into a book so

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