To whom much is given, much is expected

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To whom much is given, much is expected
Enriching the Ground We Walk On NOMA SciArc WLC
AC Community Gardens of South Los Angeles Local
Youth from the Watts Community
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NOMA Mission Statement
NOMAs mission is to champion diversity within
the design professions by promoting the
excellence, community engagement and professional
development of its membership
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NOMA 2009 Strategic Partnerships Connecting
the Dots
Project Pipeline
College Cultural Evolution
NOMA in New Orleans
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Strategic Partnerships Connecting the Dots
Project Pipeline
Purpose to cultivate the next generation of
architects-of-color by interventions in middle
schools high schools.
AIA (National Components)
American Architectural Foundation
Architecture for Humanity
Local School Districts NOMA Summer Architecture
Camp
National Endowment for the Arts
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Strategic Partnerships Connecting the Dots
College Cultural Evolution
Purpose to help architecture schools create an
environment that respects, nurtures and values
students with diverse cultural backgrounds.
NAAB
AIAS
NOMAS
University Faculty Administrations
Syracuse UniversityM.I.T.Harvard GSDCarnegie
Mellon UniversityUniversity of
PennsylvaniaUniversity of CincinnatiTulane
University
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Strategic Partnerships Connecting the Dots
NOMA in New Orleans
Purpose to serve as a familiar face in
delivering resources to residents in need of
rebuilding after Katrina and Rita.
AIA (National Components)
American Architectural Foundation
Architecture for Humanity
The BASIC Initiative
Neighborhood Housing Services of N.O.
The 1 Solution
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Keys to BuildingStrategic Partnerships
Get to Know Your Partner First
Establish why Partnership Makes Sense (ie the
whole is greater than the sum of its parts)
Mutual Understanding and Acknowledge-ment of each
Partners Value
Partners Show Each Other Respect
Focus on Principle, Not Position
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Who Will Tell THE STORY?

• The Black Architects Epic Journey Toward Equal
  Opportunity

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Discovering THE STORY
My awareness of the black architects struggle to
attain equal opportunity began early, as I
witnessed my own fathers unyielding drive to
practice successfully on his own terms

• Attended NY Tech from 1948 50
• Fought in Korean War from 1951 53
• Attended Howard University School of
  Architecture, Graduation 1959
• Employed in various majority-owned firms from
  1959 1972
• Began moonlighting side jobs
• Founded LST (Lewis/Strawder/Turner) Design
  Collaborative in 1972
• Established the Lewis-Turner Partnership in 1975
• Began Roger C. Lewis Associates in 1982

Roger C. Lewis, Architect
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Sharing THE collective STORY
Why my story is like your story? At a basic
level, we all have experienced the pain
associated with being denied respect and
recognition, or seeing our deeds and
accomplishments misrepresented.

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Sharing THE collective STORY
Why my story is like your story? At a basic
level, we all have experienced the pain
associated with being denied respect and
recognition, or seeing our deeds and
accomplishments misrepresented.

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Appending THE STORY
We have entered a period in America in which
DIVERSITY will redefine our capacity and
capability for greatness. Our discourse and
debate, and consequently, our architecture will
be richer as a result of a multiplicity of
thoughts, ideas and points of reference all
given equal value and respect.
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Appending THE STORY
Why DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVENESS REPRESENTATION are
so important to how the story is told? Justice
and Fairness credit should be given where credit
is due individuals, families and communities
need affirmation of cultural identity in order to
command respect, build value and contribute
equally to a vision for the future. A diversity
of Ideas about design, practice, service and
leadership will make the profession richer and
stronger. By expanding the concept of how
cultural identity can be expressed through
architecture and design, we will enhance our
relevance to greater society.
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THE STORY
The contributions of blacks to design,
architecture, building technology and
construction is immeasurable, not simply due to
the incalculable volume of work done, or the feat
of overcoming massive obstacles to success
presented by society and the profession, but
sadly also due to the obscurity that has, until
very recently, cloaked the achievements of blacks
in architecture, rendering them largely
invisible.
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Looking BackTuskegee Institute

• Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856
  November 14, 1915) was an American educator,
  orator, author and leader of the African-American
  community. He was freed from slavery as a child,
  gained an education, and as a young man was
  appointed to lead Tuskegee Institute, then a
  teachers' college for blacks. From this position,
  he rose into a nationally prominent role as
  spokesman and leader for African Americans. He
  was successful in building relationships with
  major philanthropists to contribute to education
  at Tuskegee and for public schools for black
  children in the South, as well as to donate to
  legal challenges to segregation and
  disfranchisement. From 1895-1915 he was the most
  powerful African-American man in the nation

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Tuskegee Institute

• The buildings were constructed by students, many
  of whom earned all or part of their expenses. The
  school was a living example of Washington's
  dedication to the pursuit of self-reliance. In
  addition to training teachers, one of his great
  concerns was to teach the practical skills needed
  to succeed at farming or other trades. Washington
  had his students do not only agricultural and
  domestic work, but also erect buildings. This was
  done in order to teach his students to see labor
  not only as practical, but also as beautiful and
  dignified.

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Tuskegee Institute

• Robert R. Taylor was born on June 8, 1868 in
  Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1888 he attended
  the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While
  enrolled at MIT, Taylor was approached by Booker
  T. Washington, who proposed that Taylor sign-on
  to develop the industrial program at Tuskegee,
  with oversight of the planning and construction
  of new buildings for the campus.
• Taylors first building on the Tuskegee campus
  was the Science Hall (Thrasher Hall) completed in
  1893. The new Science Hall was constructed
  entirely by students, using bricks made also by
  students under Taylor's supervision. A number of
  other buildings followed including the original
  Tuskegee Chapel, erected between 1895 and 1898.
  After the Chapel came The Oaks, built in 1899,
  home of the Tuskegee University president. To
  develop a sound curriculum at Tuskegee, both
  Washington and Taylor looked to MIT as a model.
  Taylor's own admiration for MIT as a model for
  Tuskegee's development was conveyed in a speech
  that he delivered at MIT in 1911.

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THE STORY Continues
Todays architecture students are leading a
movement to redefine the professions value
system to insure greater social relevance, equity
and service. Their willingness to take action
beyond rhetoric bodes well for the future
The academy is facilitating discussions on race
architecture at an increasing rate.
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We Are THE STORY
THE THINGS WE ASPIRE TO Diversity Excellence Vis
ibility Service Value
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We Are THE STORY
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We Are THE STORY
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We Are THE STORY
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HAMILTON ANDERSON ASSOCIATES
RAINY HAMILTON, JR., AIA, NOMA
DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS
MGM GRAND, DETROIT
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALL
SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE CENTER, DETROIT
DETROIT INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GATEWAY
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MOODY NOLAN, INC.
CURTIS J. MOODY, FAIA, NOMA
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
OFFICE BUILDING
OHIO DOMINCAN UNIVERSITY
ITHACA COLLEGE
LIBRARY
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
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RL
SHAWN RICKENBACKER
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENCE
VIRGINIA KEY BEACH COMPETITION
INNER CITY CHARTER SCHOOL
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THE FREELON GROUP
PHIL FREELON, FAIA, NOMA
FREELON GROUP OFFICES
R D FACILITY
RALIEGH DURHAM AIRPORT PARKING STRUCTURE
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, SAN FRANCISCO
HARVEY GANTT AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER,
CHARLOTTE
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A2s04
SANFORD GARNER, AIA, NOMA
A2s04 OFFICES
ABU DABI OFFICE COMPLEX (w/Arquitectonica)
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RAW INTERNATIONAL
ROLAND WILEY, AIA, NOMA STEVEN LOTT, NOMA
MOTOWN RECORDS
LITTLE AVIATORS CHILD CARE CENTER
HOTEL LOBBY, SHANGHI
COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH LIBRARY
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JACK TRAVIS FAIA ARCHITECT
JACK TRAVIS, FAIA NOMAC
AC/DC Afri-Culture/Design Culture
JACK TRAVIS FAIA ARCHITECT 416 E.
176TH STREET FLOOR 2 BRONX, NEW YORK
10457 WWW.jacktravis.com
jack_at_jacktravis.com
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BAM ARCHITECTS
BURT PINNOCK, AIA, NOMA
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DEVROUAX PURNELL
PAUL DEVROUAX, FAIA, NOMA MARSHALL PURNELL, FAIA,
NOMA
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PERKINS WILL
ALLISON WILLIAMS, FAIA, NOMA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
PITTSBURGH AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
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CPD WORKSHOP
MAURICE COX
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DAVIS BRODY BOND
J. MAX BOND, FAIA, NOMA
CHILDRENS ZONE, HARLEM, NY
UNIVERSITY CLUB, NYU
DUICEF BUILDING, DILLARD UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS,
LA
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HUFF GOODEN
RAY HUFF, AIA, NOMA MARIO GOODEN, NOMA
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SELF TUCKER ARCHITECTS Juan Self, AIA Jimmie
Tucker, NOMA/AIA
BOLTON HIGH SCHOOL
STAX MUSEUM AND ACADEMY
NCRM EXPANSION
MEMPHIS AIRPORT ROTUNDA
ST. ANDREW AME CHURCH
MEMPHIS INTL AIRPORT PARKING EXPANSION
MEMPHIS VISITORS CENTER
FED EX FORUM
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STULL LEE
DON STULL, FAIA, NOMA DAVID LEE, FAIA, NOMA
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STANLEY LOVE-STANLEY
WILLIAM J. STANLEY, III, NOMAC, FAIA IVENUE
LOVE-STANLEY, FAIA
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HTD STUDIO
HOWARD DUFFY
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MICHAEL MARSHALL ARCHITECTURE
MICHAEL MARSHALL, AIA, NOMA
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CAPLES JEFFERSON
SARA CAPLES, NOMA, AIA EVERARDO JEFFERSON,
NOMA. AIA
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SHEPLEY BULFINCH
RALPH JACKSON, FAIA, NOMA
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH
BUILDING
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Who Will Tell the Story?

• 221 Female
• 1437 Male
• 1658 Total Licensed Black Architects
• Data as of June 2009

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Who Will Tell the Story?

• Bibliography
• African-American Architects in Current Practice,
  by Jack Travis
• The Crisis of the African-American Architect
  Conflicting Cultures of Architecture and (Black)
  Power, by Melvin L. Mitchell
• Structural Inequality Black Architects in the
  United States, by Victoria Kaplan
• The Aesthetics of Equity Notes on Race, Space,
  Architecture, and Music, by Craig L. Wilkins
• Black Diaspora Architects in the 21st Century -
  8/26/2008 112915 AM a Lecture presented by
  Carolyn Armenta Davis
• The impact of African American architects on the
  cityscape of the nation's capital, by Charles I
  Cassell
• The professional status of African American
  architects, by Bradford C. Grant
• African American Architects A Biographical
  Dictionary, 1865-1945, by Dreck Spurlock Wilson

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