Margin and Text

Amplifying Diverse Voices in Architecture
A broad range of diverse voices in architecture discuss issues of equity, access, and social justice embedded in and related to the built environment.

A broad range of diverse voices in architecture discuss issues of equity, access, and social justice embedded in and related to the built environment.

Margin and Text is a collection of essays, interviews, and personal stories, as well as historical and current writings and lectures, contributed by BIPOC and female practitioners and educators in architecture. Each piece offers reflections on architecture’s troubled past, commentary on its fluid present, and visions of possible futures, all set amid today’s context of broad social activism, divisive politics, and the devastating toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Edited by architecture educators Betsy West, Kelly Carlson-Reddig, and José L.S. Gámez, Margin and Text draws together contributors who are widely diverse in gender, ethnicity, age, religion, culture, point of view, and the nature of their work. Each chapter features an introduction by one of the editors, followed by essays from names in the field that include:

• Meejin Yoon (Höweler+Yoon) on the multicultural aspirations of architecture
• Chris Cornelius (University of New Mexico) on indigenous place and space
• Jack Travis (Jack Travis Architect) on a Black aesthetic
• Aneesha Dharwadker (University of Illinois) on America's architectural diaspora 
• Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman (Estudio Teddy Cruz+Fonna Forman) on the Mexico border
• And more

 
Accessible, compelling, and thought-provoking, these pieces are combined with personal snapshots, individual projects, and an overview of benchmark events such as Whitney M. Young’s historic 1968 keynote address at the AIA National Convention, the Pritzker Prize petition for Denise Scott Brown, the Alcatraz Proclamation of 1969, and the #NotMyAIA response to AIA’s pledge to work with Donald Trump following the 2016 election.

Richly illustrated with more than 100 photographs throughout, this timely volume offers unique perspectives on systemic racism in the architecture and design space, making it an invaluable resource for architecture students, academics, and professionals.

Contributor: Betsy West (Edited by), Kelly Carlson Reddig (Edited by), Jose L.S. Gamez (Edited by)

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