Occupation-Architect
Philip Goodwin Freelon (1952-2019)
Philip Freelon is a prominent architect best known for his design of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History...
James H. Garrott (1897-1991)
James Homer Garrott was an African American modernist architect. He was pivotal in the creation of many historic buildings in the...
David Frank Adjaye (1966- )
Image Ownership: Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Internationally acclaimed British-based architect David Adjaye was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,...
Norma Merrick Sklarek (1928-2012)
Norma Merrick Sklarek, a pioneer in the field of architecture, was the first registered black female architect in New York....
Robert Rochon Taylor (1899-1957)
Robert Rochon Taylor was an architect and early housing activist in Chicago, Illinois, who became Chairman of the Chicago Housing...
J. Max Bond, Jr. (1935-2009)
J. Max Bond, Jr. was a prominent African American architect. He was born in 1935 into a prominent intellectual family...
Harvey Bernard Gantt (1943- )
Harvey B. Gantt, architect and politician, was born January 14, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina to Christopher and Wilhelmenia Gantt. ...
Albert I. Cassell (1895-1969)
Albert Irving Cassell, a prominent African American architect, planner, engineer, educator, and entrepreneur, was born on June 25, 1895, in...
Vertner Woodson Tandy (1885-1949)
Vertner Woodson Tandy, one of seven founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, was born on May 17, 1885, in...
