STEM – Architects
Berkley Square Housing Project, Las Vegas (1953-)
The Berkley Square Housing Project, opened in 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada, was a historically significant project for African Americans...
Princess Fifi Ejindu (1962- )
Offiong Ekanem Ejindu is a Nigerian architect, philanthropist, and businesswoman born in Ibadan, Nigeria in June 1962 to Professor Sylvester...
Diébédo Francis Kéré (1965- )
Diébédo Francis Kéré is a Burkinabe architect internationally known for his innovative, often sustainable, and collaborative work. He is the...
Clarence Wesley Wigington (1883-1967)
Clarence Wesley Wigington, architect, was born April 21, 1883 in Lawrence, Kansas to Wesley Wigington and Jennie Mary Roberts. He...
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...
Robert Robinson Taylor (1868-1942)
Architect and educator Robert Robinson Taylor was the first African American to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). ...
Beverly Loraine Greene (1915-1957)
Beverly Loraine Greene, believed to be the first African American woman architect in the United States, was born in Chicago,...
Raymond Merriwether (1924-2011)
Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas...
Paul R. Williams (1894-1980)
Paul R. Williams was one of the most well-known 20th Century African American architects. Early in his career, Williams designed...
