by Katherine Williams | Mar 14, 2016 | African American Architects, Women architects
Last summer, I got this crazy idea that I could gather a room full of black women architects to network and just meet each other. The idea was cemented in my mind after a conversation with a local colleague. I started out with a list of 25 women. I asked them to send...
by Katherine Williams | Jan 6, 2016 | African American Architects, Women architects
Flickr photo by Christine H It started with coffee… …and Rosa Sheng’s Missing 32 percent’s EQxD blog series. A few months ago, I wrote a guest blog for the Missing 32 percent’s about bias and prejudice and if it should limit your dreams....
by Katherine Williams | Jan 4, 2016 | African American Architects, Women architects
Flickr photo by www.gotcredit.com Connecting with black women architectsSince I moved to the DMV area in early 2014, I have been thinking about having a get together for Black women architects. Earlier this summer, I was part of a blog series initiated by Equity in...
by Katherine Williams | Apr 21, 2015 | African American Architects, Women architects
I expanded my blog post about the number of African-American architects licensed last year to be published in the latest edition of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Young Architects Forum (YAF) CONNECTION magazine. Check out the whole magazine for articles...
by Katherine Williams | Mar 1, 2015 | AAArchs Statistics, African American Architects, Women architects
At the end of 2014, there were approximately 1955 architects in the Directory of African American Architects.** For the year, 23 African American architects reported as newly licensed. Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Men 37 33 22 20 15 Women 19 11 12 13 8 Total 56 44 34...
by Katherine Williams | Nov 12, 2014 | African American Architects, Community Design
As in years past, one of my big projects this year was editing the magazine publications for the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). The Spring issue recapped the annual national conference in Indianapolis of Fall 2013, including the award winners and...