by Katherine Williams | Oct 15, 2012 | African American Architects, Community Design, Women architects
Woman at party says “I have seen your work.” I think jokingly “am I famous? are the paparazzi hunting me down?” At that party [tonight 9/24/2010] a few years ago, I was reminded of how small the circle of black women architects is. I was...
by Katherine Williams | Sep 26, 2012 | African American Architects, Community Design, Women architects
Last week in a Richmond newspaper, Style Weekly, an article was written about developers building apartments with no windows. I was shocked as I was reading that this is now becoming practice in the city. When the number of units in a building that is needed to make...
by Katherine Williams | Aug 28, 2012 | community, Community Design
It is a great thing to see a community come together to support those who can’t do for the themselves. One of the great examples of this is Seattle’s Urban Rest Stop. The idea came about in 1990 after a survey found that Seattle had almost no public rest...
by Katherine Williams | Jun 29, 2012 | Community Design
The vehicle that got me out to San Francisco and knee deep in community design, the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship, has just opened the new round for applications in Asheville, NC, New Mexico, Los Angeles and MIssissippi. Get details on the Rose Fellowship...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 16, 2011 | community, Community Design, Dinner series
Tea Kung Fu Photo by Michael CamilleriAfter dinner, a cup of tea or coffee is always welcome. Consider this my after dinner post to wrap up this edition of the dinner series. For the last couple of weeks, I have been writing about food and community, particularly...
by Katherine Williams | Dec 4, 2010 | Community Design
Photo by Shannon EckI had the pleasure of stumbling onto a new radio show, The Promised Land, hosted by the extraordinary Majora Carter. The show spotlights people “with innovative ideas about changing lives and transforming communities.” Instead of just...
