Drafting Dreams educates students K-12 on principles of architecture and urban design, through creat
Drafting Dreams educates students Kindergarten through 12th grade on principles of architecture and urban design, through creative design exercises and design curricula. Drafting Dreams seeks to impress upon students, their parents, and their educators the importance of design education. Through design education, students learn the design process that brings about the places they interact with dai
02/03/2025
Today’s is Jonathan Cole, AIA, NCARB, NOMA. He is the founding principal of Pendulum Studio, a Kansas City, MO based architectural practice that specializes in civic structures, multi-family housing, and sports facilities. Follow to learn more!
02/02/2022
Our first of the Series is Julian Francis Abele! He received what is now known as the B.Arch [Bachelor of Architecture] from The University of Pennsylvania in 1902, making him the First African American graduate of the Graduate School of Fine Arts!
Like and Follow 28BlackArchitectsIn28days to keep up with our Daily Black Architect during Black History Month!
02/01/2022
It's Black History Month! is back! Stay tuned and follow 28BlackArchitectsIn28days to learn about one Black Architect Daily!
01/11/2022
Did you know that Tom Ford, Ice Cube, Courtney Cox & TC Carson all studied or completed degrees in architecture?
Read more: https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-fresh-perspectives/a2138-13-famous-celebrities-in-various-feilds-who-have-an-architectural-degree/
Read about TC Carson here: https://news.amomama.com/203194-tc-carson-who-played-kyle-barker-living.html
01/10/2022
Enroll your 6th-12 grade student in Virtual Architecture Courses starting tomorrow, January 11th! -
Virtual Architecture Courses! We are looking forward to you joining us in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our yearly series, highlighting one Black Architect daily across Social Media!
07/25/2021
Today, we turn 6! It's been a journey of ups, downs, lessons and major achievements! Thank you all for riding with us!
02/09/2021
Like and follow 28BlackArchitectsIn28days to learn about Today’s is April C. Drake, AIA, LEED AP ID+C!
April is a 2004 graduate of Hampton University, where she received the B.Arch (Bachelor of Architecture) Degree. She is a native of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. April Drake is a Senior Project Architect with HDR in Arlington, VA, whose work focuses on government facilities.
02/07/2021
Like and Follow 28BlackArchitectsIn28days to learn about our first of the day, Isaac Menyoli, AIA, NCARB, LEED! He is a Founder and President of M&E Architects + Engineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
02/03/2021
Visit 28BlackArchitectsIn28days to learn about our first of the day, Diane Davis-Sikora, who is an Associate Professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University! She has held this position since 1997.
Take a moment to visit her website here: https://www.dianedavissikora.com
02/02/2021
There are 2,378 Black Architects in our country.
Some of you have worked in offices with that many or more people.
Some of have lived in dorms or apartment complexes with that many people or more.
Some of you been to conferences with that many or more participants.
Needless to say, there are only enough Black Architects in America to occupy a small to medium small office building.
That's why the work that we do through and , the work that does through , does through , does through and the work of many others is SO IMPORTANT!
02/02/2021
A letter to yesterday's from ! This is why Drafting Dreams and 28BlackArchitectsIn28days exist!
Today, we start off with a letter from WEB Dubois to yesterday's Albert Cassell, dated for December 9, 1930, imploring Cassell to share his experiences to young, up-and-coming Black Architects, which reads as follows:
“My Dear Mr. Cassell:
I would like very much to have you write for the Crisis a short article on “Architecture as a Career for Young Colored People.” I want you to tell something about your own education and career and difficulties of choice and finding work, and then to say a word about the opening for other Negroes. Perhaps you could add something of the success of any Negro architecture you may know of. I should like also to have a photograph. We cannot use a cut or a print, but must have an original photograph.
I trust you can do this for the Crisis and for the guidance of colored youth.
Very sincerely yours,
WEBD”
Here we are 91 years later, with still only about 2% of architects being Black, and the need for this kind of outreach STILL being necessary from those of us who are Black and successful in this profession. This is why 28BlackArchitectsIn28days and our Parent Organization, Drafting Dreams exists!