Lesley Lokko

Details

Nationality

Ghanaian-Scottish

Notes

Founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg (2014/15); Dean at CCNY Spitzer (2019–2020); founder of the African Futures Institute, Accra (2021); curator of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale (2023); RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2024. CCNY role: she served as Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York (2019–2022, not 2019–2020); departure date varies by source — flag for review. RIBA Royal Gold Medal 2024 confirmed.

Connections

• proposed Decolonising the architectural curriculum
• authored Radical Pedagogies
• associated with Radical Pedagogies
• associated with African Futures Institute (AFI)
• associated with Contemporary Global South Practice
• founded African Futures Institute (AFI)
• influenced Radical Pedagogies

Referenced by

• Demas Nwoko associated with

Sources

1. Wikipedia. Lesley Lokko. 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Lokko.
2. Lesley Lokko (ed.). White Papers, Black Marks: Architecture, Race, Culture. University of Minnesota Press / Athlone Press, 2000.
3. in Crysler, Cairns & Heynen (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory, SAGE, 2012 — export p. 15-16 of 22