Architects Lesley Lokko and Indy Johar recognized in King Charles' New Year honors list
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that Scottish-Ghanaian architect and academic Lesley Lokko has been awarded an OBE for her services to architecture and education in King Charles III’s first New Year's honors list. Founder and Director of the African Futures Institute and former Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, Lokko’s growing collection of honors and accolades includes the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award and being appointed to curate the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, making her the first Black architect and fourth woman to do so. Previously on Archinect: Lesley Lokko chosen as curator for 2023 Venice Biennale Architecture ExhibitionLokko was joined by fellow architect Indy Johar, co-founder of Dark Matter Labs, a nonprofit strategic design and development company, who was awarded an MBE for his services to architecture. Indy Johar. Image: Dark Matter LabsJohar also co-founded multi-disciplinary design studio Archi...
The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced that Scottish-Ghanaian architect and academic Lesley Lokko has been awarded an OBE for her services to architecture and education in King Charles III’s first New Year's honors list.
Founder and Director of the African Futures Institute and former Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, Lokko’s growing collection of honors and accolades includes the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award and being appointed to curate the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, making her the first Black architect and fourth woman to do so.
Lokko was joined by fellow architect Indy Johar, co-founder of Dark Matter Labs, a nonprofit strategic design and development company, who was awarded an MBE for his services to architecture.
Johar also co-founded multi-disciplinary design studio Archi...
