Editor's Picks #513

Back in June, as part of Archinect's Spotlight on 2020 Thesis Projects, Sean Joyner connected with Demar Matthews a recent M.Arch graduate of Woodbury University, and they chatted about his rigorous investigation of Black architectural aesthetics in America. Xavi Freeman was impressed "This young man is on the right track. I remember receiving and witnessing harsh critiques ...I'd often try to attach some semblance of Blackness to a project as an afterthought so I commend this bolder approach"! "Hair has remained an important way to express cultural identity for black americans. I used shapes found in 2 of the most common hair styles among black people, waves and box braids." - Demar Matthews.pngPlus, Katherine Guimapang highlighted the thesis of Olga Zakharova, a recent M.Arch graduate of Princeton University School of Architecture. midlander commented "it's striking how much the work seems to revive the neorationalism of rossi just after it seemed totally irrelevant and unloved. i...