New work explores diverse voices in architecture

“Margin & Text: Amplifying Diverse Voices in Architecture” is a new book edited by David R. Ravin School of Architecture faculty Betsy West, Kelly Carlson-Reddig and Jósé Gámez.

A collection of essays, interviews and personal stories, the work also includes historical and current writings and lectures contributed by persons of color and female practitioners and educators in architecture. 

“Our contributors are a rich amalgam of Black, white, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Indian and Pacific Islander,” wrote West in the introduction of the book, published by Princeton Architectural Press. “Each is a unique manifestation of their lived experience … they have different points of view about architecture, and together they give us an unfamiliar but exciting picture of what architecture in the United States could be.”

The idea for the book emerged four years ago, when West was asked to help curate a lecture series for the School of Architecture that highlighted minority architects and academics. Many of those lectures, tightened and polished for print, became the bedrock of the book.

Read more on the College of Arts + Architecture website at https://coaa.charlotte.edu/2024/12/23/new-book-by-architecture-faculty-amplifies-diverse-voices/.