Posted on Feb 6, 2023
Black architects and designers of the Northwest celebrated in new MOHAI exhibit
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On Saturday, a new exhibit will open at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry.
"From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers" is a traveling show, originally created for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibit has been updated to represent local, Black architects, like Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr., the first Black architect registered in Washington state.
"It's recognizing not just Pacific Northwest, but across the country and across the world, the contributions of Black architects who are innovators," said Hasaan Kirkland, consultant and curator of the exhibit. "And how we live and why we live around these buildings that are these kind of marks across the country about who we are as a people. This exhibit helps to kind of acknowledge the contributions of Black architects."
"From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers" is a traveling show, originally created for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. The exhibit has been updated to represent local, Black architects, like Benjamin F. McAdoo Jr., the first Black architect registered in Washington state.
"It's recognizing not just Pacific Northwest, but across the country and across the world, the contributions of Black architects who are innovators," said Hasaan Kirkland, consultant and curator of the exhibit. "And how we live and why we live around these buildings that are these kind of marks across the country about who we are as a people. This exhibit helps to kind of acknowledge the contributions of Black architects."
Black architects and designers of the Northwest celebrated in new MOHAI exhibit
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Architecture
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Seattle
American History
Chicago
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."One image, which may not typically come to mind when thinking about architectural buildings and structures, depicts the transit platform at King Street Station.
"This is not even a building," Kirkland said. "This is a structure that's connected to the movements of the future. This is the transit platform. Just to think about how [cool] that is, it's not just about making homes, or making libraries, or churches, or buildings — and not that those aren't significant — but it goes to transit systems, it goes to bridges, it goes to walkways, it goes to wayfinding functions. And to know that Black folks have contributed and left their mark for us to connect to, that means that it's ours too. This is our space as well."...
..."One image, which may not typically come to mind when thinking about architectural buildings and structures, depicts the transit platform at King Street Station.
"This is not even a building," Kirkland said. "This is a structure that's connected to the movements of the future. This is the transit platform. Just to think about how [cool] that is, it's not just about making homes, or making libraries, or churches, or buildings — and not that those aren't significant — but it goes to transit systems, it goes to bridges, it goes to walkways, it goes to wayfinding functions. And to know that Black folks have contributed and left their mark for us to connect to, that means that it's ours too. This is our space as well."...
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