The author of Angela Davis’s Reputations essay in the W Awards issue of the AR delivers an introductory lecture on the relevance of her work to architects
Marie-Louise Richards wrote a Reputations essay on Angela Davis in The Architectural Review’s March 2024 W Awards issue. Davis has been awarded the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture. In her essay, Richards wrote that ‘the work of the abolitionist and civil rights activist is a cornerstone for architects advocating spatial justice.’
In this talk, Richards introduces Angela Davis’s abolitionist activism through the lens of spatial practice. Richards is an architect, lecturer and researcher in Black feminist spatial futures based in Stockholm, Sweden.
