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Donald Ryder, architect of Black heritage sites, dies at 94
By Sam Roberts New York Times,Updated April 16, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Donald Ryder (center), along with J. Max Bond Jr., (left) and Nathan Smith circa 1969. Ryder, whose firm Bond Ryder & Associates designed important repositories of Black culture and social history in becoming one of the nationâs most prominent partnerships of Black architects, died on Feb. 17.VIA DAVIS BRODY BOND, LLP/NY
Donald P. Ryder, whose firm designed important repositories of Black culture and social history in becoming one of the nationâs most prominent partnerships of Black architects, died Feb. 17 at his home in New Rochelle, New York. He was 94.
Donald P. Ryder, architect of Black cultural works, dies at 94 He was drafted out of college at 19 years old into service in the segregated armed forces to serve as a prison guard and driver to white officers, and attended a segregated college campus,” said his daughter.
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New York Times reported Ryder died on February 17, in his New Rochelle, NY home. The death was confirmed to the outlet by his daughter
Lorraine Ryder. As an architect, Ryder and his firm designed important sites for Black culture and became one of the country’s prominent partnerships of Black architects. Together with
Donald P. Ryder, Architect of Black Heritage Sites, Dies at 94
His firm, which he formed with J. Max Bond Jr., designed public works commemorating the civil rights movement as well as the Schomburg Center in Harlem.
The architects Donald P. Ryder, center, J. Max Bond Jr., left, and Nathan Smith in about 1969. Mr. Ryder and Mr. Bond’s New York firm designed prominent repositories of Black culture and social history. Credit.via Davis Brody Bond, LLP
April 14, 2021Updated 3:55 p.m. ET
Donald P. Ryder, whose firm designed important repositories of Black culture and social history in becoming one of the nation’s most prominent partnerships of Black architects, died on Feb. 17 at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y. He was 94.
Lesley Lokko awarded 2021 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize
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Source: Debra Hurford Brown
Author and academic Lesley Lokko has been named winner of the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize 2021, part of the AJ/AR’s W Awards
Lokko, 57, is currently setting up the African Futures Institute, an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Accra, Ghana – the city where she lived until she was 17.
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The Scottish-Ghanaian professor founded the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa in 2015, which she ran for four years before becoming the dean of architecture at the Spitzer School of Architecture in New York.