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Lesley Lokko
Lesley Lokko is an architect, educator, author and curator whose work examines architecture's relationship with identity and race.
Background & practice
Lesley Lokko is an architect, educator, author and curator whose work examines architecture's relationship with identity and race. She founded the African Futures Institute in Accra in 2021. The RIBA's 2024 Royal Gold Medal profile recognises her efforts to amplify underrepresented voices and develop more diverse approaches to architectural education and practice. Her contribution is documented through institutions, scholarship and discourse rather than an invented list of buildings.
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Expand who can participate in architectural knowledge, using education, writing and curation to examine identity and race and to bring underrepresented perspectives into professional discussion.
Architect, educator and institute founder explicitly named by RIBA.
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