Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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For over five decades, Angela Davis has been at the forefront of calls for spatial and racial justice, in the US and around the world; she is 'a cornerstone for architects advocating spatial justice'.

As part of the W Awards for women and non-binary people in architecture, Davis was awarded the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2024, in Partnership with the Architects' Journal.

In this acceptance speech, recorded during the W Awards live event at the CCA, Montreal, Davis discussed what she sees as the abolitionist future for spatial justice, followed by her response to questions asked by Marie-Louise Richards.

Watch Richards' introductory lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=FpleGtJG5dk

Learn more about the W Awards, presented in partnership with the CCA (cca.qc.ca/) and the Architects Journal (architectsjournal.co.uk/): architectural-review.com/awards/w-awards

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