Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Marie-Louise Richards wrote a Reputations essay on Angela Davis in The Architectural Review's March 2024 issue 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 in abolition through the lens of spatial practice. Richards is an architect, lecturer and researcher in Black feminist spatial futures based in Stockholm, Sweden

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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