The traditional canon of architectural history is built on racial inequalities. Since the 1980s, architectural historians have turned to alternative experiences and case studies of the built environment as “good architecture.” The #BlackLivesMatter movement insists that we see Black lives at the center of architectural thinking.

The Savoy Ballroom: Rejecting Black Exoticism through Community-Driven Design by Clay Moon ↗

Race and Gentrification: Investigating the Racialized History of the Los Angeles Neighbourhood Boyle Heights by Ella Fortney ↗

Cruising on the Collapsing Queer Horizon: Alvin Baltrop’s Pier Photographs by Hassan Saab, Lan Wang ↗

Toys Build Empires, or How Toys Act as Tools of Architectural Colonialism: On the Colonialist Representation of Indigenous Architectures in Playmobil® and Lego® Toys by Hermine Demaël ↗

Strike a Pose: The Importance of Black Queer Spaces in the Late 20th Century by John Vaccaro ↗

The Face of a Nation Divided: Discrimination Immortalized Through the Monticello on the Jefferson Nickel by Sara Cipolla ↗

Carving through Rigid Space: Filipina Domestic Workers at Statue Square, Hong Kong by Zhuofan Chen ↗