An evening with Lesley Lokko, recipient of the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education, recorded on Tuesday 26 January 2021.
Lokko founded and led the Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) at the University of Johannesburg, and has taught at institutions including Iowa State University, University of Illinois, Kingston University, University of Westminster and the University of North London. From January 2021, she begins building the African Futures Institute, an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Accra, Ghana.
On receiving the award, Professor Lesley Lokko said: “I am deeply humbled by the jury’s decision. This award is for everyone who came out in support of the Black Lives Matter protests, which put such difficult and challenging questions on the table for us all. It is also dedicated to the teachers and students at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, whose tenacity and inventiveness have charted a new path for architectural education.”
The event was chaired by Matthew Barac, Reader in Architecture at London Metropolitan University, and joined by panelists Nicky Watson, chair of the RIBA Education Committee, Zoë Berman, Part W co-founder, Gugu Mthembu, alumni of the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, & Thandi Loewenson, Research Tutor at Royal College of Art.
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