{"id":38963,"date":"2024-02-06T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38963"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:23:22","slug":"lesley-lokko-to-receive-royal-gold-medal-2024-for-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38963","title":{"rendered":"Lesley Lokko to receive Royal Gold Medal 2024 for architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26082\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/RIBA_logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"55\" \/>The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Professor Lesley Lokko, the acclaimed Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator, will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2024 for architecture.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s highest honours in architecture \u2013 presented on behalf of His Majesty the King \u2013 the medal recognises Lokko\u2019s commitment to championing diverse approaches to architectural practice and education.<\/p>\n<p>For over two decades, Lokko has devoted her career to amplifying under-represented voices and examining the complex relationship between architecture, identity and race, profoundly impacting architectural education, dialogue and discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Her work to \u201cdemocratise architecture\u201d has been hailed by the RIBA Honours Committee 2024 as a \u201cclarion call for equitable representation in policies, planning, and design that shape our spaces\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/lesley-lokko-to-receive-royal-gold-medal-2024-for-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced that Professor Lesley Lokko, the acclaimed Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator, will receive the Royal Gold Medal 2024 for architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38964,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38963\/revisions\/38964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}