{"product_id":"black-architect","title":"Black Architect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Architect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a provocative and deeply personal investigation into the intersection of race, identity, and the built environment. Written by architect and educator Sekou Cooke, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHip-Hop Architecture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this book blends memoir, cultural critique, and a series of candid conversations with leading Black practitioners to explore what it truly means to be a Black architect in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCooke traces his journey from a childhood in Jamaica and an early fascination with architecture to Ivy League institutions and into a professional field shaped by Eurocentric ideals, confronting readers with an uncomfortable reality: architecture in the United States continues to be constructed—both literally and conceptually—through a predominantly white lens. But what happens when Blackness enters that space, not just as identity but as a mode of thinking, designing, and living?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003ePark Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003ePaperback, 144 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(179, 179, 179);\"\u003eISBN 9783038603825\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHICAGO DISTRIBUTION CENTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49061753061611,"sku":"9783038603825","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/1061\/files\/8VXKFBTFW3p.jpg?v=1784238681","url":"https:\/\/store.hammer.ucla.edu\/products\/black-architect","provider":"Hammer Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}