Press Release: Multnomah County Library Selects Colloqate for Branch Redesign Team
The Colloqate team is excited and energized to begin visioning the next chapter of two branch libraries serving the communities of Portland, OR and east Multnomah County!
Award: 2019 Architectural league Emerging Voices recipient
very year the Architectural League of New York recognizes eight dynamic young firms as Emerging Voices that have the potential to become leaders in the field. Historic winners like Morphosis (1983) and Toshiko Mori (1992) have become today’s lions.
Architect Magazine feature: COLLOQATE DESIGN
"The goal is to establish a system of memory that explores histories that haven't been part of the main narrative." By Elizabeth Greenspan for Architect Magazine
paper monuments installs new posters on canal
"Canal Street is the heart of New Orleans. Disinvestment in the city, its public spaces and its people has created holes in this heart.we present these unheard and obscured histories where they belong, as central to the narrative of our collective history." By Chris Daemmrich for The Paper Trail
How to mark an american atrocity
"At the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, the pain and horror of racial violence assume physical form." By Bryan Lee Jr. for CityLab.
Decoding Oppression through Architecture
"While architects speak of aspirational ways that design can inspire people to be better, more empathetic citizens, design often does the exact opposite: oppress and marginalize." By Zach Mortrice for Autodesk Redshift.
featured: Q&A with Bryan C. Lee Jr.
"The Chattanooga component of The American Institute of Architects brought Lee to town for a series of events on Aug. 14 and 15 2019. By Chloé Morrison for Nooga.
featured: design as protest in the trump era
"Urban planners and designers were also involved in political resistance actions over inauguration weekend. CityLab caught up with Lee this week to talk about a design response to the Donald Trump agenda." By Brentin Mock for CityLab
featured: Black Architects Blast AIA Over Trump
"The American Institute of Architects’ CEO apologized for issuing a congratulatory message to Donald Trump. But AIA member Bryan C. Lee Jr. wants more than that: He’s issued 'a call to action around designing for justice.'" By Brentin Mock for CityLab
As the fight over Confederate monuments turns deadly, New Orleans-based designer Bryan C. Lee Jr. has been working to bring artists and historians together to create new symbols across the city that are inclusive of all people though his firm Colloqate Design.
filmmaker Luisa Dantas beautifully captured the spirit of the event in the first of many videos documenting the process behind Paper Monuments. This video is part of Surdna Foundation's ongoing video series on community engaged design.
Bryan Lee talks about "design justice" -- the idea that race, culture, and architecture are inherently connected in a way that links art to racial equity and design to cultural space.