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Lesley Lokko
Mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
mba o sịGhana Dezie
Aha ọmụmụLesley Naa Norle Lokko Dezie
Aha enyereLesley Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaLokko Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya1964 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụDundee Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụode akwukwo ifo, Odee akwụkwọ, onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ Dezie
onye were ọrụUniversity of Johannesburg Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọUniversity College London Dezie
webụsaịtịhttp://www.lesleylokko.com/ Dezie
nnọchiaha nkeonweL484 Dezie

Lesley Naa Norle Lokko OBE (amụrụ n'afọ 1964) bụ Onye Ghana-Scottish architect, agụmakwụkwọ, na onye edemede. Site na 2019 ruo 2020, ọ bụ prọfesọ ma jee ozi dị ka Dean nke Bernard na Anne Spitzer School of Architecture na New York, na mgbakwunye na ịnwe nkuzi na ọkwa ndị ọzọ na Johannesburg, London, Accra na Edinburgh. [1][2]

N'afọ 2015, Lokko guzobere Graduate School of Architecture (GSA) na Mahadum Johannesburg - ụlọ akwụkwọ Afrịka raara nye agụmakwụkwọ postgraduate architecture.[3] Ọ laghachiri Accra, Ghana, na 2021 wee guzobe African Futures Institute, ụlọ akwụkwọ postgraduate nke ihe owuwu na ihe omume ọha. Na Jenụwarị n'afọ 2024, Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA) mara ọkwa Lokko dị ka onye natara Royal Gold Medal, otu n'ime nsọpụrụ kachasị elu n'ụwa maka ihe owuwu.

Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ

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Lesley Lokko bụ onye amụrụ na afọ 1964 na Dundee,[4] nwa onye mba Ghana bu surgeon ma bụrụkwa nne nke Scottish Jewish toro na Ghana na Scotland.[5][6] Dị afo iri na asaa, ogara ụlọakwụkwọ nkeonwe ana ebi-ebi na mba England. O bidoro ịmụ asụsụ Hebrew na Arabic na Oxford University, ma hapụ mmeme a gawa mba United States. Oguchara Ụlọakwụkwọ ya na Mahadum Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, with a BSc(Arch) in 1992, na onwa Maachị, n'afo 1995, ma ga n'ihu iturugo ọkwa PhD na Eserese ntọala ụlọ site na University of London n'afo 2007.

Ọtụtụ n'ime ihe odide Lokko nwere isiokwu gbasara ọdịbendị na agbụrụ.[7] Ọ na-akụzi ihe mgbe niile na South Africa, ma kụzie na United Kingdom na United States. [6] Ọ na-edekwa akwụkwọ mgbe niile maka The Architectural Review . [8] Ọ bụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke White Papers, Black Marks: Race, Culture, Architecture (University of Minnesota Press, 2000), na onye isi nchịkọta akụkọ nke FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture, yana ịnọ na bọọdụ nchịkọta akụkọ nke ARQ (Cambridge), na onye nchịkọta akụkọ usoro nke Design Research in Architecture (UCL Press). [9]

N'afọ 2004, Lokko bipụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ mbụ ya, Sundowners, a Guardian top 40 bestseller, na-esote akwụkwọ akụkọ 11 ọzọ, gụnyere Saffron Skies (2005), Bitter Chocolate (2008), One Secret Summer (2010), A Private Affair (2011) na Little White Lies (2014). [10] Dị ka The Scotsman gosipụtara na 2012, ihe Lokko dere "bụ 'glam lit' na ụmụ nwanyị na-efe elu, ọrụ na-akpali akpali ndị na-agba gburugburu ụwa na-asa ubu na akụkụ ndị ọzọ na ndị ikom na-aghọ aghụghọ sitere n'ọkwá dị elu nke ọha mmadụ na akụkọ gbagọrọ agbagọ, nke nwere ọgụgụ isi". N'afọ 2020, ọ hapụrụ Orion gaa PanMacmillan na akwụkwọ akụkọ ya Soul Sisters . [11]

Ọ bụ onye na-enye aka na akwụkwọ akụkọ New Daughters of Africa nke 2019 (nke Margaret Busby dezigharịrị), na edemede akpọrọ "Ọ bụghị karịa atọ, biko!".[12][13]

Ihe owuwu

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A họpụtara Lokko ka ọ bụrụ onye nkuzi Africa na Mahadum Cape Town mgbe ọ laghachiri South Africa.[14] N'ịbụ onye ike gwụrụ "aka Europe", Lokko, na mmekorita ya na Mahadum nke Johannesburg, guzobere 'Graduate School of Architecture' (GSA) na 2014/2015 wee bụrụ onye nduzi ya. GSA, nke e mere ka ọ dị ka Graduate School of Design na Mahadum Harvard na London's Architectural Association, bụ naanị ụlọ akwụkwọ dị na kọntinent ahụ na-enye ụzọ nkuzi Unit System.[3]

N'afọ 2015, Lokko ghọrọ Onye isi nke ụlọ akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ ọhụrụ na osote prọfesọ nke ihe owuwu na Mahadum Johannesburg . [15][16] O guzobere GSA n'oge ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị dị mkpa na mba nke South Africa ma hụ nnukwu ngagharị iwe ụmụ akwụkwọ, na nnupụisi nke na-amata njirimara mba na South Africa.[17]

Na June 2019, a kpọrọ ya aha dị ka dean nke Bernard na Anne Spitzer School of Architecture na City College nke mba New York, na-anọgide n'ọkwa a ruo 2020. [16][18]

Mgbe ọ laghachiri Ghana, n'afọ 2021, o guzobere ma bụrụ onye nduzi nke African Futures Institute (AFI), ụlọ akwụkwọ postgraduate nke ihe owuwu na ihe omume ọha na eze na obodo Accra.[19][20]

N'afọ 2021, a họpụtara Lokko dị ka onye nlekọta nke 18th Venice Biennale of Architecture, nke a ga-emeghe na 2023. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi ojii mbụ na-ahụ maka ihe ngosi ahụ.[21][22] Ihe ngosi ahụ akpọrọ "The Laboratory of the Future", ya na isiokwu abụọ nke decolonisation na decarbonisation na-enye "nchọpụta nke omume na ụzọ ndị ga-eme n'ọdịnihu na ịnọ n'ụwa", Lokko kwuru, sị: "Ọ gaghị ekwe omume iwu ụwa ka mma ma ọ bụrụ na mmadụ enweghị ike iche n'echiche ya. "The RIBA Journal, na-ekweta na ebumnuche Lokko "mebibibibi" nke na-anọchite anya ma wepụ ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na gburugburu ebe obibi, hụrụ na-eme ka anyị nwee ike imebi dị mgbagwoju anya na 50 dị mgbagha, na-emebi ngwa ngwa maka ndị bi na ndị bi na Afrịka.[23][24][25]

Nsọpụrụ, onyinye na mmata

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N'afọ 2020, e nyere Lokko onyinye RIBA Annie Spink Award maka Ịdị Mma na Mmụta Ihe owuwu . [26][27]Nke a sochiri na 2021 na Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for ntinye aka to Architecture.[28][29][30]

N'afọ 2023, a họpụtara Lokko ka ọ bụrụ Onye isi nke Order of the British Empire (OBE) na New Year Honours maka ọrụ maka ihe owuwu na agụmakwụkwọ.

Na Jenụwarị 2024, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) mara ọkwa Lokko dị ka onye natara Royal Gold Medal, otu n'ime nsọpụrụ kachasị elu n'ụwa maka ihe owuwu, nke enyere iji kwado ọrụ ndụ nye ndị nwere mmetụta dị ukwuu ma ọ bụ n'ụzọ na-apụtaghị ìhè na ọganihu nke ihe owuwu. [31][32] Dị ka Oliver Wainwright kwuru na The Guardian, ọ bụ nwanyị Afrịka mbụ na naanị onye isi ojii nke abụọ a họpụtara maka onyinye ahụ kemgbe e gosipụtara ya n'afọ 1848.[33]

N'ịkọwa ya dị ka "[onye] onye mmeri siri ike nke ikpe ziri ezi na itinye aka n'akụkụ niile nke ndụ", onye isi oche RIBA Muyiwa Oki kwuru, sị: "Ụzọ na-aga n'ihu nke Leslie Lokko na agụmakwụkwọ na-enye olileanya maka ọdịnihu - ọrụ nke na-anabata ndị si n'akụkụ ndụ niile, na-atụle mkpa nke gburugburu ebe obibi anyị, ma kweta ọdịbendị na echiche dịgasị iche iche iche nke mgbanwe, Lesley raara ndụ ya nye ịkwado ụkpụrụ ndị a, ọ bụghị naanị site na mgbalị agụmakwụkwọ ya dị ala na ọrụ ọ bụ onye na-enweghị atụmanya.[a][31][34]

Akwụkwọ ndị a họọrọ e bipụtara

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  • 2000: White Papers, Black Marks: Agbụrụ, Ọdịbendị, Ihe owuwu
  • 2004: Ndị na-esote anyanwụ[1][35]
  • 2005: Saffron Skies[1][35]
  • 2008: Chocolate Bitter[1][35]
  • 2009: Nwa agbọghọ bara ọgaranya, Nwa agbọghọ dara ogbenye
  • 2010: Otu Oge Ọchịchị Nzuzo [36]
  • 2011: Ihe gbasara onwe onye[1][35]
  • 2012: Ezigbo aghụghọ[1][35]
  • 2014: Little White Lies[1][35]
  • 2016: Onye Mbido Ikpeazụ [37]
  • 2021: Soul Sisters[38]

Dị ka onye nchịkọta akụkọ

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  • 2000: White Papers, Black Marks: Architecture, Race, Culture[39]
  • 2017: FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture Vol. 1[1][40]
  • 2020: FOLIO: Journal of Contemporary African Architecture Vol. 2[3][40]

Ebensidee

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Lesley Lokko (en-US). The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved on 2020-08-19.
  2. "About Lesley", Official website
  3. 3.0 3.1 About the Graduate School of Architecture (en). Graduate School of Architecture. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved on 2020-08-19.
  4. McLean. "Venice Biennale: The woman behind the whirlwind festival", BBC News, 28 May 2023.
  5. Wainwright. "Sex scenes and feasibility studies: architect and racy novelist Lesley Lokko wins RIBA gold medal", The Guardian, 2024-01-18. Retrieved on 2024-02-06. (in en-GB)
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Lesley Lokko talks to Danuta Kean about how to write a blockbuster". Orion Publishing Group.
  7. Kean, Danuta (18 January 2008). "Lesley Lokko: 'Don't ask me about 'black culture', I don't know what it is'", The Independent.
  8. Lesley Lokko at The Architectural Review.
  9. Lesley Lokko: Look Back in Anger. Cornell AAP. Retrieved on 23 April 2023.
  10. Musinguzi (14 January 2023). Lokko's 'Soul Sisters' is a tale of love, race, power and secrets. Retrieved on 23 April 2023.
  11. "Lesley Lokko’s books are worth the weight", The Scotsman, 11 July 2012.
  12. "New Daughters of Africa" at Myriad Editions.
  13. Busby. What needs to happen to create 'mainstreaming' and greater choice of books?. writersmosaic.org.uk. Writers Mosaic. Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  14. Lesley Lokko (en). The Conversation. Retrieved on 2020-08-19.
  15. "UJ’s Head of the Graduate School of Architecture, Prof Lesley Lokko, provides mentorship on Made in SA TV Show", University of Johannesburg, 2 August 2018.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Russell (11 June 2019). Lesley Lokko, Global Architect and Novelist, Appointed Architecture Dean at City College of New York. Architectural Record. Retrieved on 20 July 2020.
  17. Lokko. The Age of Wildfire (en). e-flux.com. Retrieved on 2020-08-19.
  18. Hickman (7 October 2020). Lesley Lokko resigns as dean of Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York. The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved on 9 October 2020.
  19. African Futures Institute
  20. About Us | Management & Leadership. AFI. African Futures Institute. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved on 23 April 2023.
  21. Greenberger (15 December 2021). Lesley Lokko Becomes First Black Curator to Organize Venice Architecture Biennale. ARTnews. Retrieved on 29 December 2021.
  22. Moore. "Interview | Architect Lesley Lokko: 'There is a sense in Africa that it is our time'", The Observer, 26 March 2023.
  23. Lesley Lokko reveals Venice Architecture Biennale title. Art Review (31 May 2022). Retrieved on 23 April 2023.
  24. Biennale Architettura 2023: The Laboratory of the Future. La Biennale di Venezia (21 February 2023). Retrieved on 23 April 2023.
  25. Foges (13 June 2023). Venice Biennale resets the post-colonial balance. The RIBA Journal. Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  26. Professor Lesley Lokko announced as winner of 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award. Architecture.com. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (4 January 2021). Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  27. Carlson (4 January 2021). Lesley Lokko wins 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award. Dezeen. Retrieved on 29 December 2021.
  28. Winners of the 2021 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes revealed. The Architectural Review (21 January 2021). Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  29. Crook (22 January 2021). Kate Macintosh awarded 2021 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture. Dezeen. Retrieved on 29 December 2021.
  30. Lesley Lokko Awarded the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2021. The Bartlett School of Architecture. UCL (10 March 2021). Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  31. 31.0 31.1 "Lesley Lokko: Royal Gold Medal 2024 recipient", RIBA, 18 January 2024. Retrieved on 18 January 2024.
  32. Chi-Santorelli (18 January 2024). 'Renaissance figure' Lesley Lokko awarded architecture's Royal Gold Medal. BBC News. Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  33. Wainwright. "Sex scenes and feasibility studies: architect and racy novelist Lesley Lokko wins RIBA gold medal", The Guardian, 18 January 2024.
  34. Crook (18 January 2024). 'Revolutionary force' Lesley Lokko wins 2024 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. Dezeen. Retrieved on 19 January 2024.
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named pawa-bio
  36. One Secret Summer at Amazon.
  37. Lokko (2017-04-20). The Last Debutante (in en). Orion Publishing Group, Limited. ISBN 978-1-4091-3766-5. 
  38. Lokko (2022-05-12). Soul Sisters (in en). Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-5290-6728-6. 
  39. Lesley Lokko profile at The Conversation.
  40. 40.0 40.1 "FOLIO Journal of Contemporary African Architecture", Issuu.

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