City Shapers : Stories of Immigrant Designers / Graciela Carrillo, Shahad Sadeq, Yu-Ngok Lo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrillo de López, Graciela, author.

Sadeq, Shahad, author.

Lo, Yu-Ngok, author.

Contributor:

Gómez, Miguel, graphic designer.

Higgins, Deirdre, editor.

Immigrant Architects Coalition.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities in architecture--United States--Biography.

Minorities in architecture.

Ethnic architecture--United States.

Ethnic architecture.

Physical Description:

227 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Immigrant Architects Coalition, [2022]

Summary:

The Immigrant Architects Coalition was created by Graciela Carrillo, Shahad Sadeq, and Yu-Ngok Lo to create a community that offers mentorship, advice, and valuable resources to our fellow immigrant designers/architects. This book is the first step in achieving that mission. Twenty-four immigrant professionals share their experiences as firm owners, American Institute of Architects leaders, and entrepreneurs. The stories shared in this book portray a common path in their journey to achieve a successful and meaningful career in the U.S. - back cover.

Contents:

My Rebellious Path Toward Becoming an Architect / Graciela Carrillo

Crash and Burn...and Survive / Sahad Sadeq

My Journey From LEGO to Architecture and from Macau to the U.S. / Yu-Ngok Lo

Cultivating Career Agility / Apurva Purandare

Paying it Forward / Bea Spolidoro

The Old Guy Who Can't Draw / Christian Nielsen Palacios

Learning From Failure / Delly D. Yaker

My Unsensational Story of How I Became an [almost] Architect / Ekaterina Siemoneit

Fargo / Gabriela Baierle

I'M-POSSIBLE / Gloria Kloter

My Journey / Jack Ossa

The Possibility of a New Immigrant Architecture / Jorge Orozco Gonzalez

My Story: Juan Gabriel Moreno / Juan Gabriel Moreno

If I Knew All the Things I know Now / Juan C. Ricardes

Buffalo Gals: Louise Bethune, Architect Barbie and Me / Kelly Hayes McAlonie

Three Tales, Three Cities / Li Ren

Perseverance: One Dream at a Time / Luciana Triplett

Tracing Beyond Architecture / Meghana Joshi

Building Your Community / Mika Naraynsingh

From Resiliency to Authenticity / Mitra Memari

Reaching for the Stars / Saakshi Terway

On the Go with Sara Jazayeri / Sara Jazayeri

Pursuit of Inclusivity...and Creating Positive Change / Willy Zambrano

A Female Puerto Rican Architect in Ohio / Yanitza Brongers Marrero.

Notes:

Title from cover.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9798356062704

OCLC:

1465037050