Pascale Sablan’s Powerful New Book Celebrates the Greatness of Contemporary Women and Designers of Color
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Award-winning architect Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP, and CEO of Adjaye Associates New York Studio, will release her first book, GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture, early next year. Published by Oro Editions, and available now for preorder through major booksellers, GREATNESS features essays, project case studies, and profiles of 47 contemporary architects and designers whose contributions are positively impacting the built environment.
“Women and designers of color play a crucial role in realizing many of the world’s greatest architectural projects, yet our recognition is still significantly lacking,” says Sablan. “GREATNESS is a focused effort to rectify this and amplify the ideas and achievements of diverse designers. The book is a call to action for the industry to embrace a more equitable and inclusive definition of greatness, presenting an anthology that spans cultures, backgrounds, and typologies.”
As a physical manifestation of Sablan’s digital Beyond the Built Environment library, GREATNESS highlights 40 groundbreaking U.S. and international projects, demonstrating how diverse perspectives foster dignity, well-being, and belonging. Through innovative approaches to residential, cultural, institutional, and master plan design, the featured works address some of the industry’s most pressing issues, including housing injustice, redlining, and environmental sustainability.
The book serves as both an inspiration and an invitation for progress, underscoring the urgent need for social justice through inclusion. By confronting structural inequities and advocating for systemic change, GREATNESS emphasizes the essential role of diverse voices in design and their recognition as “great."
High-resolution images and additional press materials are available at bit.ly/GREATNESSinArchitecture.
About Pascale Sablan
Pascale Sablan is a visionary architect and CEO of Adjaye Associates, New York studio. As the 315th living African American woman registered architect in the U.S., Sablan embodies excellence, innovation, and sustainability. She founded Beyond the Built Environment to empower women and BIPOC designers and serves as the Global President of the National Organization of Minority Architects, the fifth woman to hold this position.
Sablan’s advocacy has earned her the Architectural League 2021 Emerging Voices award and the 2021 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. She is the youngest African American inducted into the AIA College of Fellows in 168 years. Sablan has lectured at RIBA, the United Nations, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and Forbes, and she was recognized by Oprah's Future Rising platform. With degrees from Pratt Institute and Columbia University, Pascale Sablan is shaping the future of architecture.
Additional Information
Title: GREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture
Author: Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMAC, LEED AP
Publisher: Oro Editions
Publication Date: Early 2025
ISBN: 978-1-961856-21-9
Media Contact
Jessica Merritt
Associate Vice President
Novità Communications
jessica@novitapr.com
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