Archinect - Features 2024-05-03T13:31:54-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150305648/you-can-t-produce-exceptional-results-using-conventional-thinking-sekou-cooke-studio-on-challenging-inherited-structures ‘You Can’t Produce Exceptional Results Using Conventional Thinking’: sekou cooke STUDIO on Challenging Inherited Structures Alexander Walter 2022-07-15T08:22:00-04:00 >2022-07-14T18:23:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/06/06ea35f886329678391e29c83a8a157e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In this installment of our&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1222145/studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshot</a>&nbsp;series, we had the chance to chat with architect, educator, and curator Sekou Cooke, who has been enormously prolific in recent years with acclaimed exhibitions at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1712496/black-reconstruction-collective" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150088478/hip-hop-architecture-with-sekou-cooke" target="_blank">Center for Architecture</a> in New York, urban interventions at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150281789/check-out-the-first-installation-images-of-the-now-open-chicago-architecture-biennial" target="_blank">Chicago Architecture Biennial</a>, a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150267846/architect-and-researcher-sekou-cooke-joins-the-w-e-b-du-bois-research-institute-as-a-2021-2022-fellow" target="_blank">fellowship at Harvard University</a>, a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150256421/unc-charlotte-school-of-architecture-names-sekou-cooke-as-new-director-of-the-master-of-urban-design-program" target="_blank">program director position</a> at UNC Charlotte's School of Architecture, and a book on <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150088478/hip-hop-architecture-with-sekou-cooke" target="_blank">Hip-Hop Architecture</a>, just to name a few.</p> <p>The hard work and dedication to the profession were recently recognized, among other accolades, by The Architectural League of New York with a coveted <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150297948/the-architectural-league-of-new-york-announces-the-2022-emerging-voices" target="_blank">Emerging Voices</a> award.</p>