Deanna Van Buren is an American architect and activist. She is a co-founder of the California-based architecture company Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Deanna Van Buren
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (BS), Columbia University (MArch)
Occupation(s)architect, activist
Websitedesigningjustice.org

Education

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Van Buren holds degrees from the University of Virginia and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.[3]

Awards

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She was the 2019-2020 Berkeley-Rupp Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design.[7] She is a 2023 United States Artist Fellow.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "This architect went from creating luxury malls to imagining a world without prisons". MSNBC.com. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. ^ Brown, Patricia Leigh (2020). "What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like?". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b Barrett, Helen (2021-03-08). "Meet the architect imagining a world without prisons". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  4. ^ "Architect Deanna Van Buren is rejecting mass incarceration by creating safe spaces". NBC News. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  5. ^ "Remodel, rebuild, reimagine: Group submitted plans to close, repurpose Atlanta city jail". 11Alive.com. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  6. ^ Mortice, Zach (2021). "Do Prisons Deserve a Second Chance?". Bloomberg.
  7. ^ "Deanna Van Buren". UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  8. ^ "United States Artists » Deanna Van Buren". Retrieved 2024-05-28.