2021 Vincent A. Scully Prize Presentation: Mabel O. Wilson

CELEBRATED ARCHITECT, SCHOLAR AND AUTHOR FOCUSES ON INTERSECTION OF DESIGN AND BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE
The National Building Museum recognizes Mabel O. Wilson, the Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, as the 23rd recipient of the Museum’s annual Vincent A. Scully Prize.
Wilson is an architect, scholar, researcher, artist, writer, and curator whose work focuses on Black culture and history and the ways they intersect with the built environment. She also is a professor in African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia, in addition to serving as the director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies and co-director of Global Africa Lab. With her private practice, Studio &, she is part of the architectural team that completed the Memorial to Enslaved African American Laborers (2020) at the University of Virginia.
Established in 1999, the Scully Prize recognizes excellence in practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design. The award was presented to Wilson on October 19 at an in-person event at the Museum. She joins esteemed past recipients, including Elizabeth Meyer, Robert Campbell and Inga Saffron.