Lesley Lokko has been named as the 2024 recipient of RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture in recognition of her commitment to championing diverse approaches to architectural practice and education.

RIBA president Muyiwa Oki said Ghanaian-Scottish architect, educator, author and curator Lokko was a “visionary agent of change” whose progressive approach to architecture education offered the profession “hope for the future”.

The institute said Lokko had devoted her career to amplifying under-represented voices and examining the complex relationship between architecture, identity and race, “profoundly impacting” architectural education, dialogue and discourse.

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