Deanna Van Buren Explained

Deanna Van Buren
Alma Mater:	University of Virginia (BS), Columbia University (MArch)
Occupation:	architect, activist

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]}

Education

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

Awards

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

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