Melvin Mitchell has practiced architecture in Washington D.C. since 1972. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, past Chairman of the D.C. Board of Architects and a former member of the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board. His degrees are from Howard University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was Director of the Graduate Architecture Program at Morgan in Baltimore from 1997-2002. Between 1972 and 1992 he was a professor at both the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Howard University. He was featured as one of 50 outstanding living African American, African, and Afro-European architects in an exhibition of their work at the Chicago Athenaeum in 1993. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Crisis of the African American Architect (Writer’s Showcase 2002). Professor Mitchell’s most notable built projects include Mount Vernon Plaza, a 250-unit high-rise-townhouse complex in downtown Washington D.C. and the One million SF Metro Center Office/Retail Complex where he was associated architect. Most recently he was the architect, developer, and builder of a new 110-unit, predominately African American subdivision in the Southeastern D.C. area, which is credited with being a key catalyst of the current new home building renaissance occurring in that area. Link to Paper Abstract; Link to Homepage

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