The First 500, An Update A St. Louis native, now based in Chicago, Tiara Hughes is a Senior Urban Designer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Commissioner with the City of Chicago Landmarks Commission, and a real estate professional. She is a devoted activist, educator […]
The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA (Transcript)
This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 222, The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. ***Start Transcript*** Mark R. LePage: 00:00 Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20% […]
EA222: The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA [Podcast]
Of the 110,000 plus licensed architects, less than 400 of them were African American females. Tiera Hughes was baffled and, not only that, it was really hard for her to find information on these ladies on a consolidated reference standard somewhere. The mission of First 500 is to provide the information of all of the female, African American licensed architects to have it compiled in one location and have it readily available.