Germane Barnes’ research and design practice investigates the connection between architecture and identity. Mining architecture’s social and political agency, Barnes examines how the built environment influences black domesticity. He is the winner of the 2021 Wheelwright Prize from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, a 2022 Rome Prize fellow, and a 2021 recipient of the Architectural League Prize. His design and research contributions have been published in and exhibited at several international institutions, most notably, the Museum of Modern Art, PIN-UP Magazine, the Graham Foundation, The New York Times, Architect Magazine, Design Miami/Basel, the Swiss Institute, Metropolis, Curbed, and the National Museum of African American History, where Barnes was identified as a future designer on the rise.