WELCOME TO
NOMA | DETROIT
A professional architectural organization designed to be a conduit of knowledge and experience to the youth and our community.
Our mission is to empower our local chapters and membership to foster justice and equity in communities of color through outreach, community advocacy, professional development and design excellence.
Ensuring representation and diversity.
There is strength in numbers.
Our impact is felt when our organization wrestles with the dilemmas that face this nation, particularly as they affect our profession. By increasing the number of people in this organization, we add strength to the voice with which we can speak against apathy, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance; against abuse of the natural environment; and for the un-empowered, the marginalized and the disenfranchised.
Great things begin here!
Join NOMA as an architect or allied professional for $250 a year for National dues; the National dues fees for an associate is $175, intern is $140 and student is $45. The average NOMA membership for Local dues ranges from $5 to $100 a year for the various levels of membership. For more information on National and Local Chapter dues, refer to page two of our membership form. Join NOMA by creating an online account.
“The first licensed African-American architects in Detroit were also the first African-American firm owners, because they didn’t have the opportunity to go out and get jobs in traditional firms.”
— Saundra Little, NOMA Member