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Southwark holds competition to boost diversity on controversial framework
Southwark Council has launched a competition to recruit up to 20 practices with ‘diverse leaderships and employees’ to its architecture framework
Tag: Race diversity
To win the war on diversity, we must win the battle of socio-economic inclusion
The lack of diversity in the profession is well-documented, writes Kunle Barker
Influences: Bola Abisogun and Building magazine covers
Bola Abisogun on how Building magazine's coverage of race diversity has marked a career spent inspiring future generations and improving access to the profession
Increase diversity through quotas to win public work, architects told
Architecture practices should not be allowed to bid for public sector work unless they have a certain amount of staff from BAME backgrounds, according to Dennis Sharp Architects director Yasmin Shariff
Petition launched to fight racial discrimination in architecture
Signatories to an online petition are calling on the RIBA to take action against ‘systematic racism’ in architecture
Things are getting worse for BAME architects
Architecture students are addressing key issues of social justice in their work – and the profession can learn from them, says Emily Booth
Why I need to see more black faces in architecture
Part 2 student Tobi Sobowale explains why seeing others like her succeed in this profession matters so much
Architecture is systemically racist. So what is the profession going to do about it?
Findings from the AJ’s race diversity survey show the profession has a serious and seemingly worsening problem with racism, creating obstacles at every level for those from a non-white background. Why is this happening and, more importantly, what are the possible solutions?
As many women as men under 30 on the register but in all only 1% black, ARB data shows
Equal numbers of young women and young men were practising architecture at the start of this year, a report from the Architects Registration Board (ARB) has revealed
Black Lives Matter momentum must be channelled into long-term change
As the Black Lives Matter movement sweeps the globe, the systemic issues to be tackled require more than fleeting messages of support on social media says Sonia Waston OBE, CEO of the Stephen Lawrence Trust