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Racism in the profession is getting worse, AJ survey indicates
Architects believe racism within the profession is becoming more widespread, not less, according to the early findings from a new AJ study
Tag: Race diversity
We need our practices to increase the diversity of their senior leaders
Is the architecture profession becoming more diverse? The latest AJ findings confirm we have some way to go, says Femi Oresanya
Black Females in Architecture: ‘We are here to shape our city’
A ‘life-changing’ meeting between four women has grown into a community of more than 200. Ella Jessel meets the founders of Black Females in Architecture
‘Architectural criticism is a monoculture’: new mag Afterparti gives platform to underrepresented voices
A new publication has launched offering a fresh look at architecture from a diverse range of up-and-coming voices. So what are its aims and why is it needed?
How do we make architecture more diverse?
We should begin by encouraging school children to feel they can participate in architecture and design, writes Catherine Slessor
Race Diversity Survey: is architecture in denial?
Twenty-five years on from Stephen Lawrence’s death, the AJ, in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, investigates attitudes to race within the profession. Richard Waite reports, with additional data analysis by Bruce Tether
Architecture needs to acknowledge it has an issue with race
The AJ’s diversity survey shows that while many BAME architects experience racism in their work, most white respondents are unaware of it, writes Emily Booth
Fosters and Haworth Tompkins support race diversity survey
Foster + Partners and Stirling Prize-winners Haworth Tompkins are among a number of top practices ’wholeheartedly’ backing the campaign to tackle race diversity in architecture
Architecture should have the widest gene pool to draw from
While the gender gap has been eliminated in schools of architecture, the gap in respect of race and class is scarcely discussed, says Paul Finch
Help make architecture a more diverse profession
Our race diversity survey, in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, will gather crucial evidence to increase accessibility to the profession, writes Emily Booth