The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Want to make architecture useful again? Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate
Only by working together more effectively can architects hope to make a difference on the biggest challenges such as climate change, argues Mellis Haward
Diversity
Coverage of the architectural profession’s efforts to increase diversity, including insights from AJ surveys run in association with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
Adjaye and Mangera Yvars among firms picked in Southwark framework diversity refresh
Adjaye Associates and Mangera Yvars are among 14 teams picked for a bolt-on to Southwark Council’s framework to improve its diversity
Asif Khan and David Adjaye win Liverpool maritime waterfront contest
Asif Khan Architects and David Adjaye have won National Museums Liverpool’s (NML) placemaking competition for a ‘transformational’ rethink of the city’s Canning Dock
The Regs: Get a feel for designing for the visually impaired
Geoff Wilkinson reviews the official guidance on designing with consideration for blind and poorly sighted people
Pride pavilion designed by young Fosters team constructed in Soho
The ‘Rainbow After The Storm’ pavilion was the winning installation in the London Festival of Architecture and Architecture LGBT+’s Pride Pop-Up competition and is open until this Sunday, 26 September
London School of Architecture to launch Stephen Lawrence-inspired programme
The London School of Architecture (LSA) is launching a programme to combat the profession’s ‘systemic barriers to diversity’ after partnering with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
The truth about AJ100 practices’ Covid slowdown
Falling revenues, staff reductions and an absolute drop in salary levels are just some of the repercussions of the pandemic reported in the latest survey of AJ100 practices. PLUS We reveal the full AJ100 2021 ranking
RIBA told to reform fellowships after failing to appoint any women in 2021
The RIBA has been urged to reform its fellowship scheme after its 2021 cohort included eight men and zero women
‘Fighting racism feels like doing a second full-time job’
When anti-racism work is left to those directly affected, we are penalised twice: once for dealing with the stress of micro-aggressions and the lack of regard, and again for struggling to juggle our commitments, says Sarah Maafi
We can all benefit from listening to underrepresented groups
Amplifying the voices of underrepresented groups is necessary to shift the structural disparities in the construction sector, says AJ editor Emily Booth