We should celebrate the election of the RIBA’s first black president but that mustn’t be an excuse for avoiding tackling the lack of wider diversity in the profession, says Toko Andrews
A new wave of agitators is shaking up the way the profession interacts with society and trying to make architecture a fairer and more inclusive place for its workers. Anna Highfield speaks to six ‘disruptors’ about putting traditional ways of practising through the wringer
Our latest survey shows people of diverse ethnic heritage face barriers at every stage of their careers. How can the profession be made more inclusive?
Data from the AJ’s ongoing race diversity survey show significant difference between experiences of architecture depending on the colour of your skin
Only 31 per cent of the UK’s architects are female, but the gender balance among new registrants is continuing to improve
The AJ has again teamed up with Blueprint for All – formerly the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust – to launch a new survey to gather the latest evidence on race diversity within architecture
Travel is a vital way of raising aspirations among potential architects and designers, as our NY-LON programme shows, says HomeGrown Plus director Dennis Austin
Black people encounter obstacles in their professional lives of a kind unimagined by their white counterparts. Kunle Barker shares a personal testimony illustrating an insidious problem that blights the construction industry
New Architecture Writers, a free journalism programme for young people of colour, is recruiting for its 2022 cohort – with applications closing tomorrow (7 January)
Wouldn’t it be nice to stand at a bar, mention that one is an architect, and Grand Designs not to be the first thing that people talk about? asks Cristina Monteiro
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