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David Adjaye and Mariam Kamara off Liverpool waterfront project
David Adjaye and Nigerien architect Mariam Kamara are no longer involved in National Museums Liverpool’s proposed public realm transformation, it has emerged
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
RIBA scraps book deal with former diversity director
The RIBA has scrapped a book deal with its former diversity director Marsha Ramroop
Worsening ethnic and gender paygaps show ‘systemic discrimination’, warns former RIBA chief
The RIBA’s former diversity director has warned of ‘systemic discrimination’ in architecture after data showed a widening of gender and ethnicity pay disparity at big practices
RIBA appoints new director for diversity and inclusion
The RIBA has appointed Robbie Turner, formerly chief transformation officer at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, as its new director for diversity and inclusion
‘It is time institutions began to actively engage with disabled people’
The pandemic improved provision of teaching for many disabled architecture students, but the longer-term picture remains disappointingly exclusionary, writes Jordan Whitewood-Neal
‘On diversity, architecture needs to declare a state of emergency’
Part 2 student Aisha Akinola reflects on her experiences studying architecture
RIBA diversity chair: ‘Words are cheap and I haven’t seen any action’
The chair of an RIBA advisory group has said the institute is not properly funding work to diversify architecture
Bartlett cancels summer school due to ‘staffing changes’
The scandal-hit Bartlett School of Architecture has cancelled its annual summer school due to ‘staffing changes’, University College London (UCL) has confirmed
Students from non-traditional backgrounds sought for free New York exchange
An exchange programme offering early year architect students from non-traditional backgrounds ‘a completely free trip’ to New York has launched a call for applicants
RIBA’s first-ever diversity director leaves after a year
The RIBA's first-ever director of diversity and inclusion is leaving the institute just over a year after she started in the role