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Young, gifted and blocked: the AJ’s latest race and diversity survey
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?
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
Practices need to be bolder about promoting diversity and inclusion
The BAME architecture students of today will have quite a shock when they leave university, writes Kunle Barker
Why the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action matters in architecture
The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban consideration of race in college admissions will reduce opportunities for greater representation within architecture – and cause ripples in the UK, writes Dennis Austin
AJ race diversity survey early findings: ‘Racism within the profession is insidious’
Data from the AJ’s ongoing race diversity survey show significant difference between experiences of architecture depending on the colour of your skin
The Regs: Designing autistic friendly workplaces
Geoff Wilkinson looks at what architects can do to make the world of work more inclusive for neurodiverse people
Major client hands out ‘tough love’ to ‘broken’ architecture profession
A council chief has fired a broadside at the architecture profession, using an RIBA awards-night speech to lay into it over diversity, sustainability and pay
Women still make up less than third of profession, latest figures show
Only 31 per cent of the UK’s architects are female, but the gender balance among new registrants is continuing to improve
Architectural brain drain to London confirmed by new data
The UK architecture profession is becoming increasingly London centric with nearly two-thirds of all new architects now based in the capital and the South East
AJ race and diversity survey 2023: Tell us about your experiences in architecture
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
New York study trip NY-LON opens young minds to their potential in 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