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Campaign group to create database of ‘built barriers’ faced by women
Women’s action group Part W has kicked off a new campaign by calling for photos of the frustrating ‘built barriers’ that face women and girls
Tag: gender equality
Built environment ‘failing women’ on workplace culture
Traditional management and reward processes in the built environment are failing women, according to damning new research by the Circle Partnership
RIBA commissions probe into gender inequality in architecture
The RIBA has commissioned an investigation into why progress towards gender equity in architecture remains ‘far too slow’
Designing for women – does one handbook hail a new era?
Terms such as ‘gender mainstreaming’, ‘gender-sensitive design’ and ‘feminist urbanism’ are creeping into use in architectural dialogue. But, jargon aside, how is policy actually starting to shift? And what does it mean for architects?
Architecture’s boys club is fading but we still have further to go
The once very prominent boys club is on its way out in UK architecture, says Arup’s Kathryn Firth on International Women's Day
Government bans gender-neutral toilets in all new public buildings
The government is banning gender-neutral toilets in all new non-domestic public and private buildings, under new legislation
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
It’s lads lads lads at MIPIM and that’s the way we like it
While other global events have bowed to woke pressure, how reassuring that the annual Cannes property event is comfortable in its integral ladness, write the MIPIM Lads
‘British comedy has shaped the way I understand design’
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
As many women as men under 30 on the register but in all only 1% black, ARB data shows
Equal numbers of young women and young men were practising architecture at the start of this year, a report from the Architects Registration Board (ARB) has revealed