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Winners of Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes announced
The Architectural Review and the AJ have named Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert as winners respectively of the 2023 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes
Tag: women in architecture
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
Behind the story: have women’s pay packets been hit harder by Covid?
The AJ takes a deeper look at the gender pay gap figures to examine whether Covid has worsened the imbalance between men and women’s salaries
Gender pay gap 2022: figures show little change since reporting began
The gender pay gap reported by the UK’s 10 largest architectural practices has narrowed only marginally in the five years since monitoring began
Women in architecture always lose out to younger, less experienced men
While practice is moving towards parity, underrepresentation of women in architectural education means students get warped ideas about the built environment, writes Kat Martindale
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
Lockdown has set women architects back. Now we need to know by just how much
Progress towards gender equality in architecture has been painfully slow. We need to redouble our efforts post-Covid says Sumita Singha
Women, challenge yourselves to change the industry culture
If we are going to achieve equality, we must start by challenging ourselves to take our place at the top table, says Rachel Bell
Architecture salary survey: women hit hardest as pay levels dip
New figures shared exclusively with the AJ show that female architecture staff have seen their pay packets shrink more than men’s over the past 12 months, reports Richard Waite
How can we get women to the top in architecture?
If individuals and their practices don’t work together on career development, the stagnating career paths of mid-level female architects will continue to drive this talent away from the profession says Karen Fugle