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Racism in the profession is getting worse, AJ survey indicates
Architects believe racism within the profession is becoming more widespread, not less, according to the early findings from a new AJ study
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
Covid-19 overly impacts BAME communities – what now for post-pandemic placemaking?
The disproportionate suffering among frontline workers and members of the BAME community is to a great extent a function of the unequal distribution of space in society, writes Ben Derbyshire
We need our practices to increase the diversity of their senior leaders
Is the architecture profession becoming more diverse? The latest AJ findings confirm we have some way to go, says Femi Oresanya
Hack victim: ‘Consider risk to minority groups in online events’
One of the speakers at an Architecture Foundation lecture disrupted by racist shouting has urged the profession to consider the risk to minority groups when organising online events
Deputy London mayor slams architecture’s complacency on diversity
London’s deputy mayor, Jules Pipe, has criticised architecture’s lack of improvement on diversity, telling an AJ100 audience ‘progress isn’t inevitable’
London Mayor issues ‘wake-up call’ to practices with diversity handbook
Interview: Architect and Mayor’s Design Advocate Dipa Joshi tells the AJ how the London Mayor is hoping to influence practices to become more diverse and inclusive
Diversity champion Sonia Watson awarded OBE in Queen’s birthday honours
Sonia Watson, chief executive of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, has been handed an OBE for services to diversity in architecture
How BBC’s Cardiff building considers neurodiversity in creating an inclusive workplace
Wearing a VR headset helped us make ID:SR Sheppard Robson’s new Cardiff broadcast centre consider neurological diversity, writes the BBC’s Alan Bainbridge
Architecture profession ‘lagging behind’ on diversity, says RIBA
The RIBA has said architecture is lagging behind other sectors on diversity as it outlined its new strategy to promote a more ’inclusive’ profession
HOK big-hitter replaces Elsie Owusu as chair of RIBA diversity group
HOK London principal Femi Oresanya has become the new chair of RIBA’s diversity group following the recent removal of Elsie Owusu from the role