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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
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
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
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
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