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POoR Collective takeover: together we can positively change the built environment
October’s issue of the AJ is the Power Out of Restriction issue, guest-edited by POoR Collective
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
Neil Onions: the mentors’ mentor
Nana Biamah-Ofosu speaks to POoR Collective’s long-term mentor, who has guided the group as they pay the favour forward to the next generation of designers
Spotlight on MSOMA Architects: ‘Inequality is real – but your experience is valid’
The AJ talks to emerging, pioneering, and diverse practices about their architectural journeys and the realities of setting up on their own. Today we hear from Bushra Mohamed of London-based MSOMA Architects
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?
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