Coverage of the architectural profession’s efforts to increase diversity, including insights from AJ surveys run in association with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
The ‘Rainbow After The Storm’ pavilion was the winning installation in the London Festival of Architecture and Architecture LGBT+’s Pride Pop-Up competition and is open until this Sunday, 26 September
The London School of Architecture (LSA) is launching a programme to combat the profession’s ‘systemic barriers to diversity’ after partnering with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
Falling revenues, staff reductions and an absolute drop in salary levels are just some of the repercussions of the pandemic reported in the latest survey of AJ100 practices. PLUS We reveal the full AJ100 2021 ranking
The RIBA has been urged to reform its fellowship scheme after its 2021 cohort included eight men and zero women
When anti-racism work is left to those directly affected, we are penalised twice: once for dealing with the stress of micro-aggressions and the lack of regard, and again for struggling to juggle our commitments, says Sarah Maafi
Amplifying the voices of underrepresented groups is necessary to shift the structural disparities in the construction sector, says AJ editor Emily Booth
The RIBA has hired its first-ever head of diversity after admitting to making slow progress in tackling racism. Can ex-BBC journalist Marsha Ramroop help the institute shed its ‘old boys club’ image? Ella Jessel reports
While architecture is starting address its problems with race and diversity, some initiatives have been accused of ‘BAMEwashing’. Is such a label fair or helpful? We asked five architecture professionals how they feel the profession could best tackle these issues
Arup and the University of Westminster have co-authored a report calling for the ‘queering’ of public space to promote the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people
An Adjaye Associates-designed memorial in south London to Cherry Groce, who was wrongfully shot in her home by police in 1985, sparking rioting in Brixton, has been officially unveiled
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