Year in Review 2018: Architecture’s Gender Reckoning
Mimi Zeiger writes how the hard work of #MeToo is decidedly less swift and less spectacular than any celebrity takedown.
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Five Takeaways from the AIA’s Guide for Equitable Practice
Today, the American Institute of Architects issued the first of three sets of guidelines on workplace culture. But will it impact the profession for the better?
The 2018 Equity in Architecture Survey Encourages Industry Soul-Searching
Responses from 14,360 architecture graduates signaled modest equity gains, though major gender- and race-based professional gaps remain.
At the 2018 London Festival of Architecture, It’s a Girl’s World
A handful of exhibitions and performances during the month-long design festival radically interrogate gender and space.
In the Wake of #MeToo, Equity Is Put Front and Center at AIA Conference
This year’s annual AIA summit had a notably more diverse and inclusive program, but still alluded to the significant challenges ahead.
New Book Profiles 21 of the Modern Era's Most Dynamic Women Designers
Women Design includes a balance of prominent figures (Aino Aalto and Denise Scott Brown, for example) and lesser-known names (like Lora Lamm, a Swiss-born graphic designer).
New Exhibit Gives Visitors a Tour of Post-1968 Activism in Architecture
The can't-miss Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architecture Since 1968 will be on view in Brooklyn during the AIA Conference on Architecture.
'We Will Not Stand Silent': 150 Demonstrators Gather at the Venice Biennale To Demand Equity in Architecture
Odile Decq, Martha Thorne, Farshid Moussavi, Jeanne Gang, and others protested this morning to demand equal representation in the architectural profession.
Chicago Exhibit Spotlights Charlotte Perriand’s Alpine Ski Resort
The legendary designer and Le Corbusier collaborator broke the mold with her Modernist, male contemporaries, according to a show at Matthew Rachman Gallery.
Opinion: Why Women Designers Need a Seat at the Table in Corporate Boardrooms and Beyond
Metropolis's director of design innovation discusses the influential women she has invited for a panel discussion this Thursday titled "Women of Influence in the Business of Design."
New Website Spotlights America's Forgotten Female Architects
The site is the culmination of a five-year research effort by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.
After #MeToo, the AA’s Celebration of Women in Architecture Is More Necessary Than Ever
The legendary London design school mounted AA XX 100, showcasing a century of women-led architecture.
Three Women Designers Blasting Through NASA's Glass Ceiling
As these three female NASA alums prove, the space agency is a breeding ground for urban planning, product design, and architectural ideas.
Egg Collective Exhibition Features, Empowers Female Designers
Architects would do well to take note of how female designers, like the founders of Egg Collective, are organizing to promote each other’s work.
Spotlight: Five Asian American Women in Design
While women of color continue to face challenges in the design professions, these five designers are scaling new heights—and should be on your radar.
Getting to Know Grafton Architects, Directors of the 2018 Venice Biennale
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara are both powerful thinkers, considered conversationalists, and unobtrusively groundbreaking designers.
For WORKac, Building, Research, and Teaching Go Hand in Hand
With ties to building and academia, the New York firm is forging a new kind of architectural practice.
Aaron Betsky: Can We Overcome Design's Gender Problem?
When Betsky wrote Building Sex over 20 years ago, he thought architecture and interior design's gender issues would be more or less resolved by now. He was wrong.
What Jane Means: 4 Women Urbanists Reflect on Their Relationship to Jane Jacobs
Four women urbanists reflect on how Jane Jacobs has inspired their work and their perspectives on the city.
Removing the Stigma from the Mobile Home: An Interview with Jennifer Siegal
The first American woman to win the arcVision 2016 Women in Architecture Prize, Jennifer Siegal is hoping to redefine the 21st century home.
