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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part II: Historical Background, Today’s Context and Future Steps

Architizer

Evelyn Lee is the Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, founder of Practice of Architecture , and co-host of the podcast, Practice Disrupted. She takes inspiration from her experience in tech and outside of the profession to reimagine practice operations for firms.

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The Architecture of Motherhood

EntreArchitect

Data from the 2020 annual report of the NAAB revealed that 50% of the students enrolled in NAAB-accredited architecture programs were female. 1 Yet, the percentage of women who obtained their architect license, achieve upper management positions, become partners and own architectural firms have not increased as men’s percentages have.

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Bob Stern and Bill Brussat

Architecture Here and There

I just walked into the building’s lobby during my summer vacation and asked the elevator operator to take me to [Zeckendorf’s firm] Webb & Knapp – totally different times [circa 1954], no security. I did not say I was an architecture student, which I certainly was not. She died in 2004.

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25 Best Architecture Firms in Chile

Architizer

The end of the Pinochet regime was an important moment for architecture in Chile, leading to a boom in architecture schools and a broader curriculum. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs.

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CLIMBING THE LADDER

Landscape Architecture Magazine

In their original research project, Marston and Solano found that while 55 percent of landscape architecture graduates are women, only 15 percent of firms identify as women-led. “I The VELA study also cataloged that from 1981 to 2018, less than 10 percent of ASLA Professional Awards have gone to women-led firms.

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Remembering the design world greats we lost in 2022

Deezen

Diamond started the firm with partner Donald Schmitt in 1975 and led the design of major buildings including the Holly Blossom Temple and Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, both in Toronto, the Memorial Hall at Marlborough College in the UK, and the Foreign Ministry of Israel in Jerusalem. Find out more about Jonathan Gales ›.

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How to Teach Equity in Architecture?

Community Architect

(Whitney Young, 1968) It is clear that a historically black university (HBCU) such as Morgan State University in Baltimore is trying hard to attract black architecture students and make students aware what role architects have played in segregation and, conversely what role they can play in creating more equity.