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Foster + Partners gender pay gap widest on record

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Foster + Partners, which has around 1,200 architectural staff in the UK , is by far the UK's largest studio. Foster + Partners has recruited more women than men during 2022/2023 as we encourage diversity," a spokesperson told Dezeen. The Royal Institute of British Architects reported a 9.3 per cent across all staff grades."

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V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"

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According to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition aims to examine the complex context, power dynamics and post-colonial legacy of tropical modernism – an architectural style that developed in South Asia and West Africa in the late 1940s – while also centralising and celebrating its hidden figures.

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Tongji University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning marks 70 years with Global Dean's Forum

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Promotion: Shanghai 's Tongji University is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its College of Architecture and Urban Planning with the Global Dean's Forum, a day-long event bringing together 11 major architecture schools from around the world. Li Xiang Ning (left) is the new dean of CAUP. Image by CAUP. Image by CAUP. "In

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Gender pay gap widens at almost half of UK's largest architecture studios

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In total 13 architecture studios reported data, including Grimshaw and PRP Architects , which both have less than 250 staff but did so voluntarily. Analysis of the figures by Dezeen found that across the 13 architecture studios, the mean hourly pay of women was 16.5 Mean hourly pay gap widens at six studios. per cent in 2020/21.

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"We'll be graduating smart, caring, compassionate activist students" says new head of Pratt undergrad programme

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Architect Stephen Slaughter was recently named as the chair of undergraduate architecture at the Pratt Institute. In this exclusive interview , he explains how he aims to bring his ethos of activism and inclusion to the school. These are the things I understand and want to set forward, as part of the mission for the school.

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Architecture education needs "decolonisation and decarbonisation" says London School of Architecture head Neal Shasore

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His call for such a shift comes at a moment of racial and social reckoning within the architecture industry. Progressive steps such as Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko becoming the first Black architect to curate the Venice Architecture Biennale are broadening diversity within the field.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? You’ll perform your work under the guidance and supervision of one of the licensed architects but for the most part, you are responsible for thinking through the issues.