"Hiring an African American woman on your leadership team is a step in the right direction"
Improving the diversity of your architecture firm will help you win more projects, says Gabrielle Bullock. More
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"The future of design is female" says Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen
Female designers make up 70 per cent of participants at this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, proving that women are set to play a dominant role in the design world, according to curator Jan Boelen. More
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AIA updates code to "end sexual harassment in the workplace"
The architectural profession "must redouble efforts" to improve safety and equity in practices, according to the American Institute of Architects, which has updated the rules in its members' ethics code in a bid to end sexual harassment and gender discrimination. More
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"By failing to represent diversity in CGIs, we are normalising whiteness and othering everything else"
It's inexcusable for architects to create CGIs that don't reflect the social demographic of the area they are designing for, says Margaret Ravenscroft. More
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Cutout Mix is a range of "diverse and inclusive" graphic figures for architectural renderings
Italian designers Francesca Perani and Claudia Manenti have illustrated 488 scale figures that they are offering for use in architectural drawings, featuring characters of different ages, skin tones and gender identities. More
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Hannah Rozenberg develops online tool for designing architecture without gender bias
Royal College of Art graduate Hannah Rozenberg has developed a digital tool that calculates the underlying gender bias in English architectural terms, to help create more gender-neutral environments. More
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Female-focussed co-working clubs "amplify the voices of women and equal rights"
Women-only co-working spaces are opening across the globe in response to a push for gender equality, according to their founders, who believe the clubs are changing the way their users work. More
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Jeanne Gang closes gender pay gap at her architecture firm
Architect Jeanne Gang has closed the gender pay gap at her firm Studio Gang, and called for others to follow suit and "fix pay inequity now". More
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Nine projects designed for and by the LGBT+ community
With London's Pride parade taking place this weekend, here's a look at nine LGBT+ design projects, from a rainbow font to a sex toy for gender-transitioning men. More
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"Make space for families" to improve gender equality in architecture, says Billie Tsien
Architect Billie Tsien has called for better child care in the US to help more women remain in her profession, rather than have to chose between work and family. More
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Stalled! initiative provides open-source prototypes for inclusive public restrooms
A set of guidelines for designing inclusive bathrooms for public buildings, created to address an "urgent social justice issue", is now available online. More
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Competition: win a copy of Women Design by Libby Sellers
In this competition, Dezeen readers have the chance to win one of five copies of a book profiling 21 inspirational female architects and designers. More
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Hardly anyone can name more than one female architect, says director of new movie about women that built New York
"Women are doing some of the most prestigious work in New York" but nobody knows who they are, according to architect and filmmaker Beverly Willis, who wants to change this with her new movie about the women who have shaped the city. More
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Female architects host flash mob at Venice Architecture Biennale to call for gender equality
Architects Odile Decq, Farshid Moussavi and Manuelle Gautrand were part of a protest that took place in Venice today, to fight against discrimination in architecture. More
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Odile Decq calls for female architects to "fight against harassment, against discrimination"
French architect Odile Decq has urged people to join her in a demonstration today at the Venice Architecture Biennale, to demand gender equality in architecture. More
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One quarter of UK architects experience racism at work, survey reveals
A race survey conducted by The Architects' Journal shows that 24 per cent of black and minority-ethnic architects have been victims of racism in UK workplaces. More
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D&AD Awards 2018 celebrate designs for gender diversity and environmental protection
The Fearless Girl statue that faces down Wall Street's Charging Bull and the environmentally minded Palau Pledge tourist visa are among the big winners from this year's D&AD Awards, which recognise the best in communication design. More
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Male-dominated architecture industry is undergoing "dramatic change" says Elizabeth Diller
Architect Elizabeth Diller has praised her inclusion on this year's Time 100 list as a positive step towards gender parity in architecture, but voiced concern that too many female architecture students are not making it into the workplace. More
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Africa's largest architecture practice pledges to move the needle on gender diversity
Boogertman + Partners, Africa's largest architecture practice, has promised to tackle its gender pay gap in response to Dezeen's Move the Needle initiative. More
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Brands "ask for you because you're a woman and not dead" says Cecilie Manz
Furniture brands who work with female designers shouldn't expect them to only produce feminine objects, according to Danish designer Cecilie Manz. More