Led by College of Architecture, Art and Planning experts, “Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Circularity in Practice” seeks to help communities center justice principles while implementing sustainability strategies.
Previously on Archinect: Protesting Architectural Assistants in the UK are Fed Up: Is the Architectural Education System at Fault?
Over recent months, a conversation about unpaid overtime has risen to the top of the United Kingdom’s architectural discourse, spurred by lobbying from the Future Architects Front. We took a closer look at how the latest debate began, what it uncovered about the prevalence of unpaid overtime in architecture, and what it means for the future of unpaid overtime in the UK and abroad.
In June 1968, civil rights leader Whitney Young Jr. took to the stage of the AIA Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon, chastising the profession for its silence during the turmoil of America’s civil rights movement. “You are not a profession that has distinguished itself by your social and civic contributions to the cause of civil rights, and I am sure this has not come to you as any shock,” he said. “You are most distinguished by your thunderous silence and your