The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Lockdown has set women architects back. Now we need to know by just how much
Progress towards gender equality in architecture has been painfully slow. We need to redouble our efforts post-Covid says Sumita Singha
RIBA
Stories about the Royal Institute of British Architects, including the RIBA Awards and the RIBA Stirling Prize
While architecture has a culture of working for free, salaries will suffer
The RIBA may not be able to improve pay levels directly, but it could help by no longer promoting competitions where architects produce work for free, argues Morrow + Lorraine’s Julian Morrow
Another mutual insurance company isn’t the answer to architects’ PI woes
Architects continue to accept all sorts of responsibilities without being paid to do so, so is it any wonder insurers are bumping up PI premiums? asks Paul Finch
RIBA unearths archived talks from leading female architects
The RIBA has published four lectures by leading female architects of the 20th century, after rediscovering the recordings among the four million items in its archive
RIBA considers setting up mutual insurance company
The RIBA is considering setting up a mutual insurance fund to provide cheaper professional indemnity insurance (PII) to practices, the AJ can reveal
Preston mosque, Lancashire
The RIBA has announced an open international design competition for a new ‘landmark, timeless’ mosque near Preston in Lancashire [Deadline: 22 April 2021]
Architectural assistants take aim at profession’s ‘culture of exploitation’
A group of architectural assistants have launched a campaign aiming to shine a spotlight on the poor treatment of junior staff in UK practices
RIBA and RIAS make bids for lead competency role
The RIBA and RIAS have made bids to take lead roles in delivering CPD to ensure architects’ professional competency as part of the shake-up of the Architects Act 1997
Can the RIBA pull out of its spiral of decline in 2021?
Fortunes have been fading at Portland Place for decades but scandal, leaks and resignations left it rudderless in 2020. Let’s hope the new chair and president can pull the institute out of its tailspin, says Ben Derbyshire
‘This is for everyone who supported BLM’: Lesley Lokko wins RIBA Annie Spink Award
Author and academic Lesley Lokko has paid tribute to ‘everyone who came out in support of Black Lives Matter protests’ after winning the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architecture Education