AJ Women in Architecture

The AJ Women in Architecture campaign and awards, sponsored by Roca and Place Careers, is designed to promote the status of women in architecture while encouraging role models for young women in practice

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Jiřičná and Brooks to speak at Women in Architecture talk

Join the AJ for a free talk and panel discussion with the winners of this year’s AJ Women in Architecture Awards

Piano and Moneo sign petition for Denise Scott Brown’s Pritzker recognition

Renzo Piano and Rafael Moneo have become the eighth and nineth Pritzker Prize-winners to sign the petition calling for the prestigious award’s jury to recognise Denise Scott Brown

Richard Meier signs petition for Denise Scott Brown’s Pritzker recognition

Richard Meier has become the seventh Pritzker Prize-winner to sign the petition calling for the prestigious award’s jury to recognise Denise Scott Brown

Amanda Levete joins calls for Pritzker recognition for Scott Brown

Amanda Levete is the latest architect to add her name to the ever-growing petition for the Pritzker jury to recognise Denise Scott Brown

Woman in Architecture Luncheon

Canon of architecture should be rewritten to include women

Leading voices including Yvonne Farrell and Sadie Morgan call for women to be written back into profession’s history

Women in Architecture survey

Glass ceiling pay gap revealed: 26% of women directors earn less

Second AJ Women in Architecture survey reveals that unequal pay persists, while 89 per cent of women say having children is detrimental to career progression

Results of the Women in Architecture Survey

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Phyllis Lambert on Jane Jacobs

‘In 1958, as Jane Jacobs wrote her seminal book, I saw to the completion of the Seagram Building’

Hannah Lawson on being a woman architect in a large practice

‘I’ve been asked “is she tough enough?” - a question that is unlikely to be asked of a male counterpart’

Yasmin Shariff compares women in architecture to other professions

‘Women can make it to the top but the exceptions mask a kernel of inequality and discrimination’

Walters & Cohen on how to attract, and keep, senior women in architecture

Last year’s winners of the AJ Woman Architect of the Year award, Cindy Walters and Michál Cohen speak to the AJ

Women in Architecture Awards

Interview with the AJ's Emerging Woman Architect runner-up - Maria Smith

The AJ caught up with Maria Smith, founding director at Studio Weave, after she picked up a commendation in the Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award category

Jane Drew Prize

Eva Jiřičná calls for return of a ‘socially responsible’ profession

28-Mar-2013

Jane Drew Prize-winner Eva Jiricná has called on younger architects to become more socially and politically engaged

Woman Architect of the Year

Interview with the AJ's Women Architect of the Year - Alison Brooks

Women Architect of the Year 2013 Alison Brooks talks about how she sees herself as’an architect and not a female architect’ and why mandatory fee scales should be re-introduced.

Sponsors:

Roca is a company specializing in the design, production and marketing of products for bathroom spaces as well as ceramic floorings and wall coverings used in architecture, construction and interior design.

Leading recruiters for the London and international design community, Place Careers has an experienced ex-industry team, recruiting architects, interior designers, admin and creative support staff.

Tamsyn Curley, Director of Place Careers cares passionately about equality in the design industry and welcomes the opportunity to be associated with the Women in architecture awards.