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Inclusion Emergency Diversity in architecture
Architecture is at a tipping point. Voices of the under-represented have been increasing in volume and are agitated for change. If we don’t collectively listen, re-adjust and change our future outlook, we limit the potential relevance of the profession in today’s society and, ultimately, the places we create. Capturing insight from leading voices in the profession, this book encourages understanding, reflection and addresses critical questions, providing steps towards meaningful change. It will help those who are under-represented to find role models, context and tools & to be confident, supported and valued. Building understanding for those more privileged to acknowledge bias, it will enable mitigation and awareness of the issues to encourage meaningful action. This is a call for change. Now.
Acknowledgments Introduction: An inclusion emergency by Hannah Durham and Grace Choi 1. Nothing About Us, Without Us: Disabled people designing by Amy Francis-Smith 2. A Deaf architect in a hearing world by Ben Stephens 3. Beyond EDI: Addressing the fundamental mechanisms of exploitation in architecture by Charlie Edmonds 4. Juggling parenthood by Clare Nash 5. OUT OUT OUT: The dilemma by Danni Jennifer Lewin Kerr 6. A lived experience of dyslexia by Darren Bray and Rob Hyde 7. Stay for longer: Retaining women in architecture by Grace Choi 8. Neurodivergence in practice: A job For me? by Hannah Day 9. Extrovert-ambivert-introvert: Ensuring everyone can thrive by Hannah Durham 10. Not a one-size-fits-all architectural education by Dr Igea Troiani 11. Climbing the ladder by Indujah Srikaran 12. A letter to our future clients: We have not just landed... by Lanre Gbolade 13. Queering the precedent by Nadir Mahmood, Martha Summers and Mary Holmes 14. Architectural students struggles and solutions by Maryam Al-Irhayim 15. Am I a gay architect? by Nick Walker 16. The learning journey: Reflections from within large practice by Ryder Architecture 17. Hair, hijab and a hardhat by Dr Saiyyida Zaidi 18. (Emotional) complexity and contradiction by Sarah Ackland 19. Reconstructing representation in architecture by Savannah Williams 20. Order from disorder by Dr Stephen Parnell 21. With a... like yours: Inclusion, intersectionality and internationalism in architecture by Sumita Singha 22. Allyship: Creating room for others by Tim Bailey 23. Heritage: A poem exploring identity, culture, place and change by Tobi Sobowale Afterword: Difference as a super power which benefits everyone About the editors About the contributors Index Image credits
Biography
Hannah Durham is an architect, educator and researcher. She was named a RIBA Journal Rising Star and her students have been nominated for national awards.
Grace Choi is an award-winning Architect of South Korean descent who brings a balanced perspective and two decades of diverse professional experience to the table.
