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RIBA hosts event on diversity after being “stunned” by Dezeen’s gender survey

March 1, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen has teamed up with the Royal Institute of British Architects to present a free evening event on Tuesday 6 March about improving gender diversity in architecture. The event, which welcomes both men and women, takes place at RIBA headquarters in central London. Taking place two days before International Women’s Day, it will include a

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RIBA hosts event on diversity after being “stunned” by Dezeen’s gender survey

March 1, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen has teamed up with the Royal Institute of British Architects to present a free evening event on Tuesday 6 March about improving gender diversity in architecture. The event, which welcomes both men and women, takes place at RIBA headquarters in central London. Taking place two days before International Women’s Day, it will include a

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Dezeen curates architecture trends microsite for CNN Style

January 11, 2018 Marcus Fairs 0

Dezeen has teamed up with media giant CNN to curate a series of features about architecture trends derived from our Pinterest boards. Stories written by Dezeen about six trends have been published on a microsite on CNN Style, the media brand’s design magazine. The trends include super-skinny homes, floating architecture and extreme cantilevers. CNN Style

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Dezeen Hot List 2017: IKEA is the most newsworthy force in design, ahead of Muji and Peter Zumthor

December 20, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Furniture and homewares brand IKEA has topped the 2017 Dezeen Hot List of the 500 people, brands and organisations our readers most wanted to read about this year. Retailer Muji takes second place while Peter Zumthor is the highest placed architect. Donald Trump has crashed into the top five of the list, which is compiled

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Female architects respond to gender survey: “It’s getting better but far too slowly”

November 17, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

After our survey revealed a lack of gender diversity in the world’s biggest architecture firms, five prominent female architects from the UK gave us their views on what’s gone wrong and how it can be changed. The survey, which looked at the 100 biggest firms from around the globe, revealed that only one in 10 senior

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Female architects respond to gender survey: “It’s getting better but far too slowly”

November 17, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

After our survey revealed a lack of gender diversity in the world’s biggest architecture firms, five prominent female architects from the UK gave us their views on what’s gone wrong and how it can be changed. The survey, which looked at the 100 biggest firms from around the globe, revealed that only one in 10 senior

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Survey of top architecture firms reveals “quite shocking” lack of gender diversity at senior levels

November 16, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Just three of the world’s 100 biggest architecture firms are headed by women and only two have management teams that are more than 50 per cent female, a survey by Dezeen has revealed. The survey found that women occupy just 10 per cent of the highest-ranking jobs at the world’s leading architecture firms, while 16

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Architects are suffering from “originality syndrome” and should copy more, says Winy Maas

October 20, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. Called Copy Paste, the book argues that the cult of uniqueness is slowing down innovation. “Instead of mocking the culture of copycats, design could learn better

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Architects are suffering from “originality syndrome” and should copy more, says Winy Maas

October 20, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. Called Copy Paste, the book argues that the cult of uniqueness is slowing down innovation. “Instead of mocking the culture of copycats, design could learn better

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Demand for overseas architects booms in China’s “open and free climate”

September 29, 2017 Marcus Fairs 0

China is emerging as a key destination for international architects, with experienced designers flocking to take up jobs in the country. China’s booming construction scene is fuelling the demand, with Chinese architecture studios keen to hire foreign talent both for domestic projects and for their growing work outside their home nation. “There are many foreign

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