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HDR Chicago on Learning From Other Industries, Employee Empowerment, and Representing the Community

2019-10-11T06:00:00-04:00

Over the past few years, the field has received a growing amount of attention that has highlighted long-standing labor issues within the architecture industry, ranging from unsustainable pay models to unwelcoming work environments. Looking for an alternative, the Architecture Lobby created the Just Design Initiative, which recognizes fair labor practices in architecture. Beginning with nominations submitted by employees, and followed by an evaluation process, the team looked at practices that can serve as models of a new status quo within the profession.

Archinect has teamed up with the Just Design crew to profile firms across the country that meet the initiative's standards. Whether it is a family-friendly work schedule or a health coverage plan that goes above and beyond, the series spotlights practices that honor the basic rights of their employees and can serve as exemplary models of what should become standard for the field.

BLUR Workshop Wants Their Employees to Think Like Owners

2019-05-08T12:36:00-04:00

Challenging Architecture's Grueling Work Culture, Kimberly Neuhaus Carves Out Her Own Space

2019-03-20T11:56:00-04:00

Over the past few years, the field has received a growing amount of attention that has highlighted long standing labor issues within the architecture industry, ranging from unsustainable pay models to unwelcoming work environments. Looking for an alternative, the Architecture Lobby created the Just Design Initiative, which recognizes fair labor practices in architecture. Beginning with nominations submitted by employees, and followed by an evaluation process, the team looked at practices that can serve as models of a new status quo within the profession. Archinect has teamed up with the Just Design crew to profile firms across the country that meet the initiative's standards. Whether it is a family-friendly work schedule or a health coverage plan that goes above and beyond, the series spotlights practices that honor the basic rights of their employees and can serve as exemplary models of what should become standard for the field.

Based in New Haven, Gray Organschi Architecture Creates a Working Environment for Critical Engagement with Architecture

2019-01-21T10:00:00-05:00

At McMillan Pazdan Smith, Great Culture Produces Great Work

2019-01-08T14:05:00-05:00

How Aamodt/Plumb Architects is Bringing the Slow Movement to Architecture

2018-12-17T14:49:00-05:00

How Elizabeth Eason Architecture Achieves Work-Life Balance

2018-12-10T12:13:00-05:00

Over the past few years, the field has received a growing amount of attention that has highlighted longstanding labor issues within the architecture industry, ranging from unsustainable pay models to unwelcoming work environments. That’s why it is “more urgent than ever,” says Peggy Deamer (who started the Architecture Lobby to tackle such issues), that “we have a system that highlights labor matters, that fights for fairness and not management.”

Looking for an alternative, the group created the Just Design Initiative, which recognizes fair labor practices in architecture. Beginning with nominations submitted by employees, and followed by an evaluation process, the team looked at practices that can serve as models of a new status quo within the profession. Archinect has teamed up with the Just Design crew to profile firms across the country that meet the initiative's standards. Whether it is a family-friendly work schedule or a health coverage plan that goes above and beyond, the se...

Director of Global Diversity at Perkins+Will: Work-Life Balance Isn't Just a Health Issue – It's About Talent Retention

2016-12-23T12:25:00-05:00

Managing a healthful work-life balance for any profession is difficult, but too often, architecture takes pride in an unhealthy one. Long hours and slow professional development can keep practitioners neck-deep in work, with the hopes that it will all pay off in the end, when most likely, it back-fires. Ultimately, it's in an employer's best interest to foster their employees' work-life balance – such that the employee consistently delivers stellar work, and is more likely to stick around. We asked Gabrielle Bullock, director of global diversity at Perkins+Will, about their outlook on work-life balance, and why it's so vital to talent retention.