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While boycotting Chicago Architecture Biennial, ArchiteXX debuts Windy City run of "Now What?!" exhibition

2019-09-17T19:45:00-04:00

Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architecture since 1968, an exhibition created by gender equity-focused activist group ArchiteXX highlighting the impact of social movements on architecture and design, is currently on view at the Co-Prosperity Sphere gallery in Chicago.

The exhibition, which opens amid the backdrop of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB), is being presented without any official affiliation with the festival "due to the financial support [CAB] receives from BP," according to an ArchiteXX statement. BP, a London-based fossil fuel corporation, is the main financial sponsor for this year's CAB, and has donated $1 million to in support of the biennial and its affiliated projects and programs, including CAB's student design competition.

Coded Plumbing Exhibition with QSAPP at Columbia University and the Van Alen Institute by QSPACE_Courtesy of QSPACE

Remarking upon the content of the exhibition itself, co-curator and ArchiteXX co-founder Lori...

What is feminism's role in contemporary architecture?

2017-03-07T13:30:00-05:00

In this interview with PSMag, ArchiteXX co-founder and Syracuse University School of Architecture professor Lori Brown talks about the difficulties and rewards of attempting to design while female. She's specifically asked about how an architect attempts to integrate feminist notions of design in a political climate that would prefer women's structural contributions remain limited to conducting barefoot and pregnant installations in the kitchen. Here's a sampling:

What might be different about a feminist design versus a design that doesn’t take feminism into account?

The goal is to consider and incorporate where we are socially, politically, environmentally, and even economically [into designs]. We operate from the position that everyone is valued and everyone should be considered, which requires different ways of operating as a designer [and] thinking about the types of spaces you design, the types of users that would be needing these spaces. It’s not to create autonomous and separat...

ArchiteXX and the Wage Project to inform women in architecture on important salary negotiation skills

2013-10-18T13:52:00-04:00

Especially for recent graduates, knowing how to smartly negotiate salaries can be a little confusing--and what with the ongoing issue of the gender wage gap. To offer help on the popular topic, ArchiteXX (formerly Women in Architecture) and the Wage Project will hold their first event tomorrow, Oct. 19 in New York City.

Led by Evelyn Murphy, the workshop event will teach all women practicing in architecture--from recent graduates to the more experienced--the necessary skills to be a sharper salary negotiator.

To buy tickets for the event and additional details, click here. Space is limited!