2024-12-31T00:02:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/90605638/leading-architect-john-mcaslan-turns-his-attention-from-haiti-to-tottenham Alexander Walter 2014-01-06T14:38:00-05:00 >2014-01-13T17:12:06-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/76/76b2f67d58b6d8419354c684284a6002?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Scottish designer, a former colleague of Richard Rogers, is to open what is believed to be the first architect's studio on Tottenham High Road, opposite the police station where protests spilled over into riots in 2011 that spread across English cities. McAslan's vision is simple: he wants to train local youngsters as architectural apprentices and give them control over their home areas.</p></em><br /><br /><p> <em>"In the process, he hopes to help rectify a major imbalance in the make-up of the UK's architectural profession that has hardly improved since the murder two decades ago of Stephen Lawrence, the black teenager who wanted to study architecture."</em></p>