Kunle Barker

Ethics are personal and creating a museum, train station or city for a regime is not the same as condoning its political policies, argues Kunle Barker

The government has effectively privatised the provision of affordable and social housing, but commercial realities make it difficult for SME developers to contribute, says Kunle Barker

Architecture can be a stressful vocation. But how much pressure is it acceptable to expect someone to endure? asks Kunle Barker

Practices may be reluctant to take up valuable resources planning for succession. Yet few things are more important business-wise, argues Kunle Barker 

Last month’s AJ Retrofit Live event, while sometimes fractious, showed how cross-disciplinary collaboration can foster innovation, writes Kunle Barker

Instead of carbon-shaming the RIBA, ACAN should work with them to set improved sustainability guidelines for future competitions, says Kunle Barker

There are some moves for reform at the RIBA, but voter apathy in the face of inertia at the institute is holding back change, says Kunle Barker

Black people encounter obstacles in their professional lives of a kind unimagined by their white counterparts. Kunle Barker shares a personal testimony illustrating an insidious problem that blights the construction industry

Offsetting is not even close to being sustainable and is allowing lazy, ego-driven designs to be accepted, says Kunle Barker 

Architecture competition organisers should encourage smaller practices to enter, making a practice’s size and diversity key criteria for entry, writes Kunle Barker