The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Speak up at the back! Tell the world what architecture is about
The profession needs to shake off its ‘quiet’ tag to effectively communicate why architecture matters, writes Emily Booth
Emily Booth
Emily Booth is editor of the AJ – here are her editorials on current topics of debate within architecture
It’s too late to gloss over the gender pay gap problem
Mandatory gender pay gap reporting has revealed that women aren’t in enough senior roles. That needs to change, writes Emily Booth
Help make architecture a more diverse profession
Our race diversity survey, in partnership with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, will gather crucial evidence to increase accessibility to the profession, writes Emily Booth
Three projects that demonstrate the pitfalls of procurement
Three very different approaches to hiring an architect show the difficulties in achieving the best design, writes Emily Booth
Women have come far in 100 years, but the job isn’t nearly finished
The AJ’s women in architecture survey has exposed the abiding inequalities that dog the profession – time’s up, writes Emily Booth
Our survey uncovers the pain of LGBT+ professionals
It is the emotion, pain, anger and frustration of our survey respondents that brings the story behind these statistics alive, writes Emily Booth
The myth of the lone genius is on the wane
Most architecture is collaborative, so the growing trend for employee-owned practices is to be welcomed, writes Emily Booth
Architects are rising to the challenges of turbulent times
If the best architecture is made in times of crisis there could be much to look forward to, writes Emily Booth
Celebrating the winners of the AJ Architecture Awards
A thorough round of jury visits underpins our awards, but we wouldn’t have it any other way, writes Emily Booth
Enter AJ Small Projects and spread the joy
Smaller schemes are the bread and butter of our industry, often magnifying architecture’s very best qualities, writes Emily Booth