Parlour Census Report
New data analysis by Gill Matthewson shows that women are taking matters into their own hands regarding their presence in architecture, but there is still much work to be done.
2020 Autumn Salon – video now online
Watch our first Zoom Salon, with Jocelyn Chiew and Josephine MacLeod.
This is where we live
Annmarie Adams discusses the home as workplace, contemplating the growing importance of domestic architecture and the meteoric rise of the interior.
Cultural change on fast-forward
Many aspects of life are on pause, but cultural change at work is on fast-forward. Gerard Corcoran, CEO of Hassell, urges us to rethink the workplace for everyone’s benefit after COVID-19.
Getting to Yes
Watch our session on negotiation with Peter Gahan in conversation with Alison Cleary and Justine Clark.
Just keep swimming
Through economic downturns, changes in career direction and a lot of hard work, Macarena de la Vega de León has discovered that the best approach is to ‘just keep swimming!’.
Part 1 – who responded?
The first in a series of posts exploring the preliminary finding of the survey Work & Wellbeing – Australian architecture & the COVID-19 pandemic.
Career shifts & breaks
Watch Career Shifts & Breaks, our Light at the End of the Tunnel session, with Shelley Penn and Dijana Tasevska.
Speaking Up
Saneia Norton weighs up some interesting options for honing your public speaking skills, and offers insightful advice about how to put yourself out there, one step at a time.
Lessons Learned
Building on our Path Ahead series, a number of our Parlour friends generously offer advice for navigating the architecture profession.
The notebook
For her last ISOscape post, Jaslyn Ng shares her notebook of sketches, a place where she tests her ideas. “Sometimes when I’m stuck, I’ll just keep connecting the dots.”
Building a resilient home
For ISOscape creator Jaslyn Ng, an extended lockdown has meant adapting her home into a multi-functional space that accommodates work, school and care.
With a name like yours
Assumptions continue to be made about people’s professions and ambitions, based on their skin colour, looks or accent, writes Sumita Singha.
Know thyself
Watch Know Thyself, our session on identifying and playing to your strengths – with Margaret Devlin.
Parlour Lab
We are delighted to announce a new online event series, Parlour Lab, which brings research discussions in architecture and the built environment to the wider community.
