Improving Accessibility in the Built Environment
Accessibility specialist Mary Ann Jackson outlines her important work on the assessment tools and required action for improved accessibility in the built environment.
Architects from the “wrong” side of the tracks
Jennifer Crawford reflects on her own background and experiences in architecture to consider the impact of class on a career.
Making space for play
As higher densities continue to change urban communities, architect Natalia Krysiak turns her attention to the needs of our youngest citizens.
Reimagining a safer, more inclusive city
Monash University's XYX Lab workshop ideas for a safer, more welcoming Melbourne for women and girls
Queering Architecture: Framing the conversation
Queering Architecture? convenors Naomi Stead and Nicole Kalms explore the themes and questions around their upcoming XYX Lab event.
Women in the Street
Karen Burns reflects on protest and the transformation of the street by the fluid body politic.
Architectures of internment
Kate Sarkodee speaks to Dr Anoma Pieris about her research into WW2 internment camps and the implications for contemporary issues of detention.
Class and Creed in Australian Architecture
Class and connections can make or break a career, but does a class-ist culture serve the architecture profession well? Or does it limit the industry’s relevance to the community at large? Sam Perversi-Brooks digs down into the little-discussed but all-important issue of class.
Come into the Parlour
Don Gazzard ponders the status of women in architecture over the decades and outlines Parlour’s important role in challenging inequity and working towards improved conditions for all.
Feminism and architecture part 1: Feminist contributions
Feminism has had a powerful, longstanding influence on the development of architecture and urban design, although this is rarely acknowledged. Part 1 of Susana Torre’s lecture, Feminism and Architecture, explores the legacy.
The architecture of choice: re-framing feminism
"... society needs feminist architects to identify the political implications of design and planning." Carla Corroto argues for a new function for feminism in architecture.
Training course: pathways to working in the humanitarian sector
Ever wondered if you could design a refugee camp for 10,000 people? Or how to apply your skills to the humanitarian sector?
Pathways to working in the humanitarian sector
A training course to introduce built environment professionals to the Humanitarian sector and identify pathways for future work experience
Building community
"Get it right for women, and you get it right for everyone." Lee Hillam asks how can women architects can contribute to the low cost housing debate in Australia?
