Women, work and architecture – analsyis, anecdote and advice about workplace. The opportunities, the constraints and how we might navigate our way through them.
Let’s talk about flex
The Queensland Gender Equity Committee ‘Let’s talk about flex!’ event canvassed four approaches for flexible work, with speakers talking directly of their personal experiences.
The pay gap: what can you do about it?
Why are women paid less and what can we do about it? Catalina Consultants’ Merilyn Speiser reflects on a recent KPMG and Diversity Council report into the gender pay gap.
Male Champions of Change – tools for download
Architects Male Champions of Change foundation group has developed a range of strategies and resources specifically targeted for architectural practices.
Long hours, fatigue and mental health
Do we have to accept that “long hours are just part of the job”? Ceilidh Higgins lays out the significant impacts of excessive overtime.
Tips for maternity leave
Sarah Lebner reviews her experience of maternity leave, and provides tips on how to prepare for a break from the office.
Flexibility: We’re doing it, why aren’t you?
The Queensland Gender Equity Committee’s first event tackled the benefits and challenges of offering flexibility in the workplace.
Expanding the boundaries of creative practice
Taking detours into other creative fields adds breadth and richness to an architect’s core set of skills, argues Bronwen Jones.
Re-addressing the gender gap
When it comes to pay, seniority and career progress, architecture’s gender gap is concerning, but how do we close the gap? Kathlyn Loseby examines the issues.
Juggling early parenting and career
Supportive partner, parents and employer were integral to Alanna King’s successful return to work after maternity leave.
Battling pay inequity
Compare and contrast pay rates and don’t misread confidence for competence. Cassandra Keller tells it like it is.
Flexibility at work
A focus on outcomes (not hours) and health (not overtime) brings many rewards, argues Jenny Edwards, director of Light House Architecture & Science.
Women, technology and revolution in architecture!
Glenda Caldwell and Kirsty Volz talk tech, highlighting the depressingly low percentage of women working in technology and outlining some strategies for change.
Enabling flexible work
AMC Architecture's Practice Manager and registered architect Hannah-Jean Cadan shares the challenges and rewards of enabling flexible work.
Managing your mental health
Rob Henry takes a candid look at the challenges of managing his mental health and the benefits of flexibility in the workplace.
Balancing professional and family life
For Shannon Battisson, balancing motherhood with a business start-up was one of the biggest challenges she’d ever faced, but it was also one of the most rewarding.
