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Architecture is a slow profession - buildings take a long time to transition from conceptual ideas to real-world experiences. Yet, at architecture school there is so much project churn, that when you study you get used to this fast pace.
Working as an architectural professional is also fast paced, but in a different way - you will often be busy, but the projects themselves seem to crawl along. Often, new graduates can work for years before seeing a project they have worked on actually be built and completed.
So how can we practice patience in architecture? This article provides 5 ways to practice patience.
In Architecture, diversity and inclusion isn’t only a job for the managers, for higher level strategists, of for the leaders of our institutions. It is an everyday mission and practice for each of us, no matter what our role or contribution to the profession looks like or is labelled as.
So rather than waiting for diversity and inclusion changes to happen, what can we do as individuals, as aspiring architects, as active citizens with a dream of an inclusive and diverse future? And how can we do it without jeopardising how we operate within or alongside existing practices?