Are there women architects

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Already have an account? Learn more. Stay in Touch. Fill out my online form. Facebook Instagram Twitter Linkedin Youtube. Advertise Contact Join Login. Privacy Sitemap. OK Learn more. The chart shown below calls attention to the path of progress for women in the profession using commonly referenced metrics. It starts with the U. The numbers were not encouraging. In , one percent of registered architects were women. By , that number rose to four percent and to However, the number of women that become registered, achieve upper management levels, become partners and own architectural firms has not increased at the same rate or in the same proportion as their male architectural counterparts.

Male colleagues complain that they do not want to take orders from a woman. What needs to change? Arieff points out that the culture of male dominance runs deep in the architecture profession. Arieff reports that one prominent architect, Richard Meier, was forced to step down from a leadership role in his firm after allegations from five women. All these factors alienate young women seeking to enter the field.

A recent Equity by Design survey revealed that almost a third of the women who had left architecture said the lack of role models was the deciding factor. Public attitudes also need to change. Discrimination sometimes comes from clients who refuse to acknowledge the skills and authority of a woman.

This may seem trivial, but the result is that a woman introducing herself to clients as the architect often confronts conspicuous disbelief. Follow the Opinion section on Twitter latimesopinion and Facebook.

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