{"product_id":"designing-for-diversity","title":"Designing for Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful statement about the repercussions of discrimination and the benefits of diversity in architecture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProviding hard data for trends that many perceive only vaguely and some deny altogether, \u003ci\u003eDesigning for Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a profession rife with gender and racial discrimination and examines the aspects of architectural practice that hinder or support the full participation of women and persons of color.\u003cbr\u003e\nDrawing on interviews and surveys of hundreds of architects, Kathryn H. Anthony outlines some of the forms of discrimination that recur most frequently in architecture: being offered added responsibility without a commensurate rise in position, salary, or credit; not being allowed to engage in client contact, field experience, or construction supervision; and being confined to certain kinds of positions, typically interior design for women, government work for African Americans, and computer-aided design for Asian American architects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnthony discusses the profession's attitude toward flexible schedules, part-time contracts, and the demands of family and identifies strategies that have helped underrepresented individuals advance in the profession, especially establishing a strong relationship with a mentor. She also observes a strong tendency for underrepresented architects to leave mainstream practice, either establishing their own firms, going into government or corporate work, or abandoning the field altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the traditional mismatch between diverse consumers and predominantly white male producers of the built environment, plus the shifting population balance toward communities of color, Anthony contends that the architectural profession staves off true diversity at its own peril. \u003ci\u003eDesigning for Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e argues convincingly that improving the climate for nontraditional architects will do much to strengthen architecture as a profession. Practicing architects, managers of firms, and educators will learn how to create conditions more welcoming to a diversity of users as well as designers of the built environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Kathryn H. Anthony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615139586428,"sku":"9780252073953","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252073953_ec4f75b6-0b60-41c3-86eb-68bdb6057cd1.jpg?v=1726046161","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/designing-for-diversity","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}