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Low fees are a constant source of frustration for architects. As part of our Performance Review of the profession, Nat Barker delves into the issue. In many countries architects are fed up. They feel underpaid, overworked and disrespected. That was the finding of a major survey Dezeen conducted a year ago, and it echoes other

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As Donald Trump’s championing of classical architecture resurfaces the traditional-versus-modernist style debate, Lizzie Crook explores what the public wants from the way buildings look. The US president is on a mission to make federal architecture “Great Again”, passing orders prioritising classical and traditional styles for civic buildings, commencing work on an ostentatious new ballroom for

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With UK architecture failing to make progress on closing its gender pay gap, what more can be done? Nat Barker reports. “Every year people say ‘we must do better’, but then actually have no plan, no strategy, no vision for how to actually do this stuff better,” said Marsha Ramroop, a diversity and inclusion consultant

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Architecture studios working on Saudi giga-project Neom are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns despite mounting pressure from campaigners. Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reports. Following recent reporting by the BBC alleging that Saudi forces permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for the project, human rights organisations told Dezeen that architecture studios

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