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Snøhetta US: Employees Vote Against Unionizing in Architectural Practice Transformation

Nour Fakharany — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:30:00 +0000

In 2021, the architectural practice at large started to transform; people “no longer felt the need to stick to the traditional way of doing things when it came to matters related to the work environment”. Employees all over the industry have spoken up in recent years and have considered the solution of unionizing. In May of 2023, the employees of the renowned New York office Snøhetta announced a bid to unionize the studio, the second private-sector architecture studio in the United States to take this step. This week, it was declared that the workers voted against unionizing.

The Second Studio Podcast: Interview with Architecture Workers United Members

The Second Studio Podcast — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 03:30:00 +0000

The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions.

“I Felt It Was the Right Thing To Do”

Martin Pedersen — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

New York Studio Bernheimer Architecture Forms The First Only Private-Sector Union in The US

Paula Cano — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 05:30:00 +0000

The first and only formal architecture union in the American private sector was just formed by Bernheimer Architecture's employees after two years of the union campaign. The Union aims to reframe the discipline and profession and create an established sector of better labor rights standards and work conditions. The BA Union will be associated with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to reshape the industry at a large scale and work on Industrywide problems like long hours and low pay.

Can Architects Finally have a Seat at the Table? Labor Rights and Work Conditions in Architecture

Dima Stouhi — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

The early stages of practicing architecture are often met with what many explain as "the slippery slope of being an architect", where expectations do not at all meet reality of the profession and gets worse as the experience progresses. With constant burnouts as a result of working overtime and on weekends on the account of “gaining experience”, extraordinary expectations, low wages, and physical and mental strains, the prestige of being an architect has evidently vanished with modern-day work conditions. So how can architects fight for their labor rights after years of exploitation and what is currently being done to ensure them?

The Architecture of Labor: Working Conditions and the New Normal

Eric Baldwin — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:35:00 +0000

Labor gives rise to design. As the aggregate of physical and mental effort used in the creation of goods and services, labor is tied to both what we create and our process. In a field shaped by production, architecture and design depend on labor from a broad range of professionals. But as workers increasingly put in longer hours and traditional measures of security change, questions of labor practices have arisen amid broader conditions of contemporary work culture.