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Material Legacy

With Every Fiber, an exhibition designed by Studio Cooke John, debuts at Grace Farms

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May Day

On International Workers’ Day AN editors look back on a year of labor and practice-forward reporting

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ESOP Fables

As labor concerns play a more central role in architectural discourse, employee-owned design firms offer a half-century of precedent

Employee-Owned

This July, New York lawmakers will pass legislation expanding the viability of ESOPs for architecture workers

Architects Talking Ethics #1

When, if ever, does it make sense to work for free?

Spheres, Slides, and Good Byes

Here are the top news stories AN covered in 2023

A Just Transition

The climate resilience workforce should include architects

Under New Management

BNIM Architects is now an employee-owned company

Learning from Hollywood

What the Bernheimer Architecture Union learned from UTOPIA and the writer’s strike

Change Agents

AEC Unites is a new organization seeking to dismantle systemic racism in architecture, engineering, and construction

All for One and One for All

New York firm Sage and Coombe Architects announces new office union

It Ain’t Over

Snøhetta named in an unlawful discrimination suit by Architectural Workers United after unsuccessful union drive

A Nail Biter

Workers at Snøhetta vote against unionization

Practicing Practice

A new wave of educators are updating how professional practice courses are delivered in architecture schools. What are they teaching?

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Labored Relations

Graduate students at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College are on strike for better pay

Pay Day

Teamsters Local 251 reaches an agreement with RISD for groundskeepers, movers, and custodial staff on strike

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Students and faculty at RISD express support for groundskeepers, movers, and custodial staff on strike

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Money Talk

Architects should design their businesses just like they design their buildings

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