Workplace
Women, work and architecture – analsyis, anecdote and advice about workplace. The opportunities, the constraints and how we might navigate our way through them.
On flexibility
Watch the recording of Stepping Up on Flexibility – an open conversation with John Prentice, Dave Tordoff and Emily Wombwell – with bonus footage and CPD.
Flex case studies
How are practices embedding flexible work into their work cultures and everyday habits? BVN, Woods Bagot and Cox share their progress and experiences so far.
How to create an effective flex policy
An open and transparent flexible work policy is critical to fostering an effective, collaborative and healthy workplace, where meaningful and rewarding career opportunities are available to all.
What is flexibility & why does it matter?
How does flexibility work in practice, what are the benefits and challenges, what is its impact on equity, what is the business case for change?
Home / Work
Our Home /Work series asks the Parlour community to share experiences of the adjustment to new work arrangements, and the ongoing impact. Find out how to contribute here.
Enhancing management & leadership
What are the opportunities to improve and change leadership and management in the profession? Anwyn Hocking presents advice from the Work & Wellbeing survey.
Moving from cultural fit to cultural add
Do you recruit for ‘cultural fit’? Or is there a better way? Brian Clohessy unpacks the issues following an impromptu conversation at a Light at the End of the Tunnel session.
Enhancing workplace communication
The need for improved communication was reiterated again and again in the Work & Wellbeing survey. Anwyn Hocking identifies the themes and assembles advice.
Battling pay inequity
Compare and contrast pay rates and don’t misread confidence for competence. Cassandra Keller tells it like it is.
25 alternate jobs for young architects
Sarah Lebner explores the unconventional, alternate jobs that may provide experience, connections and industry knowledge until the economy recovers and architecture jobs return.
Financial literacy for architects
Management for Design Founding Director Gordana Milosevska takes us through the basics, from cash flow and balance sheets to profit margins and transparency.
Unsettling times
Writer Deborah Singerman has worked from home for more than a decade, but has found the restrictions of lockdown very unsettling.
Memories of past challenges
Loata Ho describes her workspace in isolation, the challenges of lockdown life, her research interest in Indigenous Fijian women’s knowledge, and her experiences after the 2008 economic downturn.
Student life in the age of COVID-19
Fifth-year University of Adelaide architecture student Georgie Warren shares the comforts and struggles of lockdown life.
The importance of ‘third spaces’
Sarah Hobday-North was already adept at working from home, but she misses the support of ‘third spaces’, such as cafes, museums and playgrounds.
