"Women architects are underrepresented in general and especially in leadership positions"
Gender equality is at the forefront of this week's comments update, following an Instagram post by BIG founder Bjarke Ingels that opened up a debate around the hiring balance within architecture.
BIG Issue: Sheela Maini Søgaard, the only female amongst 12 partners at BIG, defended diversity at the firm after Ingels posted an image of his colleagues on Instagram that drew attention to the gender imbalance.
Zeta wasn't surprised by the situation: "Women architects are underrepresented in general and especially in leadership positions in just about all firms! Not to mention grossly underpaid."
"What does gender or race have to do with it" It's a company, not a charity" pointed out Jack En Poi.
Yethica clearly felt let down: "I was ready to defend BIG on this but the ONLY female partner isn't actually even an architect" I'm disappointed." Archi-Nerd articulated the root of the issue: "The people who are already in power have to be the ones who recognise the problem and sincerely want the change, otherwise we'll have photos like this one for a long time."
One reader felt the company's issues had been hiding in plain sight:
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