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| 8 Mar 2023 | |
| Equity + Justice |
“Future Focused” video series shares female architect/designers' favorite work, their leadership, mentorship, and vision they are pursuing for an increasingly diverse & equitable profession. The videos share the stories of women, men, and firm leaders who are elevating women and changing the profession to make it a vocation of choice for anyone interested in the design field.
Video Highlights
Alyson Steele, FAIA
-CEO and chief design officer of Quinn Evans
-"By embracing the harder challenges you know you are making a difference. At the Michigan State Capitol, we were asked to design a visitor center for a historic builidng and site. Everyone knows what a visitor center looks like but we wanted to embrace the challange of bringing everyone together in a way that we can have shared experiences."
Kimberly Dowdell, AIA, NOMAC
-A licensed architect and frequent speaker on the topic of architecture, leadership, diversity, sustainability, and the future of cities.
-"There's a tremendous amount of potential in our buildings to help redefine space and redefine the healh of our communities. Well I think architecture is actually one of the coolest professions one can pursue. I mean, you can literally get to see and create the future. But one of the challenges though is, you know not enough young people know about architecture as a path and especially young people of color."
Gianna Pigford, AIA, NOMA
-A Principal and Program Manager at Stantec in its architectural practice
-"Architecture is a place for all of us, that all of us have an opportunity to be and become whomever we want to be. What I am currently able to do as a firm leader is to create the teams that I always wanted to be a part of. And that is being able to champion women and people of color and give them space to develop into the people they want to be."
For more on "Future Focused" and these leaders please check out AIA Nationals Page:
