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Read articleTAL – Boston Statement Against Unpaid Design Labor
Challenge accepted. October 13, 2025 The Boston Chapter of The Architecture Lobby stands firmly against the practice of unpaid design competitions and design performed during the interview process. Production of unpaid design diminishes the value of design labor, exacerbates inequality, and promotes exploitative work practices. By requiring unpaid design as a part of competitions or […]
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Read articleStatement On UIA Resolution On Palestine
The Architecture Lobby and DAARNA 03 October 2025 To Evelyn Lee, FAIA, and the leadership of the AIA- The Architecture Lobby and DAARNA support the International Union of Architects (UIA) Resolution on Palestine passed on September 20, 2025 and urge the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which is the representative body from the US to the […]
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Read articleT-A-L Solidarity Statement with Stop Cop City
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with Stop Cop City and the defenders of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Read articleSolidarity with workers at Snøhetta
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity and joy with the architectural workers at Snøhetta’s U.S. studios who have filed for a union election. All workers deserve the agency and protection that a union affords. We celebrate the architects, landscape architects, designers, and operations staff organizing at Snøhetta. As a democratic, member-driven organization, we are eager […]
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Read articleSolidarity with UMich Graduate Workers on Strike
TAL stands in solidarity with the graduate workers on strike at the University of Michigan. Numerous Lobby members past and present have studied, worked as assistants, graduate student instructors, or as adjuncts at Taubman College at U.Mich. The struggle of graduate workers for fair contracts and a living wage is crucial to making real a […]
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Read articleSolidarity with Architecture (Education) Workers on Strike at the University of Illinois
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with the architecture faculty and their colleagues on strike at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Workers at UIC, and all architecture schools, deserve a fair minimum salary and to receive early notice of reappointment. Their strike also aims to win better disability resources for students — highlighting how strong […]
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Read articleSolidarity with the academic workers on strike at The University of California and the New School
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with the academic workers on strike at the University of California and The New School. The struggle of these union workers for fair contracts and living wages is vital to bringing about a more just and equitable field of architecture. Many of our members have worked as adjuncts and […]
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Read articleThere Is Power in a Union
Unionization has been one of The Architecture Lobby’s core campaigns since its inception. We have worked to build networks of solidarity among previously unorganized architectural workers, compiled resources and educational materials on the potential benefits of unionization for our sector, and provided organizational support for workers interested in beginning unionization campaigns at their workplaces. With […]
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Read articleT-A-L supports Architectural Workers United
The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with Architectural Workers United at SHoP Architects and unequivocally supports their efforts to form a union in their workplace. As an organization of architectural workers, we call on the firm’s principals to voluntarily recognize the union and engage in good faith negotiations with the collective bargaining unit. The workers […]
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Read articleT-A-L Statement in Solidarity with the People of Palestine
Architecture and design labor are tools which can be employed toward domination and destruction, or in the service of liberation. For more than 73 years, the Israeli state has deployed an architecture of oppression and apartheid to displace, surveil, control, starve, fracture, segregate and ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people. Over the past weeks we have […]
: T-A-L Statement in Solidarity with the People of Palestine