Organizations That Support AAPI Designers
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This year for Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month we’re highlighting some new organizations that advocate, connect, and empower AAPI designers and architects.
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What Does “Anti-Blackness” Mean? Exploring BIPOC Messaging in a (Sort of) Woke World
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This piece is (perhaps) an uncomfortably honest exploration of our white-washed culture and how we unconsciously lump the experiences of Black Americans with those from other non-white individuals in our "BIPOC" discussions. JA Marketing Specialist Jasmyn Flores dives deep into remembering that the lived experience of Black Americans is different than that of other minorities in the United States and why that matters.
Read MoreDon't Panic! JA's BIM Manager Has You Covered
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JA has a lot of projects in the studio and designers often bounce between multiple projects in multiple versions of Revit. It can be a challenge keeping track of what everyone’s working on. To make things easier on everyone, our JA BIM Manager made a “Help!” button as part of a custom JA Revit Toolbar.
Read MoreLibrary Design Practices Highlighted in Library Journal
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“I think of libraries and houses in the same way: people are passionate about them.”
— Ray Johnston, FAIA
Read MoreWhat Women Need Business Leaders to Know Right Now
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While much has been written about the outsized impact the Coronavirus pandemic has had on the employment of women and working mothers, it’s a crisis that’s been happening on our watch since women entered the workforce.
Read More30 Years of Designing for Seattle’s Everchanging Landscape
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From its very inception, Johnston Architects’ approach to influencing the local landscape was ahead of its time.
Read MoreBlack & African American Women Architects of Today
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Black women make up .5% of current licensed architects in the United States - that’s just 500 licensed architects, a new record set in October 2020. As a highly under-represented demographic in our industry, we miss out on opportunities to see architecture and design from this perspective.
Read MoreA Seattle Magazine Essential: The Parametric Casita
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Featured in Seattle Magazine as one of their local hidden gems, JA is among a handful of PNW organizations adding detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs) into the range of work they offer.
Read MoreTour Base Camp with The Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal visits the Central Cascades to explore Base Camp, a unique 7,700 SF home we designed to host family, friends, and retreat attendees, sleeping up to 30 people comfortably.
Read MoreTower Obscura
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Our Seattle Design Festival Installation speaks to a growing concern in our digital world: Can you trust what you see?
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