"The motherhood penalty should be addressed in every architecture practice"

Architecture needs to get serious about addressing the issues that are causing women to leave the profession, writes Grace Choi.

Anyone tired of seeing a lack of diversity at senior levels of practice? Why do we gradually lose women after they have children and why is progress to change this pattern so painfully slow?

Bias and discrimination in architecture take various forms throughout a female architect's working life, intersecting with and compounded by factors such as race, disability...