Ep. 20 Architecture's Labor Problem
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Ep. 20 Architecture's Labor Problem
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What happens when the “dream office” looks a lot more like the rest of the industry? In this Mix Signals segment, we get into the uncomfortable reality behind architecture’s prestige economy—where star firms are idolized, but pay, job security, and working conditions can still be fragile. We talk through the reported proposed redundancies at BIG’s London office and why architects protesting publicly feels like a shift in the culture.
From there, the conversation opens up into the bigger problem: why architecture struggles to pay a living wage, why “free work” quietly resets the market against everyone, and why students and young designers are forced into impossible tradeoffs (portfolio vs. stability, prestige vs. sustainability). We also connect this to recent unionization efforts and labor disputes in the discipline—what worked, what didn’t, and why the profession keeps normalizing conditions that would be unacceptable in almost any other field.
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