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Proportion of black architects remains woefully low, Arb figures show

By 2021-07-12T06:00:00

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Women make up less than a third of architects

The proportion of architects identifying as black remains stubbornly low, according to the Arb annual report.

Just 1% of those who shared their ethnic group with the Architects Registration Board identified as black.

That percentage is unchanged on the previous year, although it paints an incomplete picture because a third of architects on the register did not share personal details (EDI) and of those that did some withheld their ethnicity.

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