LGBTQIA+ Faces of the Workplace Design Industry

by Anna Zappia | August 16th, 2021

In a time of unprecedented challenge, designers and architects continue to focus on inclusion and equity, highlighting the experiences of people who identify across the spectrum of genders and sexual orientations. I recently spoke with industry leaders who shared their perspectives on cultivating a diverse representation in the A&D community. How can we cultivate diverse representation and inclusion in the A&D community? Ricardo Nabholz, creative director at TPG Architecture (he/him) The A&D community is comprised of multiple identities based on socially determined categories including gender, race and ethnicity, age, ability status, profession, socio-economic status, and sexuality. Some of these identities are more outwardly apparent to colleagues and others are less visible, such as one’s sexuality or gender identity. Each person’s unique workplace identity represents the distinctive combination of their visible and shared identities. People are often defined by others based on the identities that are valued and privileged. Unfortunately, lesbian, …