It's about the 'baby thing'

摘要

Most Australian architecture practices have set down policies to assist women - and men - balance childrearing and career. Yet the number of women in senior levels of architecture practices has scarcely risen over the past decade. Stories abound of women being marginalised and eased out of the big jobs post-baby, or giving up in exhaustion. Conversely, for me, the reality was totally the opposite. My employers at Fox Johnston could not have been more supportive, from pre- to post-maternity leave. I joined Fox Johnston Architects five years ago as a junior architect. Since then, I have worked on everything from multi-residential to interiors, private houses and public projects, and everything between.