Building Workers Unite
Building Workers Unite addresses the production process that goes on behind architecture’s facade. Buildings are produced by the labour of a vast army of workers, in not just the design profession but also in the construction and resource extraction industries. Thanks to an architectural media that focuses on shiny renderings and even shinier starchitects, the vast majority of this labour remains obscured. As a result, we rarely get an accurate picture of the exploitation that underpins our built environment.
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Michael Nicholas
India’s Dramatic Smart City Construction Boom Ignores a Huge Migrant Workforce Toiling Backstage
Shruti Hussain
Singapore’s Scentless Growth is Built on the Brutal Extraction of Cambodian Sand and Imported Labour
Robert John and William Jamieson
Architecture’s Role in Erasing the Guggenheim’s Ongoing Legacy of Violent Extraction
Ray Self and Jackson Mann