Entries tagged with “American Institute of Architects”
Facts & Research
New Voices
,Conditions on Death Row
,Mar 31, 2021
DPIC Podcast: Ethical-Design Advocate Raphael Sperry on Why the American Institute of Architects Banned Members From Designing Death Chambers
In the March 31, 2021 podcast episode of Discussions with DPIC, managing director of DPIC, Anne Holsinger, and Raphael Sperry, president of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), discuss the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) new ethics policy prohibiting members from designing execution chambers and death-row solitary confinement cells. “Architects have been complicit in human rights abuse by designing…
Facts & Research
New Voices
,Conditions on Death Row
,Dec 29, 2020
National Architects’ Association Amends Ethics Rules to Prohibit Design of Execution Chambers
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has amended its professional code of ethics to prohibit members from designing execution chambers or spaces to be used for torture, including long-term solitary…