Ahead of International Women’s Day this Sunday, we just wanted to give some recognition to the great women we have working in our team here at Thinking Buildings.

Rachel, is an architect and our resident Passivhaus expert.  Bethan, is also an architect and an Associate.  Jess, is one of our architectural technologists currently working towards her CIAT accreditation and Amanda, our office manager, is studying hard for a post graduate diploma.  Outside of work, Rachel is a great footballer, playing with Banbury United Women’s team.  Bethan is creative and enjoys working with ceramics.  Jess is a devoted dog Mum to puppy Eider and Amanda loves to sing.

This is not to say that we don’t value all the members of our team equally, but it is recognised that globally, women carry out 76% of unpaid care work and spend 2.5 times more hours on domestic responsibilities than men while still carry the majority of the “mental load” such as planning childcare, household management, and family logistics.

Today we celebrate those contributions and the women who make them every day, alongside our wonderful women here at Thinking Buildings.