Architecture for Everyone

Architecture for Everyone is a UK wide initiative designed to enable young people aged 18-25 to use their talents for design and enthusiasm for their community in a range of creative ways related to architecture and urban design.

The initiative is the result of a partnership between the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust and international architects RMJM. The project seeks to break down barriers to accessing a career in architecture, urban design, the built environment and related professions, particularly for those from Black, minority ethnic and socially excluded groups.

As part of the 2009 campaign, a national competition will identify six of the most promising individuals who will be rewarded with a place on an intensive 6 week architecture foundation course at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Boston, USA, in the summer of 2009.

The initiative was set up in memory of teenager Stephen Lawrence who was killed in a racially motivated attack in London in 1993. Stephen’s career goal was to become an architect.