RIBA chartered practices that take advantage of their staff should be stripped of their credentials, the director of a leading small practice has said.

Sarah Castle of If Do said firms should be “kicked out” of the institute for abusive practices.

She was speaking at a debate called Bully for You: Abuse in Architecture, the latest in the Negroni Talks series run by architects Fourth Space, which heard that common forms of abuse included “scrutinising and belittling” staff as well as expecting them to work too many hours for not enough money.

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