ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY: OWN THE DAY!

The organization behind awesome humanitarian design projects like the Biloxi Model Homes has now launched an easy and empowering way for any regular Joe Donor to make his donation really count.

PREFAB FRIDAY: CLEAN HUB

The Clean Hub, “a new prototype for sustainable infrastructure” conceived by Shelter Architecture in collaboration with Architecture for Humanity, and designed and built by architecture

$250,000 OPEN ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

The Open Architecture Network is off to a blazing start, and today, in coordination with tech company AMD, Architecture for Humanity announced their $250,000 OAN competition to design a sustainable

OPEN ARCHITECTURE NETWORK Launches Today!

Last year, Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity won the prestigious TED Prize, and was granted a world-changing “wish.” His wish was the Open Architecture Network, a completely

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY BILOXI: Report from the Gulf Coast

My trip to the Gulf Coast this past week proved to be both sobering and inspiring, educational and thought-provoking. Nearly a year and half after Hurricane Katrina, I was surprised by the contrasting

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY IN BILOXI: My Upcoming Trip

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re big fans of Architecture for Humanity here at Inhabitat. And Monday-Thursday of next week, I’ll be venturing down to the Gulf Coast to see first-hand

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS from Cameron Sinclair

Now that you’ve heard from Inhabitat, it’s time to hear from our friend and architectural humanitarian hero Cameron Sinclair, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Architecture for Humanity.

GULF COAST MODEL HOME PROGRAM

In the year since hurricanes ravaged the Gulf Coast, we’ve seen every approach and proposal under the sun for rebuilding. Competitions and charettes and forums and of course the notorious celebrity

PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters in Aspen

The Global Village Shelter – $550, the Lexus in the background – $50,000. While Jill was researching and writing up the Global Village Shelters back home in NY, unbeknownst to her, I was in

PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters

We know you like Prefab Fridays, but many of you have been writing in recently to complain about the high costs of many of the prefabs we’ve featured lately. The burgeoning crop of chic modernist

DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN!

Currently one in seven people in the world lives in a slum or refugee camp, and more than 3 billion people – nearly half the world’s population – do not have access to clean drinking

CAMERON SINCLAIR TAKES A TED PRIZE

We want to give a big shout-out to Cameron Sinclair, who has just been selected as one of three recipients for the 2006 TED prize, which honors individuals who are making a positive impact on people and

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY

If you work in the building industry, there are a lot of things you can help out relieve some of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. You can donate money, building supplies or your time to