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AFH SoCal Fires Fundraiser Tomorrow in San Francisco!

AFH SoCal Fires Fundraiser Tomorrow in San Francisco!

In response to the recent Southern California wildfires, Architecture For Humanity’s San Francisco Chapter is co-hosting a fundraiser for the rebuilding efforts TOMORROW NIGHT in San Francisco with

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Help Support AFH California Wild Fire Response!

Help Support AFH California Wild Fire Response!

As the fires in California continue to rage, Architecture for Humanity is already on the move, with architects planning reconstruction, and the local Los Angeles and San Diego chapters helping families

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DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%: PORTABLE LIGHT

DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%: PORTABLE LIGHT

We’ve written about the Portable Light Project before at Inhabitat, but we find it so inspiring we thought we’d call your attention to it again. One of the products featured at the soon-ending

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DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%: Lifestraw Water Purifier

DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%: Lifestraw Water Purifier

With over 1.1 million people in the world who don’t have access to clean drinking water, water-borne pathogens are a huge problem for the environment and for human health. Fortunately a clever

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AMD OPEN ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGE LAUNCHES TODAY!

AMD OPEN ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGE LAUNCHES TODAY!

The AMD Open Architecture Challenge launches TODAY- Architecture for Humanity’s biggest and most ambitious design competition to date. The open, international design competition is co-sponsored by

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HELP PERU EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION!

HELP PERU EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION!

Following a ground-rocking 7.9 earthquake that hit central Peru last Wednesday evening destroying nearby towns and killing hundreds, Architecture For Humanity has launched a Peru Earthquake Reconstruction

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ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY: OWN THE DAY!

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.

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$250,000 OPEN ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION

$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

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OPEN ARCHITECTURE NETWORK Launches Today!

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

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ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY BILOXI: Report from the Gulf Coast

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

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ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY IN BILOXI: My Upcoming Trip

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

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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS from Cameron Sinclair

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.

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PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters in Aspen

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

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PREFAB FRIDAY: Global Village Shelters

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

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DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN!

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

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