Announced just last week, the winners of the 2012 Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction are a secondary school project in Gando, Burkina Faso, a community center project in São Paulo,…
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Sergio Palleroni was practicing socially conscious architecture long before it became mainstream in recent years, but in case you aren’t familiar with his work, here is a recent article in…
This Thursday and Friday on the 29 and 30th of March, a wide range of experts on affordable housing in developing countries will be coming together to talk in Mumbai…
In this series, students document their experiences during the internships in 2012. Scattered across the globe, they are reporting from places like Haiti, South America, Africa, Mongolia and Japan. ————————————…
Architecture for Humanity has released an update on our recently completed design studio collaboration and on-site workshop near Petropolis, Brazil to create a public community and sports facility for this…
In a recent report from UN-Habitat, the organization announced that it is expanding its ties with the academic world in the area of urban risk reduction and rehabilitation so that…
A brief account of the masters field trip to Brazil… Now it’s time for reflections. São Sebastião Cathedral reflected in a skyscraper. Rio de Janeiro’s night skyline seen from the…
Our students Ella Chau, Wan-Ting Chiang, John Holm, and Tommaso Sacconi are currently in Nagaoka, Japan for their internship with architect and earthquake disaster prevention expert Norio Maki, guest professor…
Make sure to check out the new issue of Architectural Record magazine, specifically focused on Building for Social Change and including pro-bono collaborations, public interest design and humanitarian projects in…
In this series, students document their experiences during the internships in 2012. Scattered across the globe, they are reporting from places like Haiti, South America, Africa, Mongolia and Japan. ————————————…
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