We came across this article in the Solutions Journal on the role and responsibility of architects in disaster risk management written by several experts in the field, including two of…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Don’t miss this excellent interview by Eric Ho of Architecture Commons with Rahul Mehrotra on the topics of $300 house project (which we previously covered here), low-cost housing in India,…
Just before the holiday, our students took part in a workshop led by Japanese architects experts in disaster reconstruction. Professors Norio Maki of Kyoto University’s Research Centre for Disaster Reduction…
Rebuilding Japan Conference 12 Dec 2011, COAC, Barcelona. From left to right: Ikuo Kobayashi, Masahiro Sawada, Toni Casamor (COAC), Giovanna Carnevali (masters director), Moriko Kira, and Norio Maki Following our…