If you’re interested in issues related to affordable housing, sustainable development and post-disaster reconstruction, check out this free ebook created by NextBillion, in collaboration with Ashoka, that compiles nearly two…
“The sad truth is that little of architectural quality has been built in Cairo in decades, no useful lessons learned from other big capitals, no progressive approaches to city planning…
Our collaborator Dr. Camillo Boano is a member of this year’s final jury before which our students present their final thesis. An architect, urbanist and teacher, he is currently Senior…
On June 6-8, in New York City, Planners Network and Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) will co-host “Beyond Resilience: Actions for a Just Metropolis, a progressive, practice-based planning conference that…
Last week the Barcelona city council announced its plan to designate 222 vacant apartments as social housing units in the area of Torre Baró, a peripheral low-income neighborhood of Barcelona….
“There’s a steep learning curve ahead, but architects are all figuring out together how to make public interest design a habit, rather than a sideline.” What are the future models…
The Haiti Property Law Working Group recently released the Haiti Land Transaction Manual, Vol. 1: A how-to guide for the legal sale of property in Haiti. Developed by Architecture for…
Next week our students and co-directors are taking off to Medellín, Colombia, site of this year’s field trip and one of this year’s highlights. Together with students of the Universidad…
Iranian architecture firm Rai Studio recently completed a series of adobe housing prototypes in Kerman intended for Afghan refugees and communities affected by last year’s major earthquake in East Azerbaijan,…
Over the last few months, the Design Corps has released a series of short films titled SEEDocs, which profile the winners of the annual Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Awards….