Organizations
Architecture for Humanity
Website: http://www.architectureforhumanity.org
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: “Architecture for Humanity is a 501©(3) charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need. We believe that where resources and expertise are scarce, innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a difference.”
Design Corps
Website: http://www.designcorps.org/
Location: Raleigh, NC
Description: “Design Corps’ mission is to create positive change in communities by providing architecture and planning services. Our vision is realized when people are involved in the decisions that shape their lives, including the built environment.”
Habitat for Humanity
Website: http://www.habitat.org
Location: US and International
Description: “Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.”
Public Architecture
Website: http://www.publicarchitecture.org
Location: San Francisco, CA
Description: “Public Architecture puts the resources of architecture in the service of the public interest. We identify and solve practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and act as a catalyst for public discourse though education advocacy and the design of public space and amenities.”
Red Feather Group
Website: http://www.redfeather.org/
Location: Bozeman, MT
Description: “Red Feather educates and empowers American Indian nations to create sustainable solutions to the severe housing crisis within reservation communities. While focusing public attention on the intergenerational poverty and acute community development problems that plague American Indian reservations, Red Feather teaches affordable, replicable and sustainable approaches to home construction.”
