2024-05-06T06:24:58-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/137496940/kickstart-this-archinect-s-kickstarter-picks-for-september-2015 Justine Testado 2015-09-28T10:34:00-04:00 >2015-09-27T17:34:25-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/45/45pp692jqpchdnlf.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It's already time for the next Kickstart This list! Check below to see what sorts of crowdfunding projects made it onto the September round-up for <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/pages/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect's curated Kickstarter page</a>.</p><p>On a different note, the former Kickstarter Inc. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-now-a-benefit-corporation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a> its reincorporation as a <a href="http://benefitcorp.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)</a>&nbsp;&mdash; which may sound a bit contradictory. According to Kickstarter, PBCs are "for-profit companies that are obligated to consider the impact of their decisions on society, not only shareholders", and more companies are expected to make the switch in the coming years. Will that include architecture firms? Considering that many architects and designers use Kickstarter, how much will the PBC ideology influence the industry?</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1045776771/frank-lloyd-wrights-call-building-model" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Lloyd Wright's Call Building Model</a></strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/9k/9kw4p94mjnzexp7c.jpg"></p><p>Driven by Frank Lloyd Wright's Organic principles, non-profit group Organic Architecture and Design Archives, Inc. is raising funds to construct an exact full-size replica of FLW's iconic San Francisco Call Building model. The group is...</p>