Archinect - News 2024-12-23T20:59:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/86009755/2013-curry-stone-design-prize-winners-announced 2013 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners Announced Justine Testado 2013-11-07T20:02:00-05:00 >2013-11-11T21:11:51-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1i/1i5w8qpnipkgf4s6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The Curry Stone Foundation has announced the winners of the 2013 Curry Stone Design Prize. Now in its sixth year, the annual prize celebrates humanitarian design and honors the influential work of socially engaged practitioners.</p></em><br /><br /><p> This year's Prize winners are:</p> <ul><li> Hunnarshala (Bhuj, India)</li> <li> Proximity Designs (Yangon, Myanmar)</li> <li> Studio TAMassociati/Emergency (Venice/Milan, Italy)</li> </ul><p> Principals from each group will attend a two-day awards ceremony at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco <strong>tonight</strong> at 7:30 p.m. PST.</p> <p> The ceremony continues tomorrow Nov. 8 at the Autodesk Gallery, San Francisco, where each winner will present their work at the <a href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/event/design_like_you_give_a_damn_live_2013/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design Like You Give A Damn! LIVE conference</a> starting at 12:30 p.m. The two-day event will be live-streamed <a href="http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1905633/events/2513405" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/47081791/just-released-design-like-you-give-a-damn-2-building-change-from-the-ground-up Just released: Design Like You Give A Damn [2]: Building Change From The Ground Up Alexander Walter 2012-05-02T18:56:00-04:00 >2012-05-03T12:11:03-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nz/nz8hw3mijomffwld.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <a href="http://architectureforhumanity.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecture for Humanity</a> front man, and long-time Archinect contributor, Cameron Sinclair is proud to announce the launch of the second edition of his game-changing book, <em>Design Like You Give A Damn</em> -&nbsp; a "handbook for anyone committed to building a more sustainable future."</p> <p> <em>Dear Friends,<br> It has been 6 years since the release of Design Like You Give A Damn [1] and we are honored to announce the release of a follow-up companion artfully titled Design Like You Give A Damn [2]. Packed with more than 100 case studies, one-on-one interviews, an extensive 'how to' financing section and the history of Architecture for Humanity 2006-2011. Like the first, ALL PROCEEDS will go to supporting our programs but this time we will let Amazon do all the shipping....</em></p> <p> <em>Get it today, buy for your 10 closest friends and make us the number one design book in America!</em></p> <p> <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0810997029" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/dp/0810997029</a></em></p> <p> <em>Get the book before May 24th and tweet/facebook a photo of yourself (or a pet) holding your f...</em></p>