Design Like You Give a Damn
Architectural Reponses to Humanitarian Crises
Edited by Architecture for Humanity
With contributions by Cameron Sinclair
Kate Stohr
Jason Andersen
Peter Andrews
Cynthia Barton
Paul Berger
Laura Cole
Nathan Crane
Kathryn Meg Frankel
Doug Halsey
Justin Hollander
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| ‘Beautifully designed by Thames & Hudson, and a visual pleasure as well as inspiring’ | | – The Architects’ Journal |
| ‘A welcome manifesto for the kind of problem-solving design approach that conscientious students and practitioners ought to be aspiring to’ | | – RIBA Journal |
| ‘Committed, unapologetically architectural in name and mission, Architecture for Humanity stands up for people in need’ | – Robert Ivy,
Architectural Record |
Edited by Architecture for Humanity, this book is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrates the power of design to improve lives.
Design Like You Give a Damn offers a history of the movement towards socially conscious design and showcases more than eighty solutions to such urgent needs as basic shelter, healthcare, education, access to clean water, energy and sanitation.
Design Like You Give a Damn is an indispensable resource for designers and humanitarian organizations charged with rebuilding after disasters and engaged in the search for sustainable development.
Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr co-founded, in 1999, Architecture for Humanity, a grassroots non-profit organization that creates opportunities for architects and designers to assist communities in need.
Also of interest:
The Architecture of Rasem Badran
Ecological Architecture
The New Autonomous House Design and Planning
for Sustainability
Delta The Perils and Profits of Water in
South and Southeast Asia |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500342199 | | ISBN-13 978-0500342190 | | | | 20.3 x 20.3 cm | | Flexibound PLC (with jacket) | | 336pp | | 350 illustrations, 325 in colour | | First published 2006 | | | | £16.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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