Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crisis

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  • By Architecture For Humanity (Editor)
  • Paperback: 233 pages
  • Publisher: Metropolis Books (30 June 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933045256
  • ISBN-13: 9781933045252
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 3.2 x 20.3 cm

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Edited by Architecture for Humanity, Design Like You Give a Damn is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrate the power of design to improve lives. The first book to bring the best of humanitarian architecture and design to the printed page, Design Like You Give a Damn offers a history of the movement toward socially conscious design and showcases more than 80 contemporary solutions to such urgent needs as basic shelter, health care, education, and 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 disaster and engaged in the search for sustainable development. It is also a call to action to anyone committed to building a better world.