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Design like you give a damn : architectural responses to humanitarian crises / edited by Architecture for Humanity.

Contributor(s): Architecture for Humanity (Organization).
New York, NY : Metropolis Books, c2006Description: 333 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781933045252 (pbk.).Subject(s): Architecture and society | Buildings, Temporary -- Design and construction | Disaster victims -- Dwellings | Emergency housing -- Design and construction | Sustainable architecture | Arquitectura y sociedad | Edificios temporales -- Diseño y construcción | Victimas de desastres -- Viviendas | Vivienda en situación de emergencia -- Diseño y construcción | Architecture et société | Logement de secours -- Conception et construction | Victimes de catastrophes -- HabitationsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction : I hope it's a long list-- / Cameron Sinclair -- 100 years of humanitarian design / Kate Stohr -- Lightweight emergency tent / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- Shelter frame kit / World Shelters ; interview, Bruce LeBel -- GripClips / Shelter Systems -- BOLD / CHF International -- Global Village Shelters / Ferrara Design -- Burning Man Shelter tests : Podville / Icosa Village ; Hexayurt / Vinay Gupta ; Unofficial Strong Angel training exercises / Strong Angel -- Concrete canvas / Peter Brewis, William Crawford -- 139 Shelter / Future Systems -- Transitional Community / Oxfam -- Paper church ; Paper log houses ; Paper tube emergency shelter / Shigeru Ban Architects -- Super adobe / Cal-Earth ; interview, Nader Khalili -- Pallet house / I-Beam Design -- Rubble house / LA Architects -- Low-tech balloon system / TechnoCraft -- Extreme housing / Deborah Gans, Matt Jelacic -- Prefabricated core housing ; Core housing / Relief International -- Safe(R) House / Harvard, MIT -- Housing in northern Afghanistan / Shelter for Life -- Mobile migrant worker housing ; Pink houses with greenhouses / Design Corps -- Maasai Integrated Shelter Project / Intermediate Technology Development Group -- Lucy House ; 20.0 House / Rural Studio -- Hopi Nation Elder Home / Red Feather Development Group -- Bayview Rural Village / RBGC Architecture, Research & Urbanism ; interview, Maurice D. Cox -- Quinta Monroy Housing Project / ELEMENTAL Housing Initiative, Taller de Chile -- Northern Ireland Cross-Community Initiative / Habitat for Humanity, Northern Ireland -- Sistema Arde / Hierve-Diseñeria -- Huts and low-riders / Mad Housers -- Dome Village / Justiceville, USA -- First Step Housing / Common Ground Community -- paraSITE / Michael Rakowitz -- Mason's Bend Chapel / Rural Studio -- Appirampattu Village Center / Logan Allen -- Barefoot College / Barefoot Architects -- Homeboy Industries / Detroit Collaborative Design Center -- Center for Disabled Workers / Technical University, Vienna -- Siyathemba Soccer "clinic" / Swee Hong Ng -- Favela-Bairro Projects / Jorge Mario Jáuregui Architects -- Rufisque Women's Centre / Hollmẽn Reuter Sandman Architects -- Shelter 2 / Christopher Livingston, Montana State University -- Mobile health clinic / atelier [gilliland tolila] -- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies / East Coast Architects -- Medwed Clinic / Michal Vital, Yuval Amir -- Gando Primary School / Diébédo Francis Kéré -- Bamboo Primary School / theskyisbeautiful architecture -- Druk White Lotus School / Arup Associates -- School solar kitchen / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Hole-in-the-Wall Schools / Dr. Sugata Mitra -- A bridge too far / Chinese University of Hong Kong -- Hippo Water Roller / Grant Gibbs -- PlayPump / Roundabout Outdoor ; interview, Trevor Field -- Ceramic water filter / Potters for Peace -- Watercone / Stephan Augustin -- MoneyMaker Pumps / KickStart -- Long-lasting antimalaria bed nets / Acumen Fund, Sumitomo Chemical Corp. -- Aquacube / Süd-Chemie -- Clean Hub System / Shelter Architecture -- Power Shade / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Seba Dalkai School solar classroom / Native American Photovoltaics -- Himalayan Rescue Association Pheriche Clinic / Lotus Energy -- VIP latrine / Arup Associates -- Living Machine / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Ecological dry toilet / Cësar Añorve -- UnBathroom / William Hsu -- shelterproject / shelterproject.org -- Sphere Project / Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, InterAction -- Roots of Peace / Heidi Kühn, Gary Kühn, Kyleigh Kühn -- European Greenbelt / World Conservation Union -- A civilian occupation : the politics of Israeli architecture / Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman -- Sleeping Bag Project / Project Locus -- Housing for health / Paul Pholeros, Stephan Rainow, Paul Torzillo -- Viewing platforms ; Stair to park / Heavy Trash -- Finding public space in the margins / Center for Community Research and Design, Woodbury University -- City without a ghetto / Center for Urban Pedagogy -- Shrinking Cities / Shrinking Cities -- Urban acupuncture / Curitiba, Brazil.
Summary: " Edited by architecture for Humanity, a volunteer-based organization that provides architectural solutions to humanitarian crises, Design Like You Give a Damm brings the best of humanitarian design to the printed page. Proceeds from the sale of this book will support the work of Architecture for Humanity." From the bookjacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-333)

Introduction : I hope it's a long list-- / Cameron Sinclair -- 100 years of humanitarian design / Kate Stohr -- Lightweight emergency tent / Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees -- Shelter frame kit / World Shelters ; interview, Bruce LeBel -- GripClips / Shelter Systems -- BOLD / CHF International -- Global Village Shelters / Ferrara Design -- Burning Man Shelter tests : Podville / Icosa Village ; Hexayurt / Vinay Gupta ; Unofficial Strong Angel training exercises / Strong Angel -- Concrete canvas / Peter Brewis, William Crawford -- 139 Shelter / Future Systems -- Transitional Community / Oxfam -- Paper church ; Paper log houses ; Paper tube emergency shelter / Shigeru Ban Architects -- Super adobe / Cal-Earth ; interview, Nader Khalili -- Pallet house / I-Beam Design -- Rubble house / LA Architects -- Low-tech balloon system / TechnoCraft -- Extreme housing / Deborah Gans, Matt Jelacic -- Prefabricated core housing ; Core housing / Relief International -- Safe(R) House / Harvard, MIT -- Housing in northern Afghanistan / Shelter for Life -- Mobile migrant worker housing ; Pink houses with greenhouses / Design Corps -- Maasai Integrated Shelter Project / Intermediate Technology Development Group -- Lucy House ; 20.0 House / Rural Studio -- Hopi Nation Elder Home / Red Feather Development Group -- Bayview Rural Village / RBGC Architecture, Research & Urbanism ; interview, Maurice D. Cox -- Quinta Monroy Housing Project / ELEMENTAL Housing Initiative, Taller de Chile -- Northern Ireland Cross-Community Initiative / Habitat for Humanity, Northern Ireland -- Sistema Arde / Hierve-Diseñeria -- Huts and low-riders / Mad Housers -- Dome Village / Justiceville, USA -- First Step Housing / Common Ground Community -- paraSITE / Michael Rakowitz -- Mason's Bend Chapel / Rural Studio -- Appirampattu Village Center / Logan Allen -- Barefoot College / Barefoot Architects -- Homeboy Industries / Detroit Collaborative Design Center -- Center for Disabled Workers / Technical University, Vienna -- Siyathemba Soccer "clinic" / Swee Hong Ng -- Favela-Bairro Projects / Jorge Mario Jáuregui Architects -- Rufisque Women's Centre / Hollmẽn Reuter Sandman Architects -- Shelter 2 / Christopher Livingston, Montana State University -- Mobile health clinic / atelier [gilliland tolila] -- Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies / East Coast Architects -- Medwed Clinic / Michal Vital, Yuval Amir -- Gando Primary School / Diébédo Francis Kéré -- Bamboo Primary School / theskyisbeautiful architecture -- Druk White Lotus School / Arup Associates -- School solar kitchen / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Hole-in-the-Wall Schools / Dr. Sugata Mitra -- A bridge too far / Chinese University of Hong Kong -- Hippo Water Roller / Grant Gibbs -- PlayPump / Roundabout Outdoor ; interview, Trevor Field -- Ceramic water filter / Potters for Peace -- Watercone / Stephan Augustin -- MoneyMaker Pumps / KickStart -- Long-lasting antimalaria bed nets / Acumen Fund, Sumitomo Chemical Corp. -- Aquacube / Süd-Chemie -- Clean Hub System / Shelter Architecture -- Power Shade / FTL Design Engineering Studio -- Seba Dalkai School solar classroom / Native American Photovoltaics -- Himalayan Rescue Association Pheriche Clinic / Lotus Energy -- VIP latrine / Arup Associates -- Living Machine / BASIC Initiative, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Washington -- Ecological dry toilet / Cësar Añorve -- UnBathroom / William Hsu -- shelterproject / shelterproject.org -- Sphere Project / Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response, InterAction -- Roots of Peace / Heidi Kühn, Gary Kühn, Kyleigh Kühn -- European Greenbelt / World Conservation Union -- A civilian occupation : the politics of Israeli architecture / Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman -- Sleeping Bag Project / Project Locus -- Housing for health / Paul Pholeros, Stephan Rainow, Paul Torzillo -- Viewing platforms ; Stair to park / Heavy Trash -- Finding public space in the margins / Center for Community Research and Design, Woodbury University -- City without a ghetto / Center for Urban Pedagogy -- Shrinking Cities / Shrinking Cities -- Urban acupuncture / Curitiba, Brazil.

" Edited by architecture for Humanity, a volunteer-based organization that provides architectural solutions to humanitarian crises, Design Like You Give a Damm brings the best of humanitarian design to the printed page. Proceeds from the sale of this book will support the work of Architecture for Humanity." From the bookjacket.

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