Design Like You Give a Damn

Architectural Reponses to Humanitarian Crises

£18.95
£18.95

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.<br>

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.
Extent: 336 pp
Format: Flexibound PLC (with jacket)
Illustrations: 350
Publication date: 2006-07-10
Size: 20.3 x 20.3 cm
ISBN: 9780500342190
Introduction • 1. Emergency Shelter • 2. Transitional Housing • 3. Sheltering the Homeless • 4. Permanent Housing • 5. Community Spaces

Press Reviews

A welcome manifesto for the kind of problem-solving design approach that conscientious students and practitioners ought to be aspiring to
RIBA Journal

Beautifully designed by Thames & Hudson, and a visual pleasure as well as inspiring
The Architects’ Journal

Committed, unapologetically architectural in name and mission, Architecture for Humanity stands up for people in need
Robert Ivy, Architectural Record


About the Author

Architecture for Humanity is a New York-based relief organization dedicated to the belief that innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a real difference to communities in need.

Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a New York-based relief organization dedicated to the belief that innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a real difference to communities in need.

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