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Post-Tsunami Architecture

Posted by: Deborah Myerson
Thanks to: Deborah Myerson
11 January 2005 - 10:00am

Architects are contributing time and skills to help rebuild the thousands of homes that were destroyed by the South Asian tsunami.

Organizations like Architects Without Borders, Shelter For Life, and Architecture for Humanity are dedicated to designing basic shelter for those in need around the world. Designing homes for the thousands left homeless by the earthquake and tidal waves that swept through portions of 15 countries in South Asia is just the latest project for architects who donate their skills create shelter for the world’s neediest.

Full Story: These architects have designs on compassion
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 10, 2005
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