architecture for humanity

• Architecture for Humanity Appoints Narry Singh to Board of Directors

Accomplished Entrepreneur Tapped to Drive Growth and Scale Operations SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit design firm that offers architectural services to communities in need worldwide, has announced the appointment of Narry Singh to its board of directors. A seasoned entrepreneur who has led companies from the start-up stage to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and set up businesses in 38 countries, Singh will bring considerable experience in scaling operations for global growth to an organization that recently celebrated its first decade of success.

• U.S. Newswire
• November 23, 2010

• Rebuilding Haiti in a Demographic Crisis

Architecture for Humanity's Progress A Year in Review -Haiti School Initiative Focus

• U.S. Newswire
• January 07, 2011

• AMD and Architecture for Humanity Announce World's Largest Architecture Prize at TED 2007.

First Ever Open Architecture Prize to Create Innovative New Designs in Support of 50x15 Vision SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NY...

• Business Wire
• March 09, 2007

• 'Safe Trestles:' Coalition Launches Two-Stage Design Competition to Create Low-Impact Access to Trestles

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Diana Bianchini of Architecture for Humanity, +1-310- 288-0077, press@architectureforhumanity.org

• U.S. Newswire
• February 18, 2010

• Students Make Paper Cranes, Raise Money for Japan

REDLANDS - More than 5,000 paper cranes took flight Wednesday from Citrus Valley High School. The school's Art Club and other students and staff made 5,075 paper cranes, which shipped to a Seattle organization Wednesday. The group, Students Rebuild, receives $2 for each crane from a foundation to benefit Architecture for Humanity, which is doing reconstruction work in the areas in Japan hit by the earthquake and tsunami March 11.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• April 14, 2011

• In for the Long Haul

Team members are also often seen as the community's go-to persons whenever a problem arises. Recendy, a project manager in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, took a call at 2 a.m. from a single mother whose FEMA trailer had been broken into. "What struck me about that was not just how desperate someone would have to be to break into a FEMA trailer, but that this woman's first instinct was to call her Architecture for Humanity project manager," Ms.

• PM Network
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 2, February 2008

• Globalgiving Sends First $800,000 to Japanese Relief Partners On the Ground

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the days since the worst earthquake and tsunami in Japan's history, more than 21,000 individual donors have contributed nearly $1,500,000 to GlobalGiving's "Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund." Today, GlobalGiving disbursed the first portion of those funds to seven of its partner organizations already mobilizing in the most impacted areas of Japan. "We strongly believe we hold enormous responsibility to the people of Japan and our donors to allocate the funds in a responsible and transparent manner," says John Hecklinger, Chief Program Officer at GlobalGiving. Below is information about the initial recipients of funds. Japan Platform - Japan Platform is an emergency humanitarian aid organization working with Japanese NGOs, t...

• U.S. Newswire
• March 18, 2011

• Group Hunts for City's 'Good, Bad and Ugly' Spots

Architects, engineers, urban planners and others will scour for the city tomorrow for projects to improve the look of Pittsburgh's neighborhoods. The group Architecture for Humanity Pittsburgh is hosting a scavenger hunt to encourage participants to find the "good, bad and ugly" in terms of infrastructure, transportation, sustainability and other community needs, said member Rachel Furmanski, an interior designer at Perkins Eastman Architects, Downtown.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• July 23, 2010

• Www.Studentsrebuild.Org Is Launched

$500,000 CHALLENGE GRANT TO REBUILD SCHOOLS IN HAITI Architecture For Humanity, Bezos Family Foundation and Global Nomads Group Combine Forces for New Initiative

• U.S. Newswire
• May 12, 2010

• Marylanders On the Move: August 8, 2008

ARCHITECTURE L2M announced the hire of Jack Lyle and Jeanne Schleicher, both as designers. Lyle and Schleicher will join the commercial/ institutional and retail design studios, respectively. Lyle has worked as a project and production architect across the mid- Atlantic region for more than 27 years. Schleicher is a member of Architecture for Humanity and the National Building Museum Corinthian.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• August 08, 2008