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TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the world

Authors:

Cameron Sinclair

Source:

TED Conferences, LLC (2007)

URL:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/54

Keywords:

global open-source network; architects; housing

Abstract:

Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. The motto of his group, Architecture for Humanity, is "Design like you give a damn." Using a litany of striking examples, he shows how AFH has helped find creative solutions to humanitarian crises all over the globe. Sinclair then outlines his TED Prize wish: to create a global open-source network that will let architects and communities share and build designs to house the world.

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