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AWB-Seattle Guatemala City Raincoat Drive

8 June, 2008 (20:21) | News, Projects | No comments

UPDATE: We collected 100+ raincoats that were distributed in Guatemala City and well received.  Thank you everyone for your contributions on a very short notice.

China Earthquake Assistance

21 May, 2008 (16:07) | News, Projects, volunteer | 1 comment

Although the immediate need is for disaster relief, there will be a need for technical assistance in the near future. This will include damage assessment, planning and rebuilding. An Architects Without Borders - Seattle board member, Paul Wu, will be meeting with the Deputy Council from the Chinese Emabassy on Monday to talk further about [...]

Design Build Challenge - Displaced Populations Seattle 2008

1 April, 2008 (12:38) | Projects | No comments

 
The 72-Hour Challenge began on Thursday evening at 8p with a few brief presentations from a the coordinators and few Seattle Homeless Advocate non-profit groups: Share, Wheel and Women in Black, along with members of Tent Cities 3 & 4. They expressed needs for dealing with their garbage as well as human waste along with also [...]

Peace Park and Visitors Center, Lampouk, Indonesia

25 February, 2008 (12:49) | Projects, volunteer | No comments

AWB-Seattle has been approached by the Banda Aceh Peace Resource Center to provide concept design for a visitors center and to assist with masterplanning for a peace park to commemorate the 2005 peace agreement between separatists and the Indonesian government and to provide a memorial for victims of the Tsunami and [...]

Westway Charrette

25 February, 2008 (12:49) | Projects, volunteer | No comments

When: Saturday March 15th 2008, 10am-1pm
Habitat will provide lunch
RSVP to Rachael: rachaelm@bergerpartnership.com

Design Build Challenge - Displaced Populations Seattle 2008

25 February, 2008 (12:46) | Projects, volunteer | No comments

Sick of Drawing?!
Then join a team of AWB’ers for the Design Build Challenge - Displaced Populations Seattle 2008. A 3-day design build challenge where the team chooses a local organization (from a given contact list) with a community design need. The team will collaborate with the organization, prepare a design [...]

Aurora Bridge Project - Charrette

7 February, 2008 (13:58) | Events, Projects | No comments

SR 99 Aurora Bridge Suicide Prevention Fence
Design Charette
When
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Aurora Bridge Project - Event

22 January, 2008 (13:27) | Events, Projects | No comments

This is the Community Workshop prior to the Design Charrette to hear and voice concerns about the prevention fence. The Charrette will be held mid-February. Stay tuned for more details.  For more information visit www.aurorabridgefence.com.

H4H-Westway - Update

15 January, 2008 (17:54) | Projects, volunteer | No comments

The Habitat for Humanity - Westway planting date has been postponed - primarily due to the fact that there will be a bit more scope than just planting. So, there will be a mini-charette March 15th to work on ideas to make more of a statement at the entry - perhaps signage, or a trellis [...]

Project Call for Volunteers - Kenya Vocational School

15 January, 2008 (00:57) | Projects, volunteer | No comments