Now calling volunteers for teams 2 and 3 to perform building damage assessments in Haiti! The first team had an incredibly rewarding (and very hot) experience.
Volunteers should be:
architect or designer with ATC training (or other relevant experience). See below for info on training opportunity.
or structural engineer
and ready to rough it
We’re anticipating the next [...]
The AIA Diversity Roundtable is sponsoring a meeting on February 2nd at 4pm at the AIA Seattle offices to coordinate and inform the response to the Haitian earthquake. Anyone interested in participating is encouraged to attend and AWB-Seattle will have representatives there, as well as other organizations.
Details:
When: Tuesday, February 2nd at 4pm
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Written by Kevin Daniels
As preservationists, we share a common love for the built environment and for all the rich and diverse cultural heritage stories that go along with it. Many of us have been involved in battles to save a piece of architectural heritage that we personally hold dear; most of us have also felt [...]
Please support of a great cause – Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County is holding their first annual Build-a-thon between September 19th and October 3rd, and they need our support.
ORA and HyBrid Architects have formed a team that will be working on a Habitat home in Pacific this Saturday September 26, [...]
We are currently working with the Seattle-based Non-Profit Jua Lekundu, an organization working towards the creation of a Neighborhood Center in Arusha, Tanzania. Their long term goal is to create a complex of buildings that would be an anchor for the community, including a solar well, school, medical clinic, teaching farm, and residences for volunteers.
Our [...]
A great article on the Rabuor Village Project in June 24th edition of Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: http://www.djc.com/news/ae/
TEAM COORDINATION MEETING: Monday, June 1st from 6-7 at Miller Community Center on Capitol Hill. (http://www.seattle.gov/parks/Centers/Miller/directions.htm).
School and Vocational Training Center
San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala
Architects without Borders-Seattle has been asked to collaborate on the design of a new school complex and vocational training center in San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala. We will be working with the community of [...]
Join the AIA and AWB-Seattle’s Community Activism Initiative at the Pro Bono Career Fair – Design Your Community, Design Your Future.
When: Wednesday April 22nd 5-7pm,
Where: AIA Seattle, 1911 1st Avenue
Hosted by: AWB-Seattle and AIA Seattle
Give some time to your community and give your career a boost by volunteering some design time and a helping [...]
Hurricane Katrina Relief Work
Ninth Ward, New Orleans
AIA Seattle and Kevin Daniels invite you to join a group of fellow architects and preservationists as they head down to the Big Easy to work on damaged historic home in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans.
When: April 13th – 19th
Where: New Orleans
Why: Hurricane [...]
Save the date for our upcoming Happy Hour fundraising event! It will be at Belt Collins (1925 Post Alley) at 6pm – on their rooftop deck, if weather allows. Light refreshments and Ghanaian Music provided by members of Ocheami African Dance Company featuring Kofi Anang. Check out his bio and their website: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ocheami/.
If you [...]