Yesterday we launched the final 'do a latte good' auction for 2009. Here is your chance to donate to Architecture for Humanity and have a one on one coffee with one of our clients, supporters or employees. It's simple, you bid and 100% of the proceeds go towards improving the living standards of communities around the world.
Until November 12th you can bid on:

Join Architecture for Humanity in supporting this exclusive Bay Area screening of the documentary 'Visual Acoustics' at the Lumiere Theatre, San Francisco - opening this Friday Nov 6th, for one week only; there is a panel discussion after the Saturday 7:00pm screening. Also showing at Shattuck Cinema, Berkeley.

Our good friend Ze Frank has organized a multi-player challenge to raise money for two non-profits, The Nature Conservancy and us (yay). Watch the video and you'll find out how to join in and help us raise much needed funds for improving the state of schools around the world.

Join team Architecture for Humanity

At 2pm local time the Skateistan team opened Kabul's largest indoor sports facility and skate park. The opening commenced with short greetings from dignitaries and followed with a skateboarding demonstration by Afghan girls and boys together with internationally renowned professional skateboarders on the newly built ramps and obstacles.

Congrats to Ollie and the entire Skateistan team for this monumental achievement. Special thanks to Nike and the Gamechangers initiative for helping fund the center.

This month heralded the end of our four years of working in Biloxi. The final home, the Porch Dog by Marlon Blackwell is now complete.

We began work on the Gulf Coast in October 2005 and have implemented, supported and funded projects in East Biloxi, Waveland, Bay St. Louis and New Orleans. In the coming weeks we will write up a full report (and photos by the amazing Iwan Baan) of all the impact made by the organization but most importantly the dozens of firms and thousands of volunteers whose dedication and hard work help build back the coast.

The online auction ended last night and netted over $2500 for Architecture for Humanity. Funds will be put into our expanding design fellowships programs, allowing us to provide more professional design services to communities in need around the world.

A 2006 world report about the buildup of plastics in our oceans marked an epiphany for Adventure Ecology founder David de Rothschild and the beginning of a journey to raise awareness about the environmental dangers facing our Oceans.

It gave birth to the Plastiki, a 60ft catamaran almost entirely from reclaimed plastic water bottles and self-reinforced PET, a uniquely recyclable and relatively unexplored material.

Tonight Architecture for Humanity designer Nathaniel Corum will talk at Plastiki Mission Control (Pier 45) about our involvement to help shelter this motley crew on their voyage.

Price: Free with RSVP to Missioncontrolsf@theplastiki.com

Read more at Dwell.com

During the early years of the organization, armed just a laptop and a cell phone, some of our volunteers were alarmed by the number of coffees I'd have per day. On average around 5-7 coffee. What they didn't realize is that for every $5 coffee meeting I'd leave with a $25-50 donation. This kept us going for years!

So, as we launch our capital building campaign -- for our grassroots supporters we are going back to basics and doing a ‘coffee with’ campaign called 'Do A Latte Good'.

It's simple, starting 5pm PST you can bid on coffee with an Architecture for Humanity supporter, designer or client and in exchange they‘ll put funds towards improving the living standards of communities around the world.

From Oct 12th to the 22nd you can bid on the following Architecture for Humanity friends;

Despite the global economic downturn we are bucking the trend and looking to hire three full time positions and five design fellowships. Currently we are looking for;

Regional Design Director, Cape Town, South Africa

CFO, San Francisco, USA

Development Director, San Francisco, USA

Design fellowship positions in Brazil, Haiti, South Africa and the United States

Apply now to help build a better world.