Originally posted on Students Rebuild

As anticipated, the Kitakami Market was inspected on Christmas Day–and provisionally approved! (Provided, that is, that the old temporary market be removed–see below). Everyone at the inspection was very happy about the project, and Ms. Sato is especially excited to get everything moved in by the middle of the month.

With less than a month until the submission deadline (ahem, February 1st), the Guerrilla Green challenge is making headway with spectacular proposals from across the United States - the count is at 40 and growing. We really can't think of a better way to kick off a new year than with brilliant teens working for environmental change within their schools.

With that said, we'd like to spotlight Youth Rock the Rebuild, a group of student musicians who perform to raise money for the betterment of humanity.

The Guerrilla Green Sustainable Showdown, part funded by school rock bands, challenges teens to turn innovative ideas into impactful solutions. We're accepting teen-created proposals through February 1st, 2013.

Guerrilla Green is a growing movement of frustrated young people tired of waiting for sustainable transformation in the built environment. The place they spend most of their time, the school campus, is usually built with little care to future generations and in some cases contain toxins that increase the risk of cancer in students and teachers. As more schools push for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) very few give an outlet for practical and tangible results.

Architect and owner inspection was held on a snowing Christmas afternoon. Contractor gave a thorough tour in and around the building, answering to all of the questions the owner had. The contractor was also kind enough to donate the gravel around the building at the last minute, providing a leveled clean frontage to the building perimeter.
雪の降るクリスマスの午後、建築士とオーナーによって最後の検査をしました。大工さんが建物の内外の案内をし、オーナーからの質問に答えました。大工さんのご好意により建物の周りに砂利も敷かれ、建物へのアクセスがしやすくなりました。

Happy Boxing Day!

We celebrate today* by taking stock of another incredible year of building change around the world. This is the 14th edition of this letter and returning readers will know - grab a mug of tea, a few left over snacks and settle in for our year in review.

Meet Slater, one of the jury members for the Guerrilla Green Competition. She has been traveling the world since she was 15 in search of a better, kinder and more sustainable planet. She may have found it. In Nepal.

Check out the lastest pictures of construction progress at the Maeami-hama Community House through pictures below. Most major construction has been completed, and the project is moving along on schedule!

前網浜コミュニティーハウスの最新工事状況をレポートします。主な工事は終了し、細かい作業が行われ始めています。工事は順調に進んでいます。

All this month we've been asking "What do you see?" Now we're giving the visions of some of the top architects from around the world—to you.

Donate to Architecture for Humanity and you could receive beautiful works from signature architects including Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind, Steven Holl, Richard Meier & Partners, Renzo Piano and more.