Since March 11, 2011, contributions to the Japan Reconstruction Program have assisted in the improvement of hundreds of lives throughout the Tohoku region of Japan. MakiBiz, Architecture for Humanity’s regional support center, has assisted over 30 small business owners get back on their feet and many more people continue to need our help.

Update by Sven Kalim from CIM School updates.

On Thursday, February 14th, Yves Francois (YCF Group), Abe Lynn (Degenkolb), and Kate Evarts (AFH) organized a brief talk and walkthrough with the students of CIM about the new building that's currently under construction.

IF YOU ever wondered what a day at HQ was like, a volunteer undertook an independent time lapse project. It's certainly no Day in the Field, but we're excited to slave away at our computers :) in our beautiful new office space at 695 Minna in San Francisco (which we're arranging to celebrate in April).

Program coordination and administration are no easy tasks - thanks to everyone at HQ for sharing a slice of life as context for all our conversations.

Construction on the Phase One classroom building continues at "College Coeur Immacule de Marie" the all-girls school in Bois Verna, a historic neighborhood of Port au Prince. The design and construction team plans to lead a tour of the building site with the students and teachers who have been very curious about what is going on behind the construction fence. We will show them the massive rebar work going inside the concrete. The foundation is almost completed. This project alone stimulated the recovery of about 25 construction jobs. See below...

Seven communities in seven countries in Europe and Latin America are partnering with us to strengthen local arts, crafts and health through architecture. In celebration of the February 14th and our mutual love of architecture we are pleased to present our partnership with Enel Cuore. Please join us in recognizing the powerful social impact of the architecture we love. Learn more about the places we've left our heart this February.

アーキテクチャー・フォー・ヒューマニティは帰心の会による「釜石みんなのひろば」にデザインと建設費の支援しこのプロジェクトにおいて協同することになりました。この支援はナイキからの義援金によってまかなわれます。

Architecture for Humanity award the design and construction grant to "Park for All in Kamaishi" submitted by KYSIN-no-kai, and work together on the project. This grant is sponsored by Nike to reconstruct a sports facility in the affected area of Tohoku.

Help us spread the love this Spring.

Find below media resource and messaging free to use for any and all advocates of architecture.

True love can be found within the practice of our craft. Architecture is the merging together of learned skills and individual practice. While we are all trained to possess the skills to design a structure, what creates that place of pure beauty is the role of practice - the lifelong pursuit of excellence.

This Valentine’s Day it is time for us to fall in love (again) with the art of practice.

(As featured on ArchDaily, Architizer, Curbed, and Unbeige!)

Hi everybody

It's the loveliest time of year again - and we wanted to offer a little token of our appreciation for your support.

For this Valentine's day we've made a series of architecture love cards that you can share with your friends and close ones this season. These are just a few of the buildings from around the world that made us fall in love with architecture.

By clicking on a card you can share it instantly via your preferred social network or email with a custom message.