HOK and the USGBC partner to build a new orphanage and children's center in a slowly recovering Haiti. Image courtesy HOK Click on the slide show button to view more images. Though Haiti has been out of the media spotlight in recent months, efforts to rebuild infrastructure and facilities in the struggling nation march on: More than two years after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country in January 2010, organizations in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors are ramping up their long-standing involvement in the country’s revitalization. Much of the new work by groups like Architecture for Humanity and Studio
A new documentary attempts to alter how we look at St. Louis's infamous public housing project. The first Pruitt-Igoe building to be demolished was imploded in 1972. Click on the slide show button to view additional images. The Pruitt-Igoe housing project seen before its demolition. Accepted wisdom will have us believe St. Louis' infamous Pruitt-Igoe public housing development was destined for failure. Designed by George Hellmuth and World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki (of Leinweber, Yamasaki & Hellmuth), the 33-building complex opened in 1954, its Modernist towers touted as a remedy to overcrowding in the city’s tenements. Rising crime, neglected
Photo courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Temporary housing by Shigeru Ban is now under construction in Onagawa—a coastal town in Japan that was decimated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Related Links: Ban to Offer Aid to Native Japan Shigeru Ban Hopes to Build Waterproof Shelters in Haiti Ban-Aid Newsmaker: Shigeru Ban Metal Shutter Houses by Ban Ban Pavilion Could Sell for More than $1 Million On the surface, the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and the town of Onagawa, Japan, do not have much in common. But one does not have to scratch deeply to find likenesses. Since earthquakes