tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32751814006334495992024-02-21T08:02:23.429-08:00HUM:ARCCommunity for humanitarian architectureÅshildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024665546178788062noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-47301955486497036892011-12-12T13:38:00.000-08:002011-12-12T13:38:27.161-08:00Kouk Khleang Youth Center to be on site in January 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XmVgknrYLn_DW9UBcoBMd4llDrnSuDxuae0X_DtaHJF15t968oqms84wRZpMWDrg6ZTbTwmR2BETUsOeEKbNzKZ0XCFcuwFJZPwqoA362uN5wrxacM8d2eJFZUYO1A8hUcLltghdS5YX/s1600/Komitu_YouthCenter_JOULU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XmVgknrYLn_DW9UBcoBMd4llDrnSuDxuae0X_DtaHJF15t968oqms84wRZpMWDrg6ZTbTwmR2BETUsOeEKbNzKZ0XCFcuwFJZPwqoA362uN5wrxacM8d2eJFZUYO1A8hUcLltghdS5YX/s320/Komitu_YouthCenter_JOULU.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Our apologies for the quietness at the HUM:ARC site! The year 2011 has been extremely active for both Komitu and the <a href="http://www.srapou.org/" target="_blank">Sra Pou Vocational School</a> team. Sra Pou was constructed in March 2011 and Komitu's <a href="http://www.komituarchitects.org/" target="_blank">Kouk Khleang Youth Center</a> will go on site this January! <br />
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So if you happen to be in Cambodia or around next spring please do contact us or follow our doings via <a href="https://twitter.com/komituarch" target="_blank">Komitus tweets</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ukumbi/236712696354079" target="_blank">Ukumbi's facebook</a>!<br />
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Komitu has also joined forces with two great organisations: <a href="http://aaltosi.org/" target="_blank">Aalto Social Impact</a> and <a href="http://aidbrella.org/" target="_blank">Aidbrella</a>!inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-84160963781568128942011-05-23T01:33:00.000-07:002011-05-23T01:37:20.347-07:0013th Shelter Intyernational Architectural Desugn Competition for Students<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sGO3Nhyphenhyphen15IJUqheqzYO8JY62fODOnVbFuG3BpQi2QeOm7FJr1n9cfh23p5jgJaUgAi3BAyJdwVMQSmWnBBBtQxyUh1CkEbaYuMCPYQMt81EGVZ6zfOBXTTmWitRs-ZREKFICdoD9q75I/s1600/2011_web_E_top.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sGO3Nhyphenhyphen15IJUqheqzYO8JY62fODOnVbFuG3BpQi2QeOm7FJr1n9cfh23p5jgJaUgAi3BAyJdwVMQSmWnBBBtQxyUh1CkEbaYuMCPYQMt81EGVZ6zfOBXTTmWitRs-ZREKFICdoD9q75I/s400/2011_web_E_top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609827561150818706" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="font2"><a href="http://www.shelter-inc.net/compe/">Design “A house to live in the Wilderness”, for modern city dwellers.</a><br /></p> <p class="font2"><span class="font2">Suggest a house in the Wilderness, in which we modern-age humans can feel both the richness and the toughness of the Wilderness, and sense our relationship to it.</span></p><p class="font2"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Wilderness can be of any type: deep forest, thick forest, a vast meadow in the African savannah, the South Pole, a desert, or in the sea. Or, you can design a shelter against natural disasters such as storms, earthquakes or heavy snow. The structure of the house can be timber, masonry, rammed earth, or ? if necessary - it can be made with the super-alloys that are used for spaceships. </span><br /><span class="font2"></span></p>inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-88781511465288407922011-03-31T09:53:00.001-07:002011-03-31T09:57:08.992-07:00The Wall Game: No Place To Hide<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dfAEOARXPy2XvYe4bkHBnQXviXgIPD6p3vKNDWJPDrInhk5KCbpl6qbTz-MBpgalOsWoaaHYHXIYFNF6fwvSjqSgd_uuzO41UXXJG43KGAsb_5_lmy5uAenYEmUHkeV19dks62i6FDQ/s1600/sarajevo_map.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1dfAEOARXPy2XvYe4bkHBnQXviXgIPD6p3vKNDWJPDrInhk5KCbpl6qbTz-MBpgalOsWoaaHYHXIYFNF6fwvSjqSgd_uuzO41UXXJG43KGAsb_5_lmy5uAenYEmUHkeV19dks62i6FDQ/s320/sarajevo_map.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590286754633664626" border="0" /></a><br />Corrado Curti has shared with HUM:ARC an interesting project: an online database of maps, which aim <span style="font-style: italic;">to highlight projects and practices that deploy (or have deployed) architectural and urban instruments to confront the complex problematic related to the spatial effects of border conditions.</span><br /><br />They are asking for contributions so if you would like to submit a project to be published on the map you can send email to corradocurti@hotmail.com or fill in a submission form on their website.<br /><br />http://www.cluster.eu/<br /><br />http://www.riea.ch/inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-21402460585858846172011-02-15T04:38:00.000-08:002011-02-15T04:40:40.407-08:00Interesting session organised by ASF UK<em>“With unemployment levels amongst architects reaching almost 50% we are faced with an <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">opportunity to rethink the scope and ambition of our professional practice</span></strong>. <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What can be done to enable</span> ... </strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>architects to lead the architecture profession into tomorrow?</strong><br /></span><br />Examining where the identity of the architect as a socially disengaged and profit driven individual has come from, and questioning <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">how and why we have lost touch with our professional remit to serve the public interest</span></strong>”<strong>.</strong></em> (Harriet Harriss)<br /><strong style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: LESSONS FOR ARCHITECTS<br />ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PRACTICE IN AN EVOLVING CONTEXT</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />This seminar will introduce ideas about social entrepreneurialism and expose you to basic skills needed to set up your own social enterprise.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><strong style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">GUEST PRESENTERS INCLUDE:</strong><br /><strong>Jonathan Essex from Bioregional, Andreas Lang from Public Works, Colin Priest from Studio Columba, Annika Grafweg and Seki Hirano from IfUntitled, Cristina Cerulli from Studio Polpo, Harriet Harriss, Katy Beinart, Nigel Lowthrop from Hill Holt Wood and more...</strong><br /><br />Some of the topics covered include:<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> The need for alternative forms of practice within architecture.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> What is a social enterprise? Including organisational structures and operational features of social enterprises.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Ideas for architectural social enterprise.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Funding - what is this, how to get it, etc.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Basic principles of writing a business plan.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"> Social impact measurement.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Over the two days talks will be given on topics such as the above interspersed with case studies of organisations who push the boundaries of socially motivated design and thinking.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><strong>DATE:</strong></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2-3 APRIL 2011<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">TIME:</span></strong> 09h00 - 17h00<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">COST:</strong> £150 (full), £110 (discounted incl ASF members, students, pensioners, unwaged)<br />(Cost includes tea and coffee during the day plus lunch).<br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />LOCATION:</span></strong> NCVO, Regent’s Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, LONDON, N1 9RL.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">CONTACT:</span></strong> For information and bookings:<strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> <a href="mailto:a.thomas@asf-uk.org" target="_blank">a.thomas@asf-uk.org</a></span></strong></span><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">ASF-UK is a UK registered charity, concerned with education and training in the development sector. ASF-UK’s primary objective is to make global agenda issues, in particular those impacting on disadvantaged and vulnerable people, integral to the practice and teaching of architecture. For more information please go to <a href="http://../" target="_blank">www.asf-uk.org</a></span></strong>inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-44507616825692854582011-02-14T11:12:00.000-08:002011-02-14T11:17:01.435-08:00Local vs Global international workshop in Ghana<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcho-BYANVl9BZQpLmvmPPhyjJKlgLId6yjY9he9KCYO7Up-NJu7GDndZRY0ahZeflrrPzrPzXLz22py_5x6cGOEHLojwRHJHd4aYu6C8RXlNpLnObYEBpu-6owArEuqN-GBGbPymKVpE/s1600/ASF.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjcho-BYANVl9BZQpLmvmPPhyjJKlgLId6yjY9he9KCYO7Up-NJu7GDndZRY0ahZeflrrPzrPzXLz22py_5x6cGOEHLojwRHJHd4aYu6C8RXlNpLnObYEBpu-6owArEuqN-GBGbPymKVpE/s320/ASF.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573625808967805698" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p><span lang="EN-GB">Applications are open for the ASF-UK international workshop in Ghana<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><strong><span>Who should apply?</span></strong><span> All built environment professionals and post graduate/masters students interested in sustainable development </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>What will we do during the workshop?</span></strong><span> We will explore how a rapidly developing country such as Ghana, is increasingly turning its back on local construction, in favor of western principles perceived as the vision for a modern globalised society, and try and discover the effects that this is having.<span> </span>We will compare traditional and contemporary construction practice in Ghana and consider the social, economic and environmental impact that the changing practices are having.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>The final four days of the workshop will be a hands on design and construction practicum based around a synthesis of local and global visions for a sustainable future.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>How long is the workshop and when is it?</span></strong><span> Two weeks from the 3rd - 17th September 2011</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>Where?</span></strong><span> Ghana</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>Cost?</span></strong><span> <span> </span>£750 (full) £700 (ASF members)</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>We are currently offering an <strong>EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT</strong> of 10% for anyone that applies before the end of March.</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>How do I apply?</span></strong><span> Send queries to <a href="mailto:s.morley@asf.co.uk" target="_blank">s.morley ät asf.co.uk</a></span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>Application deadline is 31st April 2011</span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>Successful applicants will be notified within 14 days of this.</span></p>inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-84339416354993221852011-02-08T09:28:00.000-08:002011-02-12T05:49:00.173-08:00AFH Competition: Copa Arquitectura<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAtyk6nbExdNnaSS9w71C4R5cFFdhwndHIlOdlzbOLXFkEYV-noRMPxmntmsSJeWG6eEud7NZVyk1_avG78z425EdVYnu9XrZ-gSZpVU5LMiACC3eJiTchnpzP7XWJrbzJI45-WkggACCK/s1600/copa_arquitectura_banner_blue.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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Thank you AVEK for organizing the<span style="font-size:100%;"> <a href="http://www.kopiosto.fi/avek/ajankohtaista/2010-2011/fi_FI/pitchauskilpailu/">D²-pitching competition</a></span>!<br /><br />In order to make HUM:ARC more known and more prepared to reply to the challenges lying ahead, we will work on the webpage and the the blogs of <a href="http://www.kopiosto.fi/avek/ajankohtaista/2010-2011/fi_FI/pitchauskilpailu/">Sra Pou</a> and <a href="http://www.komitu.blogspot.com/">Komitu</a> to make the best out of our pilot construction projects. We will document the processes carefully and collect the data in an easily approachable format. 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Kiitos Revellin rahastolle ja SAFAlle tuesta!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-63210152528644367782010-10-20T05:39:00.000-07:002010-10-20T05:52:21.860-07:009TH IAHH INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 2011<strong>Planning and designing a hub for a rapidly developing suburban area<br /><br />The International Association for Humane Habitat (IAHH)</strong> is a voluntary organization promoting the goals and objectives of evolving humane habitat, through sustainable development, appropriate technology, innovative design and multidisciplinary approach to restructure policies, programming, planning and design for conservation, redevelopment and development.<br /><br /><a href="http://humanehabitat.org/wp-content/a1-copy.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 341px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://humanehabitat.org/wp-content/a1-copy.jpg" /></a>IAHH is pleased to announce its ninth International <strong>Student Design Competition</strong> on the theme of planning and designing a <strong>hub for a sustainable humane habitat.</strong> The competition is open to students of architecture, planning, urban design, landscape architecture and related disciplines of anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, social work etc.<br /><br />It is the purpose of the ninth IAHH International Student Design Competition to <strong>investigate into this issue of rapid urbanization and resultant suburban sprawl in order to evolve a more enlightened approach to planning, design and management of humane habitats.<br /><br /></strong><br /><br />AWARDS<br />First Prize INRs. 75,000/-<br />Second Prize INRs. 25,000/-<br />Third Prize INRs. 15,000/-<br />Honorable Mentions: No cash prizes<br /><br />Deadlines:<br />Early Registration US $ 25 to be received by November 30, 2010<br />Late Registration US $ 50 Up to January 15, 2011<br />Latest date of receipt of submission at RCA, Mumbai January 25, 2011<br /><br />Email: contact@humanehabitat.org <?xml:namespace prefix = mailto /><mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org><br />Website: www.humanehabitat.org <http:><br /><br /></mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org><mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org></mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org><mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org></mailto:contact@humanehabitat.org>inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-88512782230390139992010-09-27T01:55:00.000-07:002010-09-27T02:03:31.018-07:00HUM:ARC mailing list<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNJkeMewh6X18w_7L_d_pd_Tv18h6CTxSf0vrUDA3bRWoSscKGFRbHY88lmW6BBqUWTDa1pcwia2FBKIpf-qRwJlG6MI2xQnzqOMVg0Nq6nMfdTZRXaU5S7mhgivRxamyZ4P05n8BIBx6/s1600/untitled.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521516294350794306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNJkeMewh6X18w_7L_d_pd_Tv18h6CTxSf0vrUDA3bRWoSscKGFRbHY88lmW6BBqUWTDa1pcwia2FBKIpf-qRwJlG6MI2xQnzqOMVg0Nq6nMfdTZRXaU5S7mhgivRxamyZ4P05n8BIBx6/s200/untitled.bmp" /></a><br /><div>The former hum:arc website has now been forwarded to this blog due the smaller maintenance work. The email-list is still functioning, if you would like to receive information about work opportunities, workshops, seminars and exhibitions related to humanitarian and ecological architecture in Europe and around the planet, please send an email to inari.virkkala (at) gmail.com and we'll add you to the list!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>inarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511555497570212218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-11644209534189253552009-01-31T05:16:00.000-08:002009-01-31T05:23:55.168-08:00OPEN ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGE 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcROq-D81niWnx9s92pPDQ2Rod7ZB-s1TAXviw8EBJeE6pj-N1shgtgn7N3JdfyNPoBcIqQnvGcXidQvrGY7BbnyYV-xyBtsqIUMwF2KLhgo_9bqzGQFHuCF4mc1QaSWQb1ZiVjffVB4/s1600-h/oan_tout_animated_20090127.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcROq-D81niWnx9s92pPDQ2Rod7ZB-s1TAXviw8EBJeE6pj-N1shgtgn7N3JdfyNPoBcIqQnvGcXidQvrGY7BbnyYV-xyBtsqIUMwF2KLhgo_9bqzGQFHuCF4mc1QaSWQb1ZiVjffVB4/s400/oan_tout_animated_20090127.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297447033503834210" /></a><br />According to the World Bank, educating all children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms in more than 100 countries by 2015. At the same time, millions of existing classrooms are in serious need of repair and refurbishment. <a href="http://www.architectureforhumanity.org/">Architecture for Humanity</a> invites you to take part in the <a href="http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/competitions/challenge/2009">Open Architecture Challenge 2009</a>. You will get a chance to work with students and teachers to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing. Your design should address the unique challenges your school faces in trying to provide smart, safe and sustainable learning spaces.Åshildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024665546178788062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-77770173207331718592008-11-10T07:23:00.000-08:002008-11-10T07:39:00.776-08:00USED MATTRESSES<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIn4F218CBpwH0sAHcxGgD13yBdSa2MH0G0fv1yU_fBtZ58jcLZQFjBLFBupz8kFEqNVx5ZSmgNNFOHwTlIm1_BPh_GZGhZPEOH4RKlQNWkvuUzaoqtRcmY8WB-k9_fIfrhWwHSGab5k/s1600-h/mattress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIn4F218CBpwH0sAHcxGgD13yBdSa2MH0G0fv1yU_fBtZ58jcLZQFjBLFBupz8kFEqNVx5ZSmgNNFOHwTlIm1_BPh_GZGhZPEOH4RKlQNWkvuUzaoqtRcmY8WB-k9_fIfrhWwHSGab5k/s400/mattress.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267050892470692002" /></a> This might be a last minute call, but if you have some good ideas of what to do with used mattresses then join Architecture for Humanity's <a href="http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/mattress">Discarded Dreams Competition</a>. The deadline is the 5th of December, and AFH is asking: Why are our mattresses being abandoned in dumps and left to the seagulls? Every year in the U.S. 40 million mattresses get thrown in the trash. Don’t our mattresses deserve another chance?Åshildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024665546178788062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-82565676067983073552008-11-10T07:04:00.000-08:002008-11-10T07:38:34.606-08:00SHOW US SOME LOVEThe <a href="http://www.asf-uk.org/home.htm">Architecture Sans Frontières UK</a> is reaching out to everyone in order to get people to design t-shirts. The t-shirt is supposed to create awareness about ASF and their work, and the final submission date is the 21st of November. So, if you have some spare time and creativity, show our friends in London some love.Åshildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024665546178788062noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275181400633449599.post-77604456310579540602008-11-10T06:43:00.000-08:002008-11-10T07:21:31.207-08:00AND SO IT BEGINS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PPT-A8PssVe18FKEyNQLsFGjl5rZi3V8aT-37CsqG1brI3mASxyeUSAW9P0rFQeMQoJsSBFj4_kXSRMxGjzmLqA2u17-C9Jzfxmh_rb2tv9I6BAX1ur0OvSa-3fmBpsaiiXx_LktAJI/s1600-h/humarc_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9PPT-A8PssVe18FKEyNQLsFGjl5rZi3V8aT-37CsqG1brI3mASxyeUSAW9P0rFQeMQoJsSBFj4_kXSRMxGjzmLqA2u17-C9Jzfxmh_rb2tv9I6BAX1ur0OvSa-3fmBpsaiiXx_LktAJI/s400/humarc_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267049156968693874" /></a>This is the official launch of the hum:arc blog. Our idea is to continue the discussions and publish architects, projects, issues, competitions, and so on that we find useful and interesting. If there’s anything you want us to publish, send us an e-mail at humarc.me@gmail.comÅshildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024665546178788062noreply@blogger.com0