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Article 25.1: Everyone has the rights to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing,[ housing ]…United nation universal declaration of human rights, adopted December 10, 1948.

[Tribute to Article 25.1

of the Declaration of Human Rights which articulates the importance of shelter in meeting our basic human needs.]

[ They are not only our Clients but also the Designers. We like to call ourselves - facilitators]

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The Power of Ten: 10th Anniversary letter

IN MEMORY"I decided I had enough. I closed the office, bought a motorcycle,and went into the desert to work with the people on their ideasand dreams" Nader Khalili, 2005

Last year, in 2008, we saw the passing of a number pioneers in the industry. From Earth bag construction inventor Nader Khalili, to Ralph Rapson, Sydney Opera House architect, Jorn Utzon to Viramaaditya Prakash. Each of these architects pushed boundaries of how, where and why we build. Let us know who you would like to remember.

Our Sercices

Provide professional design services to foster architectural & design solutions to Community Groups, Non governmental Organizations, Funding Agents,Social Entrepreneurs & others.Ngo's in response to the global, social and humanitarian crisis.

[ The promotion of public benefits in urban or rural areas in situations of social and economic deprivation by introducing provision of facilitation services within the built environment to make available and improve resources for those who are in conditions of need.]

Areas of focus:

1. Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction.

2. Empowering the use of alternative energy.

3. Design innovation for communities in need.

4. Creating environment friendly public sphere and community landscaping.

5. Holding different kind of events related to built environment

6. Undertaking Participatory Action research in the development and delivery of the built environment

2009 Open Architecture Challenge:Winners announced

Congratulation to all 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom winners, finalists and honorable mentions. click to view list and Help us to spread the word via email, face book or tweet also...for Classroom Upgrade Fund: Help us improve schools around the world. click

Architecture for Humanity network includes 40,000 professionals and 70 chapters in 28 countries. In Bangladesh we have recently started our journey and we are proud to become part of a growing grassroots humanitarian design movement and help to change the perception of the role of the designer. So we welcome everyone to become a member of architecture for humanity Dhaka, Bangladesh today and keep in touch.

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Detailed information about each of our projects is shared on the Open Architecture Network,

www.openarchitecturenetwork.org.

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AFH-Dhaka,Bangladesh

“AFH-Dhaka” is a local chapter affiliated by “Architecture for Humanity” a non-profit organization, founded in the United States in 1999 registered 501(c)(3) non profit organization concerned with the built environment.