BusinessWeek: Open-Source Goes Hammer and Nail

“At 10:30 on a Friday morning in February, Cameron Sinclair
dropped two heavy bags onto the floor and sank onto the leather
banquette at Balthazar, the bustling New York bistro. The executive
director of the San Francisco-based Architecture for Humanity, a
nonprofit dedicated to finding architectural solutions to
humanitarian problems, was in town to speak with journalists about
his new Open Architecture Network (OAN).

“Launched officially at last week’s TED Conference, the free
Web-based network is part database of architectural projects, part
design tool, and part community for anyone dedicated to improving
living conditions through innovative and sustainable design–be
they architects, engineers, non-profits, government agencies, or
donors…”

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