Editing Architecture for Humanity (section)

==Activity==
[[File:Yodakandiya Community Complex 2007.jpg|thumb|Yodakandiya Community Complex, Sri Lanka (2007) shortlisted for the 2010 [[Aga Khan Award for Architecture]]]]

===Pro-bono design and construction===
The organization provided pro-bono design and construction management services and funding for projects around the world, including developing and building schools in West Africa and [[Haiti]], developing long-term rebuilding efforts in [[Myanmar]] after [[Cyclone Nargis]], and constructing sports for social change facilities in Africa and South America. Work has also included long-term reconstruction in India and Sri Lanka following the [[Indian Ocean tsunami]], rebuilding initiatives in the United States after [[Hurricane Katrina]], and hosting a number of international design competitions.

Architecture for Humanity promoted humanitarian and social design through partnerships, advocacy and education based programs. To that end, they have consulted with government bodies and relief organizations on a number of projects, including [[land mine|landmine]] clearance programs and [[playground]] building in the [[Balkans]]; transitional housing for [[Internally displaced person|IDP]]s in [[Afghanistan]], [[Sudan]] and [[Grenada]]; school building in [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]]; and earthquake reconstruction assistance in [[Pakistan]], [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]]. The organization also sought to foster public appreciation for the many ways that architecture and design can improve lives.

===Open Architecture Network===
{{Further|Open source architecture}}
As a result of the TED Prize the organization worked with [[Sun Microsystems]] and [[Creative Commons]] to develop the [[Open Architecture Network]], the first open source system for supporting sustainable and humanitarian design and architecture. This network includes project management, file sharing, a resource database and online collaborative design tools. A beta version of the site launched on March 8, 2007, at the 2007 TED Conference. It has garnered over 27,000 members and 5,000 projects. In late 2010  a version of the network was created as a mobile application that is showcased in the [[Museum of Modern Art]].