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Cameron Sinclair

As a student at the University of Westminster and the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London Sinclair developed an interest in social, cultural and humanitarian design. In 1999 he combined his passion for design and social consciousness and co-founded Architecture for Humanity. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need. Currently the organization is working in a dozen countries on projects ranging from health centers in Sub-Saharan Africa, community centers in South East Asia to low-income housing on the Gulf Coast of the United States. In 2007 Architecture for Humanity launched the Open Architecture Network, the worlds’ first online community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity co-founder Kate Stohr compiled the first ever compendium on socially conscious design titled Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. He has taught at the University of Minnesota and Montana State University and lectures regularly at schools in the United States and abroad.... Next

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