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CURRY STONE DESIGN PRIZE AT HARVARD - November 21, 2011

The Curry Stone Design Prize celebrated its three 2011 winners with a two-day festival at...

2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners Announced - October 14, 2011

Bend, OR (October 4, 2011)—The 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners were announced today with...

2011 Curry Stone Design Grand Prize Winner Announced Sustainable Architecture in Post-Disaster Areas - October 4, 2011

2011 Curry Stone Design Grand Prize Winner Announced
Sustainable Architecture in Post-...

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National Geographic
November 30, 2011
From Smart Phones to Smart Farming: Indigenous Knowledge Sharing in Tanzania

Many people believe communications technology helps the developing world by allowing people to link up with the ‘West’ and be given information and knowledge. It is often people in the developing world with the knowledge, and what technology can instead do is help them unlock that knowledge and share it with one another.

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The East Architects Newspaper
October 19, 2011
Prized Design

Taiwanese architect receives fourth Curry Stone Award for social design

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International Business Times
October 9, 2011
2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners

The 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners were recently announced with an official presentation ceremony to follow on November 7th at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Hsieh Ying-Chun is the Grand Prize Winner; he will receive $100,000 from the foundation with no strings attached. Hsieh is a leading Taiwanese architect who for over a decade has deployed his talents in rural areas decimated by natural disaster. Hsieh works throughout Asia, training villagers to build locally appropriate dwellings in response to devastation such as the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

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Yahoo! OMG!
October 5, 2011
Winner of Curry Stone architecture award announced

A Taiwanese architect was named the winner of this year's Curry Stone Design Prize which honors designers who address critical issues such as clean air, food, water and shelter.

Now in its fourth year, the Curry Stone Design Prize was established by architect Clifford Curry to "champion designers as a force for social change" and emphasizes emerging projects that have not yet been fully completed.

Nominees for the award are selected by a panel of anonymous judges from various fields of design and advocates for a variety of humanitarian causes.

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Taiwan News
October 5, 2011
2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners Announced-Grand Prize Winner in Taiwan

Bend, OR (October 4, 2011)-The 2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winners were announced today with an official presentation ceremony to follow on November 7th at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Hsieh Ying-Chun is the Grand Prize Winner; he will receive $100,000 from the foundation with no strings attached. Hsieh is a leading Taiwanese architect who for over a decade has deployed his talents in rural areas decimated by natural disaster.

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