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2012 Curry Stone Design Prize News - April 19, 2012

In January the Curry Stone Foundation and Advisors met, reviewed 400 nominations, and selected...

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...

In the News

  • All Africa - March 12, 2012
    Rwanda: Three Local NGOs Honoured for Promoting Women
  • Architectural Record - March 1, 2012
    Taiwanese architect and 2011 Curry Stone Prize winner Hsieh Ying-Chun helps a Chinese village rebuild for the better after an earthquake, using local expertise and materials.
  • Harvard Business Review - February 17, 2012
    How One CEO Grows Her Business with Feeling
  • National Geographic - November 30, 2011
    From Smart Phones to Smart Farming: Indigenous Knowledge Sharing in Tanzania
  • The East Architects Newspaper - October 19, 2011
    Prized Design

2011 Winners

Hsieh Ying-Chun, Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan

2011 Curry Stone Design Grand Prize Winner

Hsieh Ying-Chun is a leading Taiwanese architect who for over a decade has deployed his talents in rural areas that have been decimated by natural disaster. Hsieh works throughout Asia, training villagers to build locally appropriate dwellings in response to the devastation of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the 1999 Nantou earthquake and the 2009 Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan. Through Hsieh's hands-on education process, villagers literally reconstruct their own community foundation, knowing they will live in buildings with greater safety, structural integrity, and sustainability.

Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée, Paris

2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winner

Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée is a collective of architects, designers and social scientists who transform urban spaces through collaborative, localized endeavors. Founded by Franco-Romanian architects Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu in 2001, AAA has become an engine for engaging citizens in shaping their own cities through building, farming and artistic intervention. AAA acts as a creative instigator, empowering local communities to carry out and sustain their own ideas for urban regeneration.

FrontlineSMS, London, England

2011 Curry Stone Design Prize Winner

FrontlineSMS was founded by Ken Banks in 2005 to enable effective communications channels for communities in the developing world. FrontlineSMS leverages the ubiquity of mobile phones and familiarity of text messaging to turn an offline laptop into a communication hub. The simple innovation empowers villagers, aid agencies, and news services to exchange information among groups easily.

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