Recognition
In 2005 Architecture for Humanity received the Index Award - Design to Improve Life (community category) and in 2006 was awarded the Rave Award for Architecture by Wired Magazine and the Innovation of the Year as part of the Observer Newspapers' Ethical Awards. In March 2006 its co-founder Cameron Sinclair was awarded the 2006 TED Prize which awards its recipients 'One wish to change the world'. Most recently the organization has been made the recipient of the 2007 Center for Architecture Foundation Award, a 2007 Travel + Leisure Global Vision Award in innovation.
In May 2008, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced Architecture for Humanity had won the Design Patron Award highlighting the firm's commitment to improving communities by providing pro bono, sustainable design services.
In June 2008 the organization was profiled on Frontline/World as part of their series of Stories From A Small Planet. That year co-founder Cameron Sinclair was profiled as one of CNNs Principal Voices and on the series Iconoclasts on the Sundance Channel.
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