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Communities all over the world are struggling to build effective strategies to address their key challenges, from climate change and equity to housing and revitalization. In response, the Communities by Design program brings together architects and other professional disciplines to work alongside the residents, professionals and institutions of host communities on key local issues. Every project is community-driven and includes meaningful public participation in an intensive process to match professional expertise with public values and aspirations for a place. 

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Working to solve a design challenge in a rural community? Deadline Extended for Citizen's Institute on Rural Design (CIRD)

  • 1.  Working to solve a design challenge in a rural community? Deadline Extended for Citizen's Institute on Rural Design (CIRD)

    Posted 04-20-2023 11:12 AM
    Edited by Paola Capo 04-20-2023 11:15 AM

    Working to solve a design challenge in a rural community? 

    The Citizen's Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) applications are now open with an extended deadline to May 1! CIRD is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council and design partner, To Be Done Studio. We will offer up to 10 Local Design Workshops that address the selected community's specific rural design challenge, and a Design Learning Cohort program that will invite at least 15 rural communities to engage in peer learning and expert-led sessions online. The Request for Applications contains further details about the program goals, eligibility, benefits, expectations, and a preview of all the application questions.



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    Paola Capo
    The American Institute of Architects
    Washington DC
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