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Curry Stone Design Prize Celebrates 11 Practitioners For Valuable Approaches to Public Space

Osman Bari — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:00:00 +0000

The Curry Stone Design Prize has announced 11 global practitioners as part of June's Social Design Circle, for their work in public space design.

Curry Stone Design Prize Recognizes 7 Practices for Strides in Social Housing

Osman Bari — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:00:00 +0000

In honour of its 10^th anniversary, the Curry Stone Design Prize will recognize a large group of the world’s most socially conscious and active design practices, in what the Foundation has coined as the Social Design Circle.

6 Practices Recognized as Social Design Innovators by Curry Stone Design Prize

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:30:00 +0000

In the past 10 years, the Curry Stone Design Prize has grown to become one of the world’s preeminent awards honoring socially impactful design professionals and the influence of design as a force for improving lives and strengthening communities.

SPARC Wins 2016 Curry Stone Design Prize

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:00:00 +0000

The Curry Stone Foundation has announced The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) as the winner of the 2016 Curry Stone Design Prize Vision Award. For over 30 years, SPARC has supported, represented and implemented improvements for Indian citizens living in slum communities throughout the country. Through its alliance with the National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) and Mahila Milan (Women Together), SPARC is now active in over 70 cities throughout India, lobbying for physical, social and legal advancement, as well as facilitating the construction of housing for more than 8,500 families and community toilets for over 500,000 seats in slums with no existing facilities.

Rural Urban Framework Wins 2015 Curry Stone Design Prize

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 09:47:00 +0000

Rural Urban Framework (RUF) has been named winner of the 2015 Curry Stone Design Prize at the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial. Addressing China's unprecedented rural-to-urban migration, RUF has (so far) helped 18 depopulating villages throughout the country prepare for their inevitable transformation by building schools, community centers, hospitals, houses and infrastructure in a collaborative process that empowers locals.

Studios Kabako Wins 2014 Curry Stone Design Prize

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Studios Kabako, a Congolese performance and theater studio founded by Faustin Linyekula in 2001, has won the 2014 Curry Stone Design Prize, a $100,000 annual award that honors practitioners who use design to address critical social needs and strengthen communities. Studios Kabako was selected for establishing a series of cultural programs and urban interventions within the city of Kisangani as a way to help communities deal with the aftermath of civil war through dance and the arts. A video about Studios Kabako, after the break.