May
12
2010

Open-source architecture to house the world

www.ted.com Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http

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21 Comments »

  • weihaahng

    Amazing!!!

    Comment | February 23, 2007
  • 7LaLa7

    Muy bueno!!

    Comment | April 2, 2007
  • RichardCorral

    you go geek man!

    Comment | April 10, 2007
  • GabbeJ

    wooord !

    Comment | April 25, 2007
  • ttarch311

    Cameron is a visionary. Thank you, sir.

    Comment | April 12, 2008
  • ladiosaverde

    What’s brilliant is the idea of an Open-source architectural site where anyone can have access to sustainable blueprints. EVERYONE has the right to sustainable living and it should not be corporatized. Thank you Cameron.

    Comment | December 31, 2008
  • imslicc

    great. awakening of awareness. we have the resources! we have the knowhow!

    Comment | February 2, 2009
  • crossingthechannel

    now this is an architect I can admire

    Comment | February 23, 2009
  • PandaShicky

    Love of my LIFE! what an amazing guy

    Comment | March 5, 2009
  • sirhung

    Many people have creative ideas to solving many problems around the world, problem is they don’t know how to bring forth their solutions into reality.

    Comment | March 10, 2009
  • seanarrative

    haha he walks in during his speech and folds his suit

    by the way, great talk. absolutely loved it and it certainly is a fascinating thing hes doing :)

    Comment | April 8, 2009
  • seanarrative

    “When you look at the face of an architect, most people think a gray haired, white guy. I dont see that. I see the face of the world”

    inspiring quote

    Comment | April 9, 2009
  • LizzyDino

    this guy is coming to my college in a week I’m sooo excited!

    Comment | April 13, 2009
  • tyrannicoystercult

    best vid on the net right here i.m.o

    Comment | May 22, 2009
  • ugluspegill

    Open source, whether it’s in form of text, music, architecture, design or programming is the best thing to human kind in centuries.

    Comment | June 25, 2009
  • PierreAlmenax

    I like.

    Comment | August 25, 2009
  • Kirilltraceur

    so… is there something like this that i can join?

    Comment | October 23, 2009
  • gigiggg9

    search “Architecture for Humanity”

    Comment | November 8, 2009
  • rid18b

    intersting…will chk more of this

    Comment | November 12, 2009
  • Pynchon1980

    Cameron is speaking at a public talk at the Royal Geograpahical Society (with IBG) in London on 25 May 2010 discussing improving response to Natural Disasters
    21st Century Challenges series

    Comment | April 23, 2010
  • DenjoTheBlunt

    How the comments here are running after everything humanistic someone says… no reflection, no critical thought…

    Comment | April 23, 2010

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