Record 26 Firms Join The 1% in April
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
April continued The 1%'s trend of strong growth with 26 new firms joining the program, along with 8 new nonprofits. In addition to increased firm registration, firm engagement in The 1% matching portal has also shot up. Many of these firms such as the New York-based INARCH, which joined this month, bring a pro bono philosophy into the program. INARCH is "committed to engaging its professional resources and leadership to benefit the social needs in our community and beyond, where our expertise can make a difference." Through its commitment to pro bono work, and now through The 1%, INARCH will "initiate and implement projects that serve those who would otherwise not have access to our professional services. Firms Amory Architects (Boston, MA) Armstrong + Cohen Architecture (Gainesville, FL) Brenner Design Incorporated (Indianapolis, IN) C. Leland Suddeth Architect (Columbia, SC) Charles Loomis Chariss McAfee Architects (Philadelphia, PA) Della Valle Bernheimer (Brooklyn, NY) Gerard Lee Architects (Oakland, CA) grouparchitect (Seattle, WA) GTM Design (Prescott, AZ) H3 Studio (Saint Louis, MO) IDita (Toronto, Canada) INARCH (New York, NY) JPdesign + Associates (Kennesaw, GA) LaFontaine Architecture & Design, Inc (Worthington, OH) M Designs Architects (Los Altos, CA) MadDimensions Inc (Foster City, CA) MADLAB LLC (Montclair, NJ) Maia Gilman Architect (New York, NY) PLDA, Inc. (Baltimore, MD) Sanford Consulting (Lindenwold, NJ) Site8 Architects (Los Angeles, CA) SkyTech CAD (Seattle, WA) spacepositive (Henderson, TX) STAVE (Seattle, WA) The Vernal Group (Fresno, CA) Wilkinson Design Group (Carlsbad, CA)
NonprofitsMulticultural Institute (Berkeley, CA)
For Pete Sake Foundation, Inc. (Sherman Oaks, CA)
Evanston Festival Theatre, Inc. (Evanston, IL)
Seattle Scenic Studios (Seattle, WA)
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County (Grand Rapids, MI)
Partnership with Children, Inc. (New York, NY)
Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation (Walnut Creek, CA)
Dakota Prairie Regional Center for the Arts (New Rockford, ND)
The 1% Program of Public Architecture
www.theonepercent.org
“The 1%” is a national program launched by Public Architecture in 2005 that challenges architecture and design firms to pledge 1% of their billable hours to pro bono work. Over 300 firms have signed on to date. If every architecture professional in the U.S. dedicated just 20 hours annually, it would add up to 5,000,000 hours each year—the equivalent of 2,500-person firm working fulltime for the public good. The 1% program was launched by Public Architecture in 2005 with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and is presently supported by a range of groups, including the NEA, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Boston Society of Architects (BSA), corporate and private foundations, as well as leading firms such as Elness Swenson Graham Architects (ESG), Hammel, Green & Abrahamson (HGA), Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), HKS, McCall Design Group, and Perkins + Will.
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