Thursday, July 2, 2009

June brought 18 additional firms and 3 new nonprofits into The 1% program, as well as another Public Architecture effort to strengthen the culture and practice of pro bono design. At the annual NeoCon tradeshow in Chicago, Public Architecture unveiled an initiative intended to enlist the manufacturing community in supporting pro bono and public interest design. An alternative to the typical corporate gift-giving approach, Public Architecture's initial "Public Offering " was conceived to provide a platform for manufacturers to ‘give design instead’ of fruitcakes, popcorn, and monogrammed knickknacks. The New York-based creative agency The Moderns, worked with Public Architecture on a pro bono basis to bring this initiative, initially conceived by a group of design industry leaders and supported with seed funding from Teknion, to life. Basic information is available online at www.publicoffering.org with additional details to be announced in the coming months.

Firms

Agoos/Lovera Architects (Philadelphia, PA)

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (San Francisco, CA)

Brock Brockington Inc. (Chicago, IL)

de Jesus Architecture (Brentwood, CA)

De Meza + Architecture (San Francisco, CA)

dlb media (Dallas, TX)

Hierarchy Architects (Manhasset, NY)

Johnson Cartwright Jarman Architects, P.A. (Tampa, FL)

Joseph Trojanowski Architect PC (Oak Park, IL)

Kenar Architectural (Frankfort, KY)

Koko Architecture + Design (New York, NY)

Lsarc (San Francisco, CA)

PARAVANT (Los Angeles, CA)

Richard P. McGrew, Architect (Henderson, NV)

Scheinholtz Associates (Burlingame, CA)

Scott Hughes Architects (Venice, CA)

Ward-Young Architects (Lafayette, CA)

XChange Architects (Brookline, MA)

Nonprofits

Archeworks (Chicago, IL)

Compassion for the Family; Inc. (Colorado Springs, CO)

Washington Area Bicyclist Association (Washington, DC)

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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