Tonight in NYC : What is happening on the Gulf Coast and other stories
that didn't make it into Design Like You Give A Damn

As we enter the 21st century the field of architecture is at a
crossroads. From Hurricane Katrina to the war in Iraq, large-scale
urbanization, disaster and conflict has destabilized not only our
political structures but also the built environment prompting many to
question the building practices of the past. Is the role of the
architect to create the signature monuments that define and exalt our
cultural and economic values? Or, is there an alternative path to
building in the world today, one that engages people where they live and
work and recognizes that sustainability is not a luxury but a necessity?

Tonight Wired magazine and the New York Public Library will help
celebrate the publication of Design Like You Give A Damn. Cameron
Sinclair, Kate Stohr and Cynthia Barton of Architecture for Humanity,
editors of the book, along with cultural commentator John Hockenberry
discuss how a new breed of designers is responding to humanitarian
crises and rethinking the social and economic future of the more than
two billion people currently surviving in sub-standard living conditions.