Open Architecture Network

The Open Architecture Network is an open source architecture community. It’s a network that aims to improve standards of living around the world through collaboration. They pose an interesting answer to an obvious question: How do you improve the living standards of five billion people? With 100 million solutions, your solutions. On the site you can share ideas, designs, plans and drawings– peruse other peoples drawings, manage design projects from concept through build and implementation and ultimately build a more sustainable future– They imagine that the site will not only help create, support and implement ideas, but also be a place that fosters sustainable, replicable, adaptable and scalable design solutions. I love the concept of open source architecture, last year Architecture for Humanity won the TED Prize— this was the result of their wish.