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Step Up/Give Back – 1% at a Time

Brian Palidar AIA recently joined John Peterson, the founder of Public Architecture and The 1%, at the first 1% Design Advocacy event this August, hosted by Miller Hull and CAST Architecture and sponsored by Teknion. Presenters included John Peterson (Public Architecture), Trish Millines Dziko (TAF), Ray Schutte (Interbay P-Patch) and Brian Palidar (Grouparchitect). Photos by Chi Duong. The 1% program seeks to connect architects and other design professionals with non profits in an effort to better the built environment. You can learn more at http://theonepercent.org/ or by contacting Brian at Grouparchitect.

The 1%, a program of Public Architecture, connects nonprofits with architecture and design firms willing to give of their time pro bono. Launched by Public Architecture in 2005 with the support of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, The 1% is a first-of-its-kind effort to encourage pro bono service within the architecture and design professions. If every architecture professional in the U.S. committed 1% of their time to pro bono service, it would add up to 5,000,000 hours annually – the equivalent of a 2,500-person firm, working full-time for the public good.