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After 14 years and 400+ projects across 80 countries, we’ve seen what lasts and what fades.

We’ve witnessed quiet revolutions that build resilient neighborhoods and communities.

infrastructure

GALPON EL CHONCHINO

Chile

housing

Ananda EcoAldea: Creating Sustainable Communities

Guano, Ecuador

education

The Book Stop Project

Manila, Philippines

meeting place

Restauración de la escuela José Antonio Ricaurte

Rioverde , Ecuador

recreation & sport

Dzimbanhete - Creative Village

Harare, Zimbabwe

infrastructure

+ Vida + Verde

Caracas, Venezuela

Explore 400+ living examples

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While the industry defaults to speed and automation, A--D builds the infrastructure for architecture rooted in places.

This is where practitioners, communities and foresight funders align. This is Do-it-Together.

Across the Globe

70,000+ professionals

You are not alone. Our global network brings together architects and building professionals who are looking to practice differently.

450+ mentors and experts

Our mentors are deeply grounded in places and communities. Our experts bring global industry insights. Together, they offer the expertise vital for future practitioners.

88 countries

The practices and projects we support span five continents. We build the relational spaces where local knowledge meets global expertise.

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Voices from our Network

“What I find most powerful is that A--D doesn't only offer technical support but also nurtures a mindset. It creates a space where professionals can learn how to collaborate across cultures, listen deeply, and co-create with communities instead of designing solutions from a distance.”

Irene Planchuelo Gómez

Director of International Projects, Techo
“Architecture in Development has opened a door to new processes, new ways of seeing things and making connections. ”

David Basulto

Archdaily, Founding Director
“As a very young and small association, A--D has meant a strong form of support to validate our pilot. Meeting other projects with similar questions and commitments has brought us hope and confidence that what we are trying to do is possible.”

Anabel Otero
“In a world where architecture is still too often measured by individual brilliance, formal spectacle, or financial return, initiatives like A--D offer a different perspective: that of a living architecture, constantly evolving, deeply rooted in society and territory.”

Marta Maccaglia

GC2025 Juror
“A--D’s Global Challenge reflects a vital shift in how we understand, practice, and value architecture today — one that prioritises relationships over transactions, and long-term impact over short-term gain.”

Peter Rich

GC2025 Juror
“Architecture-in-Development brings the energy together to foster an architecture of collaboration, bringing together expertise, networks, concrete aspirations for a better world. ”

Ole Bouman

Design Society, Founding Director
“Participating in the A--D Global Challenge was a valuable opportunity because it allowed our NGO to showcase our project to a global audience and attract volunteers and donors.”

Nicholas

Global Challenge Participant

Partners in Movement

Thanks to our partners' support in the 2022 and 2025 editions, we’re accelerating the development of high-impact, community-led projects worldwide.

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Shift how architecture is funded

For 14 years, we’ve witnessed where short-term funding stops — and where community-led practice is left unsupported. We work at that gap. Through our Impact Framework and field experience, we help redirect resources toward the relationships, governance, and support structures that allow this work to endure.

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