The Open Architecture Network will be a gathering place for community designers and all those interested in improving the built environment. Here designers of all persuasions can post their projects, browse projects posted by others, comment and review projects, discuss relevant topics, contribute to shared resources, collaborate with each other and access project management tools to support their work. Designers work will be protected by a licensing system developed by Creative Commons. This will enable designers to share their work freely, while protecting their intellectual property rights and sheilding them from unwarranted uses of their design.

Architecture for Humanity wants to launch this network in 2007 so help them get it done. Support the Network. Donate and help them meet the Sapling Foundation’s $125,000 matching grant. Beta Testers are also needed. Beta Testing will involve exploring the development site of the Open Architecture Network, seeding content and reporting bugs. For those in the Bay Area (San Francisco), we will be having a morning meeting with Sun Microsystems Monday, February 12th to discuss usability testing. Want to know more? Visit Architecture for Humanity now.