Seattle Design Festival

Three organizations will be honored on September 18th in Seattle, with the Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) 2015 Lewis Mumford Award in the categories of Peace, Environment, and Development.

The ADPSR Lewis Mumford Awards are presented to individuals and organizations nationally on an annual basis in recognition of their innovative and influential work. The winners of the 2015 (21st annual) Lewis Mumford Awards embody ADPSR’s mission to promote world peace, environmental protection, and socially responsible development.

They include:

·                 Peace  -  Black Lives Matter
·                 Environment  -  Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
·                 Development  -  Environmental Works Community Design Center

The awards will be presented at an event on Friday, September 18th from 5:00-7:00PM  at the Bullitt Center - 1501 East Madison Street, Seattle, WA

The event will include the conferral of awards, presentations by awardees and a reception.

We look forward to seeing you at the event! Please spread the word!

ADPSR is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to raise professional and public awareness of critical issues. It works for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities. The annual ADPSR Lewis Mumford Awards program was initiated in 1992 to honor people and organizations whose work exemplifies social responsibility. The awards were named after Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) an American historian, sociologist, philosopher, and critic, noted for his study of cities and his writings , which remind us that architecture, design, and planning must respond to human needs, harmonize with its surroundings, and reflect the aspirations and social context of our civilization.

For more information please contact Ben Spencer at bspen@uw.edu or visit http://adpsr.org/home/mumford_award_history