The Community Design Collaborative works all year long to strengthen neighborhoods through design.
Our proven process matches community-minded volunteer design professionals...
2014 - One of the most crucial aspects of the Collaborative design process is cost estimating—it helps community organizations understand what’s feasible and demonstrates how...
We recently surveyed our 2012 and 2013 volunteers. Who are they? What is their favorite thing about volunteering? What critical issues facing Philly can we address through design?...
2014 - Meet our volunteer super couple! This spring, architect Alexa Bosse and her husband, landscape architect Ari Miller, led the Collaborative volunteer team in generating a...
Our Americorps VISTA staffer Danielle Parnes has been on something of a “listening tour” lately. Which makes sense—she’s working with us this year to enhance the Collaborative...
The Collaborative treated its 2012 and 2013 volunteers to a happy hour at Molly Malloy’s on December 2 with craft beers on tap, great snacks, tours of the newly-renovated Reading...
2014 - At first glance, it is not at all obvious that Jim Coburn started his career designing high-end interiors for big corporations. Wearing cargo shorts and a faded tee...
January's Landscape Architecture magazine includes a profile of Mami Hara, Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia Water Department and the innovative work happening around...
The Community Design Collaborative is participating in #GivingTuesday!
The donation you make to the Collaborative on Tuesday, December 3 to kick off the giving season will...