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Two new programs—Support by Design and Hireukrainiandesigners.org—join forces to help provide remote jobs for designers in war-torn Ukraine.

December 30, 20205 mins1252 viewsUpdated on January 28, 2021 Disasters can be powerful catalysts for advances in design and architecture. Case in point is Tirana, the capital of Albania, which has been beset with a biblical series of catastrophes in recent years. In addition to the uncertainties posed by a post-Covid world, an earthquake in 2019 left thousands of people homeless and the city is vulnerable to floods exacerbated by climate change. It didn’t help matters that many of the structu...