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Date: Tue, May 24, 2011 at 7:59 PM<br>Subject: $300 House project - before may 26, 2011<br>To: <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><h1 style="color: rgb(36, 54, 74); padding: 0px 0px 5px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">
<font size="2"><a href="http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/down_to_business/news/read/37/Design_a_300_dollar_house_and_win_US$25,000" target="_blank">http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/down_to_business/news/read/37/Design_a_300_dollar_house_and_win_US$25,000</a></font></h1>
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<span style="font-size: 27px;">Design a 300 dollar house and win US$25,000</span></h1><div style="font-size: 14px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; float: none; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-style: none none dotted; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(52, 150, 213);">
<b style="padding: 0px 0px 2px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">Wed, 18 May 2011 12:02</b><br><br><div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div style="float: right;"><img alt="A sample design for the $300 House" src="http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/images/wysiwyg/300house.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: none;" hspace="10" vspace="10" border="0"><p style="margin: 0px 10px ! important; font-size: 0.8em; padding: 5px 0px 15px;">
A sample design for the $300 House</p></div><br><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Launched in April 2011, the $300 House project aims to "design a simple dwelling that can be constructed for under $300 which keeps a family safe, allows them to sleep at night, gives them both protection from the elements and a sense of dignity," according to the project's founders.</span><br>
<br>The $300 House project began as a challenge to businesses in a Harvard Business Review blog post by Dartmouth professor Vijay Govindarajan and co-author Christian Sarkar, an independent business consultant. The goal: to put decent housing within reach of the world's poorest 2 billion people.<br>
<br>"We want designers and architects to see this as a business opportunity, not as a charity case study", says Govindarajan. "This design challenge will help us get some innovative people to focus on a vast un-served market waiting to be created across the world."�<br>
<br>Prizes worth a total of US$25,000 will be awarded to winners, including a two-week workshop to build prototypes of the houses, and to set up social ventures to manufacture and distribute them.<br><br>Submissions to the competition must be made by May 26, 2011. For more information visit�<a href="http://www.300house.com/%20" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.300house.com/�</a></div>
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