Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization established in 1981. Its stated mission is to work "for peace, environmental protection, ecological building, social justice, and the development of healthy communities." ADPSR programs promote professional and public awareness of critical social and environmental issues, and the non profit also honors individuals and organizations that "exemplify ADPSR's goals of peace, preservation of the natural and build environment, and socially responsible development" with its annual Lewis Mumford Awards. ADPSR was first established to promote nuclear disarmament and correct the imbalances caused by military excesses overshadowing domestic needs. Throughout the 1980s, the non-profit initiated numerous peace projects including peace parks, conferences, exhibits, and citizen diplomacy exchange programs with the former Soviet Union. ADPSR was honored for this work in 1993 by the American Institute of Architects, which called ADPSR "a strong, resounding voice for social and political justice." Since the 1990s, the organization has focused much of its effort on ecological and socially responsible development.