The Christmas tree from Rockefeller Center will help frame one of eight row houses being built in western Stamford, Conn., by an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.

Habitat for Humanity has altered its model for New York City for a development in Brownsville.

Instead of building homes, Habitat for Humanity is tearing them down in places like Saginaw, Mich.

Mr. Fuller walked away from his life as a successful businessman at age 29 to devote himself to the poor and eventually founded Habitat for Humanity International, which built more than 30,000 homes worldwide.

Habitat for Humanity International reaches settlement over agreement that organization was imposing on its 1,600 local chapters; affiliate contended that agreement gave company too much control over its assets and operations; settlement affirms Habitat International's control over Habitat name and subjects affiliate to agreement but not to any changes made in next three years unless it opts to accept them

Increasingly, refugee camps have become de facto cities, and cities have become extended refugee camps. Is there a place here for architects?

While hardly a no-risk environment, New Orleans presented the N.B.A. with the chance to literally build up its image, with an I-Had-a-Hammer photo-op weekend.