Tag: emergency housing

Binishell homes and the inflatable concrete house trend is suddenly everywhere

If you’ve seen “binishell homes” popping up across architecture feeds this year, you’re not imagining it. The iconic inflatable concrete house—originally invented in the 1960s by architect Dante Bini—is suddenly back in global headlines. And there’s one big reason: climate resilience. And hey, Robert Downey Junior lives in one. 

Ikea rolls out 10,000 flat-pack refugee shelters

IKEA and UNHCR (the United Nations High Commission for Refugees) emerged from two years of research with a prototype...

Bridgette Meinhold Showcases Urgent Architecture Sustainably

How best to provide adequate housing when disaster strikes?  Weather-related calamity can be sudden - think earthquakes and tsunamis....

Buildings-in-a-Bag Can Instantly Aid Middle East Refugees

Groundbreaking "Concrete Cloth" allows ancient building material to be used in a totally new way. Concrete Cloth is a pioneering...