Tag: humanitarian design

Architecture For Humanity Shuts Down

I woke up to find an email from Cameron Sinclair thanking me for "designing like you give a damn."...

10 refugee shelters we hate to love

Refugees spend on average twelve years in their temporary homes, which got us thinking: what makes a good shelter?

Reusable, stackable emergency shelters for Syrian refugees in need

Our breakaway story about collapsible woven shelters (click here) designed to restore dignity to refugees around the world was...

Collapsible woven refugee shelters powered by the sun

More than 40 million people worldwide have been displaced from their homes and left to find shelter in strange...

WakaWaka’s Solar for Syria gives refugees energy and light [video]

Nearly 7 million people have fled their homes to escape the violence in Syria, and 2 million refugees in...

SunOven Provides Off-Grid Cooking in 40 Developing Countries

Westerners take access to electricity for granted, but a ridiculous portion of the global population has to scramble for...

Tiny “Water Chip” Desalinates Water With the Power of a Store-Bought Battery

Water scarcity is probably the most pressing environmental concern in the Middle East region and current desalination technologies are...

IKEA and UN Unveil Prefab Solar-Powered Refugee Shelters

The ongoing Syrian conflict has put refugees at their highest number since 1994 - a terrible year for the...

Solar Bridge in Pakistan Replaces One Swept Away by Floods

As if they didn't have enough trouble on their hands, residents of 15 towns and 45 villages in Pakistan's...