Tag: refugee housing

Zaha Hadid refugee tents

Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi and Middle Eastern woman architect, a starchitect legend who died too soon. She was...

Winter floods out Syria’s displaced

Taking cues from the tiny home movement, we are sure colleges and design schools around the world, along with architects, can start planning some better solutions for temporary shelter for the world's displaced – millions from the civil war with Syria, and millions more who end up in countries like Greece from Africa, seeking refuge or maybe just a better life. 

3D-printed villas coming to Dubai!

Dubai’s first 3D-printed villas will open in April. The project is part of the city’s 3D Printing Strategy which aims...

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...

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?

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...

Roll-up ‘Shade and Shelter’ Cardboard Protects Desert Dwellers

Israeli designer Ohad Lustgarten designed Shade and Shelter as part of his final project at Shenkar College of Design,...