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- Shigeru Ban honored with Mother Teresa award for dedication to disaster relief architecture Fri, 17 Nov 17, 12:03amProlific architect and Pritzker Prize recipient, Shigeru Ban has been selected as one of the winners of the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice...
- Barberio Colella ARC unveils earthquake-relief housing that pops up in “just a minute” Thu, 29 Oct 15, 12:00amBarberio Colella ARC’s temporary structures were designed as part of a competition launched by the Chinese website Ikuku. Originally created in response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake that killed over 9,000 people,...
- Solar-Powered ‘Self Sustained Module’ Goes Where No Other Building Can Go Tue, 6 May 14, 12:31amThe Self Sustained Module is intended for sites where heavy modifications and the addition of permanent infrastructure is either physically impossible or economically unfeasible...
- Plastic Formwork System Provides Quick and Quality Housing for Those in Need Sat, 22 Oct 11, 3:20amEvery year, nearly seventy million people, or 200,000 a day, move from rural areas to urban cities. In South Africa alone, more than 2.2 million homes are currently needed, and an additional 180,000 homes will be needed every...
- AbleNook: Flat Pack Modular Prefab Units That Come Together In A Snap Thu, 3 Feb 11, 4:15amRead the rest of AbleNook: Flat Pack Modular Prefab Units That Come Together In A Snaphttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed...
- Floating Container Houses Proposed for Pakistan Flood Sat, 9 Oct 10, 6:30amThe flooding of Pakistan was yet another tragedy that added to this year’s surge of natural disasters, and with 21 million people injured or homeless, we still have an emergency on our hands...
- Emergency Housing Made from Structural Steel Insulated Panels Sat, 11 Sep 10, 7:15amOceanSafe, a maker of Structural Steel Insulated Panels (SSIP), and The ReGen Group recently unveiled the winner of their New Orleans Sustainable Design Competition, which challenged architects to design emergency housing...