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- Cameron Sinclair joins Airbnb to provide housing for 100,000 displaced people Wed, 26 Apr 17, 4:12amAirbnb wants to provide temporary housing for 100,000 displaced people, and to help reach that goal, the home-sharing service has put together a team lead by designer and Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair...
- Luke Brabants turns old skate decks into art for your wall Wed, 28 Oct 15, 6:30amRecycling, one skateboard at a time. Here is what to do with those old skateboards that have been piling up. Turn them in to new pieces of art for the wall. Luke Brabants has transformed loads of old skate decks in to reclaimed...
- Object Works’ Cuckoo Clock offers a modern twist on an old wind-up favorite Wed, 28 Oct 15, 8:00amThis wall-mounted cuckoo clock is an effort to bring something new and modern to the genre while still evoking the comfy memories many of us have of our Grandparent's wind-up Black Forest clocks...
- MHU is a solar-powered mobile shelter for migrant workers Fri, 23 Oct 15, 6:30amIn the developing world, many economic sectors have migrant workers. This poses a problem for housing solutions. The traditional approach towards housing (for migrant workers) results in either renting (lower well-being factor)...
- Hand Over is raising funds to provide sustainable housing in Cairo’s slums Thu, 2 Apr 15, 5:30amAn astonishing 47% of Egypt's slums are in Cairo's, whose 6 million inhabitants are living in a chronically underdeveloped environment. A group of dedicated Engineering students are working to create a sustainable housing...