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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...
- Ericsson's new mixed-reality platform envisions urban design in "real life" Thu, 21 Sep 17, 9:06pmEricsson has created a new mixed-reality platform that allows users to envision urban design projects in "real life". Teaming up with UN-Habitat, Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) and WITS University as part of a community...
- Shigeru Ban designs 20,000 homes for severely overcrowded refugee camp in Kenya Fri, 21 Jul 17, 9:52pmWorld-renowned architect, Shigeru Ban, is taking his talents to those who need it most. Working in collaboration with UN-Habitat, the UN agency that focuses on sustainable development, the 2014 Pritzker Prize recipient designed...
- World’s Greenest Cities Recognized at UN Climate Talks in Warsaw Sat, 23 Nov 13, 2:19amSome of the world’s most sustainable cities have been given special recognition at the UN climate talks underway in Warsaw. Vancouver, Cape Town, and Abu Dhabi are the winners of the World Green Building Council's Government...
- UN-HABITAT Selects Chicago as One of the World’s Greenest Cities Wed, 14 Apr 10, 8:15amRecently the city of Chicago was honored as one of two exceptionally green US cities to be shortlisted for UN-Habitat’s 100 Cities Initiative. The project aims to give cities, governments, and even individuals a voice...