If you’re in or anywhere near Vienna on September 26th-27th, don’t miss this international symposium on Social Design Public Action, which will explore social design approaches within the urban environment….
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Contemporary architecture in Africa is gaining ground as new and innovative approaches are adopted by both local and foreign architects who build socially committed buildings, such as schools, marketplaces, hospitals…
In Haiti follows the two filmmakers and friends, Florian Wiesner from Haiti and Fabian Bohnet-Waldraff from Germany on a month-long road trip in 2008 through the island. After much work…
Yesterday, Rwanda’s first students to graduate with an architecture degree celebrated their graduation ceremony at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). As one of our former students, Nerea…
One year old, 130,000 inhabitants, and counting. The Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian desert is now home to a large portion of the 2 million Syrian refugees fleeing from…
Though the inadequate conditions of many slums today pose health and safety threats to millions of slumdwellers around the world, architects today recognize the lessons to be learned when it…
For those of you interested in emerging and alternative approaches to urban planning in Latin American cities, there is still a week left to submit an abstract for a Call…
In case you missed its official release last month, make sure to check out the 2011 Latrobe Prize Report, a study titled Public Interest Practices in Architecture published by a group…
As David Satterthwaite, UCL professor and senior fellow at IIED’s Human settlements group, explained at TEDxHamburg City 2.0, “After 60 years of aid, 1 in 7 in the world lives in…
If you’re in Barcelona and are curious about our program or simply interested in cooperation, emergency and sustainable urban development issues, come join us next week on the 17th &…
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