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…
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 Berlin between July 12-August 29, make sure to check out the Torre David: Informal Vertical Communities exhibition at Aedes Berlin, organized by ETH Zurich Department of Architecture…
We’ve seen projects like the $300 House and Wikihouse try to revolutionize the concept of affordable housing for the world’s poor, and architects design alternatives to outdated tents for post-disaster…
Students often discover through our program how important it is to communicate with people on the ground–the beneficiaries of any given project. Our workshops with Ciutat Meridiana in Barcelona and…