Today is World Refugee Day. We are currently witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record with 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, according to the UNHCR. Among them are…
A new report outlines the key takeaways from the Design, Disaster & Development Research Forum that took place July 6th at RMIT Europe’s headquarters in Barcelona, which focused on the…
Speaking at the plenary session at the Design for Humanity Summit in New York last Friday, our codirector emphasised the need to move away from refugee camp design and toward…
We are proud to announce our partnership with Global Alliance for Urban Crises, a global, multi-disciplinary and collaborative community of practice working to prevent, prepare for and effectively respond to…
Join us next Monday February 25th for our next open lecture, featuring José María Vera, executive director of Intermón Oxfam, who will discuss the state of Cooperation in Spain in…
Join us tomorrow 12 February for our first open lecture this season, featuring the cofounder and executive director of Shelter Centre, Tom Corsellis, who will talk about the state of…
Make sure to check out the new issue of Architectural Record magazine, specifically focused on Building for Social Change and including pro-bono collaborations, public interest design and humanitarian projects in…
Our interview this week features our latest guest professor, Paul Cabrera, an architect from Mexico who works for Medecins Sans Fronteres (Doctors Without Borders) in their Spanish headquarters in Barcelona….
The September issue of Architect Magazine has devoted its pages to the practice of emergency architecture through a series of articles, interviews and infographics that highlights different approaches to disaster…
The field of development-oriented architecture and design is a young yet booming area of practice, fueled by an increasing awareness of global problems and the drive to solve them through…