Ikea is putting the innovative design they're celebrated for into action in crisis zones across the world, such as Nepal, to give people better shelters. >
Four Cuban architecture students have collaborated with community members to create a design to reduce the effects of hurricanes on the Caribbean island. >
Peter Mabeo is collaborating with revered contemporary designers and his Gaborone-based design studio is making a splash on the international design fair scene. >
Overflowing with Malian refugees and in need of classrooms, sandbags made for the most logical and durable building material for a school at Mbera refugee camp. >
The architecture of the Waterbank campus in Kenya is built to collect, store and filter water for irrigation use while serving as a school for children. >
Sourcing local materials allows Studio Propolis to define a regional form of architecture and product that has it’s own character says co-founder Naeem Biviji. >
Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis talks us through designing in the difficult Kenyan context to yield products that are not just "good enough for Africa". >
Naeem Biviji of Studio Propolis talks us through designing in the difficult Kenyan context to yield products that are not just good enough for Africa. >
Upgrading Africa’s largest slum has taken more than a decade, but the process is changing the conversation about how to handle informal urban neighbourhoods. >
Kéré Architecture’s Opera Village in Burkina Faso uses cultural identity and pride as a tool for positive development. It now includes a medical centre. >
Royal College of Art graduate Barbara Peynot has created The Urban Nomad Home Kit – a coat that turns into a shelter, complete with a window and wallpaper. >
