Tag: Humanitarian architecture
Student competition launched to improve maternal health in Africa
A design competition is calling on international architects to envision a safe and welcoming maternity centre in southern Senegal, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Humanitarian architect wins global women in architecture award
Pakistan’s first female architect, who’s had a decades-long career in humanitarian architecture, has been honoured in the 2020 W Awards.
Teen refugee and aspiring architect leads program designing a future Aleppo
Teenager Mohammed Kteish is leading an initiative that combines architectural modelling with virtual reality to imagine a future Aleppo.
Shigeru Ban wins Mother Teresa Award for services to humanity
Japanese “emergency architect” Shigeru Ban will receive an award for “exceptional services to humanity” at a ceremony in Mumbai.
Can architectural tourism regenerate regional towns?
The Far North Queensland town of Innisfail is promoting itself as “the Art Deco capital of Australia” in an effort to attract architectural enthusiasts.
It takes a disaster for property purchasers to take notice of land hazard risk, study finds
A study of Christchurch, New Zealand found that consumers barely took notice of land hazard risk in their purchasing decisions until the 2011 earthquake.
Shigeru Ban to make Opera House address
Shigeru Ban will address an audience in Sydney to coincide with his exhibition at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation.
Surfing design duo creates cyclone-resistant shelters
Architect Ken McBryde and surfboard designer Nev Hyman have created a series of cyclone-resistant prefabricated shelters for a remote community in Vanuatu.
What does it mean to be a “good architect”?
Why does “good” architecture, as judged by architects, rarely have anything to do with “doing good,” wonders Rory Hyde.
Nomadic architecture: Terrain Architects
Using local skills and materials, Terrain Architects creates architecture for needy communities everywhere from Indonesia to Africa.
