UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million in 2020, which is more than one percent of humanity. Five countries account for 67 percent of people ...

Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. Conceptual architecture studio Cutwork designed ...

Better Shelter. 2015. Henk Wildschut (Dutch, born 1967) Calais, France, March 2016 2016 Chromogenic Print 27 × 36″ (68.6 × 91.4 cm) Courtesy the artist Photo: courtesy Henk Wildschut ...

Two Rice architecture alums, and former Gensler Houston interns, Sam Brisendine and Scott Key are utilizing their top-tier ...

Deployment of IKEA's award-winning refugee shelter was put on hold due to concerns over a range of design issues including accessibility and fire risk, Dezeen has learned. Update 29/04/17: the ...

In a striking example of how architecture can be used as a tool for humanitarian aid, London's Design Museum has named a flat-pack refugee shelter as 2016's Beazley Design of the Year.

Discover the latest Architecture news and projects on Refugee Camp at ArchDaily, ... IKEA’s proposal for a temporary refugee shelter that can house 5, costing just $1000, ...

A flat-pack refugee shelter designed by Ikea has been crowned design of the year in the prestigious Beazley design competition. ... It also swept the prize for 2016 architecture design of the year.

No matter what theory of well-being one subscribes to, shelter is a basic human need. However, many of the world’s 120 million–plus refugees don’t know where they might find theirs next.

IKEA’s flat-pack refugee structure, the Better Shelter, has been awarded Design of the Year by London’s respected Design Museum.Developed in collaboration with the United Nations, the modular ...

Ikea's Better Shelter refugee shelter has been declared the 2016 Beazley Design of the Year by London's Design Museum. Beating competition from the likes of David Bowie's Blackstar album cover and ...