By Johan Karlsson, Managing Director, Better Shelter, published in Architecture and Technology Volume II: Cities in Climate Crisis, 2025, by the Norman Foster Foundation Home is our safest place. It is where we build our lives and hold our most…
Behind the wall of his shelter in the countryside of Idlib, Syria, 38-year-old Omar tends a garden full of life. More than fifty different types of plants grow here. He waters the flowers and works the soil, every day. “A…
For decades, much of the world’s wool has been treated as waste, despite its natural qualities. Today, The Swedish Wool Initiative, led by Axfoundation and Dalarna Science Park, is showing another path. More than 30 new products and prototypes now demonstrate how Swedish wool…
On Nov 18th to 20th, we will participate in Impact Week in Malmö, a gathering that brings together organisations, innovators and community leaders working toward more sustainable and inclusive futures. Action Speaks: Better Shelter – A Place to Belong Tuesday…
NEW DELHI, 14 NOVEMBER 2025. In response to the growing humanitarian challenges faced by millions worldwide, SEEDS India and Sweden’s nonprofit foundation Better Shelter join forces to pioneer locally adapted, scalable shelters that strengthen community resilience before and after disasters.…
Architecture & Design Museum, Helsinki — Building D10 October 2025 – 27 September 2026 Where refuge meets imagination “Escape to Moominvalley” explores how we build, imagine, and remember home. Opening at the Architecture & Design Museum in Helsinki, the exhibition…
Better Shelter will deliver 3,139 shelters to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support safer living conditions for internally displaced people across the Gaza Strip. 1,104 of these have already been shipped and will be transferred into Gaza once…
3 October to 9 October, 2025. Step into a fluffy encounter where wool takes center stage! Rediscover the age-old wool fibre through co-creation, craftsmanship and contemporary design in the Fluffy Encounters Wool Exhibition and Workshop. Wool is soft, strong and…
STOCKHOLM, 30 September 2025. Better Shelter has appointed Stina Götbrink and Ebba Grythberg to its Board of Directors. Both bring long experience from business, diplomacy, and sustainability, and will help the organisation expand its work to give families forced to…
Better Shelter joins UNICEF Sweden for En dag för alla barn (A Day for Every Child) at Kungsträdgården: a vibrant, free public event celebrating children’s right to play, rest, and enjoy life to the fullest. As part of this day,…