The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has caused the most significant refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. Now with some 14 million civilians forced to flee their homes, one-third of the Ukrainian population is displaced.…
Madrid, Spain: At the first Norman Foster Foundation’s Shelters Workshop supported by Holcim, the anticipated Shelters Public Debate between Norman Foster and Shigeru Ban took place on 8 June 2022. It is not so much a debate but more a…
From 6-10 June 2022, the inaugural Norman Foster Shelters Workshop will take place at the Fundación Francisco Giner de los Ríos in Madrid, Spain. The five-day event will be supported by Holcim, and led by Better Shelter Co-founder and Managing…
OPEN HOUSE explores new forms of dwellings in times of climate, migration and behavioral changes. It is a multidisciplinary exhibition that presents innovative and original forms of housing through projects from the world of art, architecture and design. The exhibition…
New York, United States: On May 3, 2022, Fast Company announced the recipients of the 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. This year, we were thrilled to learn that our Structure design was honoured with the Architecture award, acknowledging the Structure’s…
PRESSMEDDELANDE Madrid 31 maj, 2022 Better Shelter och Norman Foster Foundation arrangerar workshop för att utveckla tillfälliga nödbostäder den 6–10 juni 2022 i Madrid, med stöd av Holcim. – Åttio miljoner människor var på flykt under 2021 till följd av…
Boa Vista, Brazil: On 5 April 2022, UNHCR Brazil inaugurated a new space for sustainability education and cultural integration in Boa Vista, Roraima. Named the Sustainability Centre (Centro de Sustentabilidade) and initiated in joint partnership with UNHCR the UN Refugee…
While the migration of Rohingya peoples has been steadily growing as early as the 1970’s because of historical persecution, it was the military crackdown in 2017 that triggered a mass population exodus of the Rohingya to the Cox’s Bazar region…
Ruba, 10, lives in a temporary Better Shelter Relief Housing Unit (RHU) in Ariba Camp, Idlib, Northwest Syria. She also goes to school here, and her classroom is housed inside an RHU. The people of Syria have suffered eleven years…
In Camp Esperanza, a community in Austin, Texas, made up of persons experiencing homelessness, The Other Ones Foundation is taking bold strides toward radical progress for current and future residents. Despite ever-complicating circumstances and changing times, there remains one constant…
