
A Roof, A Skill, A Market
2016 Winner | Burkina Faso
This project revives the ancient Egyptian architectural approach of using sun-dried mud bricks to create va…

More than Housing
2016 Winner | Switzerland
‘More than Housing’ is a large housing cooperative development that seeks to anticipate the future needs of i…

Passiv Solar Verandas
2016 Finalist | Afghanistan
Passiv Solar Verandas are wood-framed structures built against the south-facing wall of a house. The project …

Intercultural Neighbourhood
The Intercultural Neighbourhood is within an area of land of approximately 400 hectares known as Plot 27. It …

Resilient Social Housing
The 2010 earthquake and tsunami destroyed 11,400 buildings on the Chilean coast – shattering people’s houses …

Urban Shelter Project
The Urban Shelter Project creates new housing units in Jordan for Syrian refugees to live in rent-free for 18…

Promoting Eco-sanitation in Informal Settlements
Through this eco-sanitation project, the Umande Trust seeks to involve marginalised communities living in urb…

Reconstruction of Habitat
Since the hurricanes of September 2013, Cooperación Comunitaria has been working in the Montaña de Guerrero r…

50,000 Houses for War Victims
Following the prolonged civil war in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009, the Government of India took the decision t…

Granby Four Streets Community Land Trust
2016 Finalist | United Kingdom
Granby 4 Streets and its predecessor community group have, for many years, kept the Granby community together…