World Habitat Awards
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The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations' International Year of Shelter for the Homeless in 1987.[1]
Two awards are given annually to projects from the Global South as well as the North that provide practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing needs, which are capable of being transferred or adapted for use elsewhere.
Overview
The World Habitat Awards celebrate projects & approaches that:
- Demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries all around the world.
- Can be transferred or adapted for use as appropriate.
- View the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring other benefits as well, such as energy or water saving, income generation, social inclusion, community and individual empowerment, capacity building or education.
Entries are assessed by a panel of international judges and an award of £10,000 is presented to the two winning projects at a UN-HABITAT event.
Deadline for entries for the 2016-17 World Habitat Awards is 29 April 2016. Applications can be made online via the World Habitat Awards website.
Previous winning projects
| Year | Project | Recipient | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-15 | Liter of Light @ Night | MyShelter Foundation | Philippines |
| 2014-15 | Y-Foundation, Housing First | Y-Foundation | Finland |
| 2013 | Hebron Old City Rehabilitation Programme | Hebron Rehabilitation Committee | Israel and Palestinian Territories |
| 2013 | The 100,000 Homes Campaign | Community Solutions | United States of America |
| 2012 | South-South Cooperation: international transfer of the FUCVAM model of mutual aid housing cooperatives | Federación Uruguaya de Cooperativas de Vivienda por Ayuda Mutua | Uruguay |
| 2012 | Green Mortgage | INFONAVIT | Mexico |
| 2011 | Community Programme for Neighbourhood Improvement | Secretaría de Desarrollo Social | Mexico |
| 2011 | Housing for Health Programme | Healthabitat | Australia |
| 2010 | Ekostaden Augustenborg | City of Malmö and MKB Housing Company | Sweden |
| 2010 | Local Housing Movement Program | The Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development | Egypt |
| 2009 | Technological Transfer Processes for Popular Habitat | AVE/CEVE | Argentina |
| 2009 | Building Partnerships to Eradicate Poverty | Barka | Poland |
| 2008 | Preventing Typhoon Damage to Housing | Development Workshop France | Vietnam |
| 2008 | Community Housing Trust | Champlain Housing Trust | United States of America |
| 2007 | Ecomaterials in Social Housing Projects | CIDEM Research and Development Institute | Cuba |
| 2007 | ZukunftsWerkStadt Leinefelde | Municipality of Leinefelde-Worbis | Germany |
| 2006 | Building and Construction Improvement Program | Aga Khan Planning and Building Services | Pakistan |
| 2006 | Johannesburg Housing Company | Johannesburg Housing Company | South Africa |
| 2005 | Energy Efficient Straw-bale Housing Project | Adventist Development and Relief Agency/One World Design Architecture | China |
| 2005 | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten | Sweden |
| 2004 | La Paz Post-earthquake Reconstruction Programme | FUNDASAL | El Salvador |
| 2004 | The Eldonian Village, Liverpool | Eldonian Community Based Housing Association | United Kingdom |
| 2003 | Rural Health and Environment Programme | Gram Vikas | India |
| 2003 | The Prince George | Common Ground Community | United States of America |
| 2002 | Architect in the Community Programme | National Housing Institute/Habitat Cuba | Cuba |
| 2002 | Setagaya-Ku Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing, Tokyo | Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing Complex | Japan |
| 2001 | Orangi Low-cost Housing and Sanitation Programme, Karachi | Orangi Pilot Project - Research and Training Institute | Pakistan |
| 2001 | East Lake Commons Conservation Community, Atlanta | East Lake Commons Project | United States of America |
| 2000 | New Living Program | Department of Housing and Works, Australia | Australia |
| 2000 | Chagas 2000 | Fundación Pro Habitat | Bolivia |
| 1999 | Promotion of Woodless Construction in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger | Development Workshop | Niger |
| 1999 | The Grow Home, Montreal | McGill University School of Architecture | Canada |
| 1998 | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel, Melbourne | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel | Australia |
| 1998 | The Grameen Bank Housing Programme | Grameen Bank | Bangladesh |
| 1997 | Urban Management in Curitiba - Building Full Citizenship | Curitiba Popular Housing Company/Institute of Research and Urban Planning | Brazil |
| 1997 | The Europahaus Project, Langenhagen | Jacobson & Widmark/Nyréns/Mjöbäcks | Germany |
| 1996 | Tatry and Arbour Mill Non-Profit Housing Complex | Pathway Non-Profit Housing Corporation | Canada |
| 1996 | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo | Ecuador |
| 1995 | Build Together Programme | National Habitat Committee | Namibia |
| 1995 | Tent City, Boston | Tent City Corporation | United States of America |
| 1994 | Skotteparken Low-energy Housing | KAB | Denmark |
| 1994 | Indore Habitat Project See Slum Networking | Department for International Development | India |
| 1993 | Ju'er Hutong Courtyard Housing Project, Beijing | Wu Liangyong of Tsinghua University | China |
| 1993 | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank | Germany |
| 1992 | The Kampung Improvement Programme, Surabaya | Tenth of November Institute of Technology | Indonesia |
| 1992 | Tampines Town | Housing and Development Board | Singapore |
| 1991 | Attic Flats Project | Attic Flats Project | Czech Republic |
| 1991 | The Core Shelter Housing Project | Department of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines) | Philippines |
| 1991 | The Frank G. Mar Community Housing Project, Oakland | East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation/Bridge Housing Corporation of San Francisco | United States of America |
| 1990 | National Housing Programme, 1986-90 | National Housing Programme of Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
| 1990 | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project | Japan |
| 1989 | Ismailia Development Projects | Culpin Planning Ltd. | Egypt |
| 1989 | Industrial Habitat Project, Givisiez | Industrial Habitat Project | Switzerland |
| 1988 | One Million House Programme | One Million House Programme | Sri Lanka |
| 1988 | St Vincent de Paul Village, San Diego | St. Vincent de Paul Village | United States of America |
| 1987 | Rural Housing Programme | United Nations Development Programme | Malawi |
| 1987 | Walter Segal Self-build Housing Project, London | Walter Segal Self Build Trust | United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal | Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal | India |
| 1986 | Batıkent Project, Ankara | Kent-Koop, The Union of Housing | Turkey |
