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  • Playrise playground by OMMX architects

    Playrise's easy-build playground lets kids be kids even when fleeing war

    UK-based charity Playrise and architecture studio OMMX have designed a modular, flatpack playground, aimed at restoring the right to play for children in refugee camps and disaster zones. More about Playrise's easy-build playground lets kids be kids even when fleeing war

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 31 March 2026 | Leave a comment
  • Drone noise-blocking headphones from Design in Conflict exhibition at We Design Beirut

    Lebanese students create drone noise-blocking headphones and more designs for life under conflict

    Design and architecture students from Lebanon have tackled some of the biggest challenges facing their country in the exhibition Design in Conflict, held in Beirut's notorious abandoned Burj El Murr skyscraper. More about Lebanese students create drone noise-blocking headphones and more designs for life under conflict

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 23 December 2025 | Leave a comment
  • De Wachtkamer pavilion at Dutch Design Week 2025

    De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity

    Visitors to Dutch Design Week are invited to consider how the country houses its asylum seekers in a pavilion by De Wachtkamer, a local organisation aiming to improve their living conditions through design. More about De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 21 October 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Fire For Life cook stove

    Dezeen Agenda features flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people

    The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people

    Saudatu Bah | 17 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Fire for Life cooking stove by Escea for ReliefAid

    Escea develops flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people

    Fireplace manufacturer Escea has created a flat-pack cooking stove that provides a more efficient and less harmful alternative to the open fires generally used by people in refugee camps and others without access to the grid. More about Escea develops flat-pack cooking stove for displaced people

    Alyn Griffiths | 15 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • French library and refugee centre

    Associer transforms Parisian 1970s school into media library and refugee centre

    French architecture studio Associer has completed the James Baldwin Media Library and the Refugee House in Paris, adapting and extending a former secondary school with new elements in latticed timber and poured earth. More about Associer transforms Parisian 1970s school into media library and refugee centre

    Jon Astbury | 1 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • AllSpace modular refugee

    AllSpace creates modular refugee shelters from recycled materials

    Nigerian startup AllSpace has been recognised by both the Swarovski Foundation's Creatives for Our Future programme and The World Around's Young Climate Prize for its prototypes for modular shelters. More about AllSpace creates modular refugee shelters from recycled materials

    Ben Dreith | 29 April 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Temple of Peace by Peace Seekers at Dutch Design Week 2024

    Refugees and design graduates unite to make towering Temple of Peace

    A stepped six-tiered pyramid dominated the main Ketelhuisplein square at Dutch Design Week this year, wrapped in colourful flags offering 80 different symbols for peace. More about Refugees and design graduates unite to make towering Temple of Peace

    Jennifer Hahn | 29 October 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Regenerate Kakuma by To.org and Sumayya Vally

    Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya

    South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. More about Sumayya Vally references termite mounds for refugee wellness centre in Kenya

    Amy Peacock | 10 October 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Ambessa Play DIY flashlight kit by Jon Marshall at Pentagram

    Pentagram works with child refugees to design Ambessa Play flashlight kit

    Design studio Pentagram has partnered with social enterprise Ambessa Play to create a DIY flashlight that will be sent to children in refugee camps. More about Pentagram works with child refugees to design Ambessa Play flashlight kit

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 10 May 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Shelter installation by Daniel Rybakken in Stockholm

    Daniel Rybakken illuminates Stockholm waters with Shelter pavilion

    Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken has installed a roof structure in the cold waters surrounding Stockholm, to symbolise the plight of refugees worldwide. More about Daniel Rybakken illuminates Stockholm waters with Shelter pavilion

    Amy Frearson | 6 February 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular tent classrooms for refugees

    London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a series of tent-like classrooms for displaced communities, which were designed by the late Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. More about Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular tent classrooms for refugees

    Ben Dreith | 4 January 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Ai Wei Wei Life Jackets Quebec City

    Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has formed a wall from 2,000 life jackets that were used by Syrian refugees while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea as part of an installation in Quebec City. More about Ai Weiwei covers historic Quebec City rampart in refugee life jackets

    Ben Dreith | 16 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Refugee Museum of Denmark by BIG

    BIG "connects the past with the present" with Corten extension to Refugee Museum of Denmark

    Architecture studio BIG has connected two former hospital buildings with a curved Corten steel extension to create a museum dedicated to refugees in Oksbøl, Denmark. More about BIG "connects the past with the present" with Corten extension to Refugee Museum of Denmark

    Tom Ravenscroft | 29 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Aire de Repos shelter

    Ten designs for the global refugee crisis including shelters and female hygiene inventions

    To mark this year's Refugee Week, we've rounded up 10 designs that aim to make a positive difference in the lives of refugees. More about Ten designs for the global refugee crisis including shelters and female hygiene inventions

    Alice Finney | 21 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • IKEA Blue Dot shelter

    IKEA designs "safe spaces" for children and at-risk refugees fleeing Ukraine

    Furniture company IKEA has donated its products and design services to create a series of refugee support centres in Eastern Europe, set up by the United Nations to offer aid and sanctuary to the most vulnerable groups displaced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. More about IKEA designs "safe spaces" for children and at-risk refugees fleeing Ukraine

    Jennifer Hahn | 21 June 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Re:Ukraine refugee village by Balbek Bureau

    Ukrainian president tasks Balbek Bureau with building temporary housing near Kyiv

    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has met with Balbek Bureau to discuss the architecture studio constructing a temporary shelter complex near Kyiv to house locals while their homes are being rebuilt following Russia's invasion. More about Ukrainian president tasks Balbek Bureau with building temporary housing near Kyiv

    Jennifer Hahn | 26 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Katerina Kovalenko in front of Red Cross containers after fleeing from the Ukraine war

    "I was woken up at 6am by a call from a friend: 'The war has started. Get up'"

    Interior designer Katerina Kovalenko was forced to flee Ukraine in the early hours of the morning as Russian forces invaded. Here, she shares her story of returning to Milan, a city she once called home, as a refugee. More about "I was woken up at 6am by a call from a friend: 'The war has started. Get up'"

    Katerina Kovalenko | 7 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Aire de Repos shelter

    Atelier Craft and ICI! complete triangular migrant shelter in Paris

    French studios Atelier Craft and ICI! have designed a triangular day shelter for migrants and refugees in Paris, with a modular timber frame that allows it to be demounted and moved to different sites. More about Atelier Craft and ICI! complete triangular migrant shelter in Paris

    Jon Astbury | 27 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Two orange Looop Cans by Cheuk Laam Wong

    Looop Can is a sanitary pad washing device for refugees

    Product design student Cheuk Laam Wong has created Looop Can, a concept for a portable kit to clean menstruation pads that aims to reduce period poverty among refugees. More about Looop Can is a sanitary pad washing device for refugees

    Alice Finney | 13 August 2021 | Leave a comment
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