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
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
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
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
Architecture studios Hassell and Localworks have collaborated with the creative platform To.org to create a performing arts centre for the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. More about Earth bricks shape Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre for refugees in Uganda
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
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
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
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
In this week's comments update, readers are impressed by a blueprint for a modular village designed for Ukrainian refugees and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter says "all refugee villages should be dignified"
Kyiv practice Balbek Bureau has analysed refugee settlements around the world to develop a blueprint for a modular village that could provide emergency shelter for people made homeless during the war in Ukraine. More about Balbek Bureau proposes "temporary but dignified" refugee villages for Ukraine's displaced
Architect Rizvi Hassan used bamboo to build a community centre for Rohingya women and girls living in a refugee camp, where they can bathe and access counselling. More about Centre for displaced Rohingya women built from bamboo in Bangladesh
Cortex Shelter by Cutwork is a concept for a shelter for refugee camps than could be built by adding water to a concrete textile in just 24 hours. More about Refugee shelters could be built from concrete fabric in 24 hours
Swiss designer Reto Togni has developed a cling-film-like temporary window to make damaged houses in conflict zones habitable. More about Instant Windows offers quick fix for houses in war zones
American designer Anna Meddaugh has created a personal urinal that women in refugee camps can use in shelters at night to avoid the threat of sexual violence outside. More about Night Loo is a safe portable toilet for women in refugee camps
Two Jordanian architects have devised a modular, easy-to-assemble system of street furniture to bring ad-hoc playgrounds to cities, refugee camps and other environments lacking in public space. More about Stackable Playscapes system transforms empty lots into playgrounds
IKEA is to employ refugees at production centres in Jordan this summer as part of a long-term plan to create employment for 200,000 disadvantaged people around the world through social entrepreneurship programmes. More about IKEA aims to take 200,000 people out of poverty in massive social sustainability drive
Architecture students from Germany's University of Kaiserslautern have built this wooden community centre for a refugee camp in Mannheim, which is fronted by a latticed screen. More about Architecture students build latticed-wood community centre in German refugee camp
Refugee camps should be rebadged as cities and turned into enterprise zones so inhabitants can set up businesses and build their own infrastructure, according to a new report. More about Humanitarian experts propose turning refugee camps into enterprise zones called "refugee cities"
Better Shelter is the latest IKEA product to be hacked, according to the head of the company's charitable foundation, who told Dezeen the modular refugee cabin is now being used to create doctors' surgeries and schools. More about IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is "like playing with Lego"