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  • Housing Now Modular Bamboo Housing by Blue Temple and Housing Now

    Blue Temple creates earthquake-proof bamboo homes for "the price of a smartphone"

    Myanmar-based architecture studio Blue Temple has teamed up with construction company Housing Now to build a series of low-cost bamboo homes capable of withstanding natural disasters. More about Blue Temple creates earthquake-proof bamboo homes for "the price of a smartphone"

    Starr Charles | 30 December 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Solar panels being installed

    Cancellation of Solar For All program "deeply disappointing" say advocates

    The US Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled the Solar For All program, a $7 billion initiative that supported nationwide programs to provide solar energy for low and middle-income homeowners, which experts say may negatively affect the solar industry in general. More about Cancellation of Solar For All program "deeply disappointing" say advocates

    Ellen Eberhardt | 14 August 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Isla Intersections by LOHA

    LOHA creates affordable housing on challenging site in Los Angeles

    Architecture studio LOHA has completed Isla Intersections, a low-cost housing complex for formerly homeless residents that comprises stacked shipping containers and sits on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. More about LOHA creates affordable housing on challenging site in Los Angeles

    Jenna McKnight | 9 July 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Spoorweghaven by MAST

    MAST designs "largest floating housing development in Europe" to revitalise Rotterdam dock

    Architecture studio MAST is designing a floating residential neighbourhood in a disused dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, that will be fully accessible by boat. More about MAST designs "largest floating housing development in Europe" to revitalise Rotterdam dock

    Starr Charles | 23 May 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

    Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn

    Low-carbon building and affordable housing in the US are likely to be particularly badly hit by uncertainty around president Donald Trump's import tariffs, experts have told Dezeen. More about Sustainable architecture and affordable housing will be tariff casualties, experts warn

    Ben Dreith | 16 April 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Aerial view of the BT-Soweto development by Urban Think Tank Empower

    UTT Empower grows shacks into safe and vibrant terrace housing in South Africa

    Non-profit company Urban-Think Tank Empower has completed a development in the South African township of Khayelitsha, creating a triangle of terraced housing that it says provides a model for how to build in the country's informal settlements. More about UTT Empower grows shacks into safe and vibrant terrace housing in South Africa

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 27 February 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

    Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we consider the legacy of Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing, which turned a relatively little-known Chilean architect into one of the profession's biggest stars. More about Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

    Nat Barker | 10 January 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Tiny House by Harshit Singh Kothari and Tanvi Jain

    Tiny House is an affordable and "aspirational" housing prototype in India

    Indian architects Harshit Singh Kothari and Tanvi Jain have completed Tiny House on the outskirts of Indore, a micro home prototype designed in response to India's shortage of affordable housing. More about Tiny House is an affordable and "aspirational" housing prototype in India

    Jon Astbury | 7 December 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Woman walking under blue staircase

    Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

    Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. More about Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

    Ben Dreith | 16 May 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Social Housing Revival with 50 overlaid

    Fifty architecture studios leading the social housing revival

    To round off our Social Housing Revival series, we've put together a list of 50 architecture studios around the world that have made a name for themselves through their work on social housing. More about Fifty architecture studios leading the social housing revival

    Nat Barker | 5 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Social housing in Taiwan designed by Mecanoo

    The "miracle" of Taiwan's luxury social housing

    From a standing start, Taiwan has embarked on one of the world's most ambitious social-housing programmes. Dezeen finds out more as part of our Social Housing Revival series. More about The "miracle" of Taiwan's luxury social housing

    Nat Barker | 4 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Slava Village by Savage + Dodd in South Africa

    Savage + Dodd aimed to "set the preconditions for change" with South Africa housing project

    A shopping centre outside Johannesburg was converted into 50 low-cost homes on a tight budget in our next Social Housing Revival project case study. More about Savage + Dodd aimed to "set the preconditions for change" with South Africa housing project

    Kate Donaldson | 3 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Life Reusing Posidonia

    Life Reusing Posidonia was a prototype for "hyper-local architecture" on the Balearic islands

    Next in our Social Housing Revival series we examine Life Reusing Posidonia – a group of 14 dwellings on the Mediterranean island of Formentera designed by architects at the Balearic Social Housing Institute using locally sourced materials such as dried seagrass. More about Life Reusing Posidonia was a prototype for "hyper-local architecture" on the Balearic islands

    Jane Englefield | 2 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • The Laureate

    Montgomery County has found a way to reinvigorate public housing in America

    As part of Dezeen's Social Housing Revival series, we look at how one county in Maryland is leading the way in the US after devising a novel public-development strategy to help combat its housing crisis. More about Montgomery County has found a way to reinvigorate public housing in America

    Ben Dreith | 1 April 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Interior of La Borda

    Barcelona's "best projects are being done in the field of social housing"

    As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. More about Barcelona's "best projects are being done in the field of social housing"

    Lizzie Crook | 27 March 2024 | Leave a comment
  • A building clad in metal facade

    La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

    Providing homes for people with disabilities and formerly houseless LGBTQ+ youth, our next Social Housing Revival case study set out to prove that low-cost housing in the US can look as good as upscale apartments. More about La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

    Ellen Eberhardt | 26 March 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Kate Macintosh at Dawson's Heights in south London

    "I struggle to keep my flame of hope alive" says Kate Macintosh

    Architect Kate Macintosh is known for designing council housing, but in this Social Housing Revival interview she argues that a better way to address the UK's housing-affordability crisis would be a tax on land values. More about "I struggle to keep my flame of hope alive" says Kate Macintosh

    Nat Barker | 25 March 2024 | Leave a comment
  • California assembly member Alex Lee

    Social housing is America's "missing tool" to solve housing crisis says Alex Lee

    Public housing is an essential part of the solution to the housing crisis in the US, California politician Alex Lee tells Dezeen in this interview conducted as part of our Social Housing Revival series. More about Social housing is America's "missing tool" to solve housing crisis says Alex Lee

    Nat Barker | 20 March 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Woodmore Mews designed by Peter Barber Architects

    "Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites"

    Peter Barber's architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series. More about "Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites"

    Owen Hatherley | 18 March 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Charles Curtis looking out from his balcony at Daventry House

    Social housing means "I can breathe again" say residents

    Dezeen speaks to residents of new council housing in London about what their homes mean to them as part of our Social Housing Revival series. More about Social housing means "I can breathe again" say residents

    Peter Apps | 15 March 2024 | Leave a comment
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