An abandoned market becomes a light-filled homeless shelter in London
We love it when old buildings can be put to good use, but it especially warms our hearts when architects use adaptive...
SquareChange builds housing for homeless children one donated square foot at a time
Sometimes huge problems have a tiny solution! Right now, one in 30 American kids are homeless, according to The...
Transfernation volunteers will deliver your leftover party food to homeless shelters
Food waste is as much a problem in the US as the fact that millions of citizens go without meals every day. One...
Warmpod empowers communities to provide portable, disaster-proof shelter for the homeless
Once focused on enforcing state laws that prevented homeless folks from illegally camping on public lands, out-of-work...
Old city buses to be reborn as homeless shelters in Hawaii
Honolulu has come under fire in the past year for inadequately addressing homelessness on the island of Oahu; with...
Homeless People Are Moving Onto the Manhattan Bridge and Turning It Into a Shanty Town
Some of New York’s most resourceful homeless residents are making the Manhattan Bridge their new home. The New...
paraSITE Inflatable Shelter Uses Excess HVAC Air to Keep the Homeless Warm
Artist Michael Rakowitz designed a smart urban shelter that uses excess heat from building HVAC systems to keep...
A-Kamp47 Vertical Urban Campground Provides Subversive Shelter for the Homeless in France
Stéphane Malka began designing this stealth camp back in 2009 and finally was able to install it September of...
Levitt Bernstein's Pop-Up HAWSE Proposal Transforms London's Unused Garages into Temporary Housing
Building Trust International has named Levitt Bernstein as the winner of their open international HOME competition...
Paul Elkin's Mobile Homeless Shelter Is a Refuge Packed with Sustainable Features
Designing a shelter to meet the diverse needs of the homeless population is a challenge, but Paul Elkin's fantastic...
Plastic Formwork System Provides Quick and Quality Housing for Those in Need
Every year, nearly seventy million people, or 200,000 a day, move from rural areas to urban cities. In South Africa...
Step Up On 5th Provides a Safe, Energy Efficient Home for Low-Income Residents
The building features 46 private studio apartments for low-income residents, that top off a ground level of commercial...
Studio Dror Shows Off Versatility of QuaDror Structural Element In Relief Housing
QuaDror relief housing is based on the geometric form of the QuaDror, a square-like, trapezoidal, 3D element. Structural...
Cardborigami Unfolds Into a Portable Housing Shelter
During Hovsepian's time at school she explored architectural skins and came up with the idea to design a cheap,...
Bridge Homeless Shelter Cuts Neighborhood Crime by 18%
So much of the green design that we see here at Inhabitat is efficient and looks cool in renderings, but the human...
