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Cities of Tomorrow: Violent conflict and persecution, compounded by rising food insecurity, environmental degradation, poor governance and countless other factors, drove more than three million people to leave their countries as refugees or to seek asylum in 2016. Project Earth 2 wants to address the improvement of living conditions inside refugee camps and look for concepts and ideas to trigger their social en economical integration.

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition for Cultural Center: A tributeHundred-years old cultures give birth to Communities, being transmitted through rhymes of those who are narrating it and interpretating tha past through wisdom. One’s accomplishments result from rituals and metamorphosis, bonding the human being to its own roots through dance, history, music, colours, flavours, materials and landscapes. Space and Matter relate themeselves with the power of rituals, drawing together the lines of an architecture encharged of passing and preserving History

Reinvent the Habitat: In 3 words: Reinvent The Habitat, In 119 words: we’re building houses according to one basic concept. Maximize home happiness while minimizing the cost of home living. Sounds great, but what exactly is home happiness? Thorb carried out intensive research into home happiness, in collaboration with market research agency Motivaction. The results show that there are nine happiness factors that jointly ensure home happiness.

World Habitat Awards: The World Habitat Awards recognise and highlight innovative, outstanding and sometimes revolutionary housing ideas, projects and programmes from across the world. More than 250 outstanding projects have been recognised over the years, demonstrating substantial, lasting improvements in living conditions. Each year two winners receive £10,000 each and a trophy, presented at a global event.