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  • Ten thousand IKEA refugee shelters left unused over fire fears, United Nations admits

    The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has mothballed 10,000 of IKEA's award-winning refugee shelters over concerns about the product's vulnerability to fire. More

    Marcus Fairs | 29 April 2017 | 15 comments
  • IKEA refugee shelter to be redesigned following safety fears and design flaws

    Deployment of IKEA's award-winning refugee shelter was put on hold due to concerns over a range of design issues including accessibility and fire risk, Dezeen has learned. More

    Marcus Fairs | 27 April 2017 | 8 comments
  • IKEA flat-pack refugee shelter wins Design of the Year 2016

    IKEA's temporary shelter designed for refugees has been named the 2016 Beazley Design of the Year, beating the artwork for David Bowie's final album and a robotic surgeon. More

    Alice Morby | 26 January 2017 | 4 comments
  • Design Museum installs IKEA refugee shelter on London streets

    Ahead of its opening later this month, the Design Museum has installed one of IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelters outside a London tube station. More

    Alice Morby | 14 November 2016 | 1 comment
  • IKEA Foundation CEO says adapting refugee shelter is "like playing with Lego"

    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

    Amy Frearson | 24 October 2016 | 1 comment
  • IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelters go into production

    IKEA is producing 10,000 of its flat-pack temporary shelters designed for refugees made homeless by conflict and natural disasters (+ slideshow). More

    Dan Howarth | 24 March 2015 | 17 comments
  • IKEA develops flat-pack refugee shelters

    News: furniture giant IKEA has used its expertise in flat-pack design to redesign refugee shelters. More

    Rose Etherington | 3 July 2013 | 21 comments

Harding Huebner perches Nova Residence on sloped site in North Carolina

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Video captures Heatherwick Studio's jewel-like Glasshouse unfolding

Aerial view of Glasshouse by Heatherwick Studio

Nao Iwanari models inward-facing Aquarium House in Kanagawa on a fish tank

Aquarium House in Kanagawa by Nao Iwanari
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