Architect Frank Gehry has completed his first building for Make It Right, the charity founded by Brad Pitt to rehouse families made homeless in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right
Canadian studio Molo has designed a system of paper partitions that provide privacy at shelters in the wake of a disaster. More about Softshelter by Molo
Shigeru Ban Architects have designed temporary homes for Japanese disaster victims inside a chequerboard of stacked shipping containers. More about Multi-storey Temporary Housing by Shigeru Ban Architects
Dezeenwire: non-profit organization Architecture for Humanity are calling for help to support local Japanese professionals in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai last week. More about After the Quake: Support Sendai - Architecture for Humanity
Dezeen is proud to be media partner for Global PechaKucha Day for Haiti, a series of 2000 presentations that will take place around the world on 20 February to raise money for rebuilding Haiti in the wake of last month's earthquake. More about Global PechaKucha Day for Haiti
Dezeenwire: nonprofit design services firm architecture for humanity has launched an appeal to raise money for long-term reconstruction in earthquake-hit Haiti. For updates visit the architecture for humanity website or for updates on Twitter follow @archforhumanity or architecture for humanity CEO Cameron Sinclair @casinclair.
More about Haiti Quake Appeal – architecture for humanity
American architects Morphosis have completed a floating house for Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans, in collaboration with graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles. More about Float House by Morphosis for Make it Right
Los Angeles architects Atelier Hitoshi Abe have sent images of their duplex home to be built in New Orleans for actor Brad Pitt's charity Make it Right. More about Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right
American architects Pugh + Scarpa have sent images of their duplex home design for actor Brad Pitt's Make it Right charity. More about Duplex by Pugh + Scarpa for Make it Right
Frank Gehry is one of 14 architects to have designed duplexes for Make it Right, the charity founded by actor Brad Pitt to develop new housing typologies for a hurricane-devastated district of New Orleans. More about Duplex by Frank Gehry for Make it Right
Tie Fan of WE Design collective presented a conceptual design for an inflatable emergency shelter at the Alan Baxter gallery in London earlier this month. More about SWAS tent by Tie Fan
Actor Brad Pitt has signed up thirteen architectural practices - including Adjaye Architects (above and below), Morphosis, MVRDV and Shigeru Ban Architects - for the Make It Right housing project in New Orleans. More about Housing for New Orleans by David Adjaye, Morphosis, MVRDV, Shigeru Ban and others
Architecture for Humanity has launched the beta version of its Open Architecture Network - an open-source resource for architects working on humanitarian projects around the world. More about Humanitarian architecture network launches
Design Indaba update: international architects and designers including Thomas Heatherwick, Will Alsop, Shigeru Ban and David Adjaye are to design low-cost housing for families living in the shack districts (above) surrounding Cape Town, South Africa. More about Stars to design housing for shack-dwellers