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  • "An architect who only designs buildings is like a doctor who only prescribes paracetamol" says ProxyAddress founder

    Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview. More

    Nat Barker | 1 February 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Homeless housing is "a Band-Aid" for UK shortages says Peter Barber

    Architects should use their influence to help bring an end to London's homelessness crisis, said housing specialist Peter Barber in an exclusive interview with Dezeen, but admits his projects are "just scratching the surface" of the problem. More

    Lizzie Crook | 20 January 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Tiny home village by Lehrer Architects provides temporary shelter for LA's homeless

    Local studio Lehrer Architects has built a community of brightly coloured tiny houses on a narrow strip in Los Angeles for the city's homeless residents. More

    Dan Howarth | 9 November 2021 | Leave a comment
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    Shipping containers used to build LA housing complex for the homeless

    American firms NAC Architecture and Bernards have used shipping containers to form private apartments in a Los Angeles facility for people experiencing homelessness. More

    Jenna McKnight | 29 July 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Lehrer Architects builds colourful village of micro homes for Los Angeles homeless

    Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village is a development of 103 micro homes designed by Lehrer Architects to provide homeless housing in Los Angeles. More

    India Block | 5 May 2021 | Leave a comment
  • UK architects create film to highlight lack of homeless accommodation design guidance

    Architects Miranda MacLaren, Polina Pencheva and Heather Macey have created a film titled We Are Not Bad Kids to highlight the need to introduce design guidelines and regulations for homeless accommodation. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 3 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • The Book of Homelessness is the first graphic novel created by homeless people

    London charity Accumulate has released an "honest, painful and revelatory" book telling the stories of 18 different people and their experiences of homelessness. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 2 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Perkins and Will designs Dome sleeping unit for LA homeless shelters

    A lockable wardrobe and twin-sized bed figure in this modular sleeping unit, which was conceived by architecture firm Perkins and Will in response to the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles. More

    Jenna McKnight | 19 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Holland Harvey Architects transforms disused London supermarket into homeless shelter

    Warm and tactile materials help create a domestic feel inside this north London homeless shelter, which Holland Harvey Architects has created inside a former supermarket. More

    Natasha Levy | 26 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • ProxyAddress gives those facing homelessness a fixed address

    Hildrey Studio has developed ProxyAddress, a database that could connect homeless people with an address from one of England's 500,000 empty houses so they don't lose access to vital services. More

    India Block | 3 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Morris + Company designs housing for London's homeless in old tube station

    Architecture studio Morris + Company proposes transforming a London Underground station into a co-working space and hostel for homeless people. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 2 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Berlin nightclubs to open doors to homeless over the winter

    Two nightclubs in Berlin are planning to provide an overnight respite for homeless people this winter, when temperatures can drop to below zero in the city. More

    India Block | 21 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Both housing and support are required to solve the problem of homelessness"

    Can architects and designers help solve homelessness? Following Dezeen's report on the tent village on London's Tottenham Court Road, architect Kieren Majhail explores the background to the homeless crisis and discusses ways the profession can help. More

    Kieren Majhail | 20 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • UK government to launch network of homeless hubs

    Eleven cities around the UK will get Somewhere Safe to Stay centres to help rough sleepers as part of a government scheme to support vulnerable people. More

    India Block | 20 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "Most people are one pay cheque away from where I am" says homeless man who sleeps outside Habitat

    London's rising homelessness problem is most visible on Tottenham Court Road, where a tent village springs up each night in front of furniture and lighting stores Habitat and Heal's. Dezeen speaks to two of the rough sleepers. More

    Marcus Fairs | 18 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Wooden sleeping pods by Reed Watts made available to homeless people in London

    Modular sleeping pods made from easy-to-assemble wooden panels are providing temporary accommodation for homeless people in London. More

    Amy Frearson | 18 December 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Homes for Hope tackles homelessness with modular temporary housing

    Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video investigates a prefabricated homeless housing concept for Los Angeles that aims to bridge the gap between life on the streets and permanent accommodation. More

    Calum Lindsay | 19 October 2018
  • Michael Maltzan's Crest Apartments provide housing for southern California's homeless

    American studio Michael Maltzan Architecture has completed a bright white residential complex in the Los Angeles area, which contains over 60 studio apartments and various support services for its formerly homeless tenants. More

    Jenna McKnight | 11 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Parasitic pods attached to buildings could house New York's homeless

    Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by creative agency Framlab to house the homeless population of New York in parasitic pods attached to the outside of existing buildings. More

    Sebastian Jordahn | 26 January 2018 | 13 comments
  • Framlab proposes parasitic hexagonal pods to sleep New York's homeless

    New York's empty walls could be covered with honeycomb-like clusters of pods to house the city's growing homeless population, as part of this proposal by creative agency Framlab. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 21 November 2017 | 20 comments
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