The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation

Building and Social Housing Foundation

The Building and Social Housing Foundation is an independent housing research charity, with work that covers a broad range of issues around housing. It was established in 1976 and is based in Coalville in Leicestershire in the United Kingdom, but does work internationally...

 as part of its contribution to the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

' International Year of Shelter for the Homeless in 1987.

Two awards are given annually to projects from the Global South

North-South divide

The north–south divide is a socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as "the north", and the poorer developing countries , or "the south." Although most nations comprising the "North" are in fact located in the Northern Hemisphere ,...

 as well as the North that provide practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing needs, which are capable of being transferred or adapted for use elsewhere.

Entries are assessed by a panel of international judges and an award of £10,000 is presented to the two winning projects at the annual UN-HABITAT global celebration of World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day

World Habitat Day is observed every year on the first Monday of October throughout the world. It was officially designated by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the state of our cities and towns and the basic human right to adequate shelter...

 on the first Monday of October.

Previous winning projects

Year	Project	Recipient	Country
2008	Preventing Typhoon Damage to Housing	Development Workshop France Development Workshop Development Workshop is a non-profit organization providing assistance for poor and disadvantaged communities in the developing countries. Established in 1973...	Vietnam
2008	Community Land Trust Innovation	Champlain Housing Trust Champlain Housing Trust The Champlain Housing Trust is a membership-based nonprofit, non governmental organization which creates and preserves affordable housing and in northwest Vermont.-History:...	United States of America
2007	Ecomaterials in Social Housing Projects	CIDEM Research and Development Institute	Cuba
2007	ZukunftsWerkStadt Leinefelde	Municipality of Leinefelde-Worbis Leinefelde-Worbis “”Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany. The town was formed on March 16, 2004, from the former independent towns Leinefelde and Worbis along with the municipalities of Breitenbach and Wintzingerode...	Germany
2006	Building and Construction Improvement Programme Building and Construction Improvement Program The Building and Construction Improvement Program is a program of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan and is engaged in developing and promoting solutions to housing and built environment related issues of rural communities living in the Northern Areas of Pakistan and the...	Aga Khan Planning and Building Services Aga Khan Planning and Building Services The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service was established in 1980 as an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network . The agency works to improve the built environment, particularly housing design and construction, village planning, natural hazard mitigation, environmental sanitation, water...	Pakistan
2006	Johannesburg Housing Company	Johannesburg Housing Company	South Africa
2005	Energy Efficient Straw-bale Housing Project	Adventist Development and Relief Agency Adventist Development and Relief Agency The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief... /One World Design Architecture	China
2005	Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten	Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten	Sweden
2004	La Paz Post-earthquake Reconstruction Programme	FUNDASAL	El Salvador
2004	The Eldonian Village, Liverpool	Eldonian Community Based Housing Association	United Kingdom
2003	Rural Health and Environment Programme, Orissa	Gram Vikas	India
2003	The Prince George, New York	Common Ground Community Common Ground (NYC) Common Ground is a nonprofit social services organization with the goal of creating high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless...	United States of America
2002	Architect in the Community Programme	National Housing Institute/Habitat Cuba	Cuba
2002	Setagaya-Ku Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing, Tokyo	Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing Complex	Japan
2001	Orangi Low-cost Housing and Sanitation Programme, Karachi	Orangi Pilot Project - Research and Training Institute	Pakistan
2001	East Lake Commons Conservation Community East Lake Commons Conservation Community The East Lake Commons Conservation Community in Atlanta, Georgia is a residential project which is award-winning for its sustainable design.It was awarded the World Habitat Award by the United Nations in 2001.... , Atlanta	East Lake Commons Project	United States of America
2000	New Living Program, Perth	Department of Housing and Works, Australia	Australia
2000	Chagas 2000	Fundación Pro Habitat	Bolivia
1999	Promotion of Woodless Construction in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger	Development Workshop Development Workshop Development Workshop is a non-profit organization providing assistance for poor and disadvantaged communities in the developing countries. Established in 1973...	Niger
1999	The Grow Home, Montreal	McGill University School of Architecture	Canada
1998	Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel, Melbourne	Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel	Australia
1998	The Grameen Bank Housing Programme	Grameen Bank Grameen Bank The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral...	Bangladesh
1997	Urban Management in Curitiba - Building Full Citizenship	Curitiba Popular Housing Company/Institute of Research and Urban Planning	Brazil
1997	The Europahaus Project, Langenhagen	Jacobson & Widmark WSP Group WSP Group plc is a British-based business providing management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a former constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:... /Nyréns/Mjöbäcks	Germany
1996	Tatry and Arbour Mill Non-profit Housing Project, Toronto	Pathway Non-Profit Housing Corporation	Canada
1996	Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil	Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo	Ecuador
1995	Build Together Programme	National Habitat Committee	Namibia
1995	Tent City, Boston	Tent City Corporation	United States of America
1994	Skotteparken Low-energy Housing Project, Ballerup	KAB	Denmark
1994	Indore Habitat Project See Slum Networking Slum Networking Slum Networking is a holistic approach for improving urban infrastructure, developed by Himanshu Parikh of Ahmedabad, India.It addresses a range of facilities needed by slum dwellers:* roads and footpaths* storm drainage* sanitation and sewerage...	Department for International Development Department for International Development The Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...	India
1993	Ju'er Hutong Courtyard Housing Project, Beijing	Wu Liangyong of Tsinghua University Tsinghua University Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...	China
1993	Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank, Mannheim	Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank	Germany
1992	The Kampung Improvement Programme, Surabaya	Tenth of November Institute of Technology Tenth of November Institute of Technology Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember or ITS is a public university in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, focused in the higher education of science, engineering and technology. ITS took its name from the Battle of Surabaya which reached its peak on November 10, 1945. The day is also commemorated as...	Indonesia
1992	Tampines Town	Housing and Development Board	Singapore
1991	Attic Flats Project	Attic Flats Project	Czech Republic
1991	The Core Shelter Housing Project	Department of Social Welfare and Development Department of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines) The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare rights of Filipinos and to promote social development.-History:...	Philippines
1991	The Frank G. Mar Community Housing Project, Oakland	East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation/Bridge Housing Corporation of San Francisco	United States of America
1990	National Housing Programme, 1986-90	National Housing Programme of Costa Rica	Costa Rica
1990	Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project	Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project	Japan
1989	Ismailia Development Projects	Culpin Planning Ltd.	Egypt
1989	Industrial Habitat Project, Givisiez	Industrial Habitat Project	Switzerland
1988	One Million House Programme	One Million House Programme	Sri Lanka
1988	St Vincent de Paul Village, San Diego	St Vincent de Paul Village	United States of America
1987	Rural Housing Programme	United Nations Development Programme United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to... /United Nations Human Settlements Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme The United Nations Human Settlements Programme is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It was established in 1978 and has its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya...	Malawi
1987	Walter Segal Self-build Housing Project, London	Walter Segal Self Build Trust Walter Segal Walter Segal was an architect who developed a system of self-build housing.The Segal method is based on traditional timber frame methods modified to use standard materials available today. It eliminates the need for wet trades such as bricklaying and plastering resulting in a light-weight methods...	United Kingdom
1986	Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal	Sonatala Milan Sangha	India
1986	Batıkent Project, Ankara	Batıkent Project	Turkey

External links

• World Habitat Awards official website
• Building and Social Housing Foundation website
• UN World Habitat Day website