World Habitat Awards
The World Habitat Awards were established in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as part of its contribution to the United Nations' International Year of Shelter for the Homeless in 1987.
Two awards are given annually to projects from the Global South 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.
Overview
Entries to the Awards are encouraged from housing projects and programmes that:- demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing challenges;
- can be transferred or adapted in other countries across the world;
- are already being implemented or are completed i.e. not at design stage or in the very early stages of development; and
- view the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring a range of other benefits. We particularly encourage entries from projects and programmes that are addressing the climate emergency. Other benefits of interest to us
Previous winning projects
| Year | Project | Recipient | Country |
| 2019 | ActionAid India, Koraga Federation, Samagra Grameena Ashram, India | India | |
| 2019 | Fundació Hàbitat3, Spain | Spain | |
| 2018 | Little Ones, Japan | Japan | |
| 2018 | Heritage Foundation, Pakistan | Pakistan | |
| 2017 | Care International UK | Philippines | |
| 2017 | Mutual Housing California | United States of America | |
| 2016 | Nubian Vault Association - AVN | Burkina Faso | |
| 2016 | Baugenossenschaft mehr als wohnen | Switzerland | |
| 2015 | Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña | Puerto Rico | |
| 2015 | Giroscope and Canopy Housing | United Kingdom | |
| 2014 | MyShelter Foundation | Philippines | |
| 2014 | Y-Foundation | Finland | |
| 2013 | Hebron Rehabilitation Committee | Israel and Palestinian Territories | |
| 2013 | Community Solutions | United States of America | |
| 2012 | Federación Uruguaya de Cooperativas de Vivienda por Ayuda Mutua | Uruguay | |
| 2012 | INFONAVIT | Mexico | |
| 2011 | Secretaría de Desarrollo Social | Mexico | |
| 2011 | Healthabitat | Australia | |
| 2010 | City of Malmö and MKB Housing Company | Sweden | |
| 2010 | The Better Life Association for Comprehensive Development | Egypt | |
| 2009 | AVE/CEVE | Argentina | |
| 2009 | Barka | Poland | |
| 2008 | Development Workshop France | Vietnam | |
| 2008 | Champlain Housing Trust | United States of America | |
| 2007 | CIDEM Research and Development Institute | Cuba | |
| 2007 | Municipality of Leinefelde-Worbis | Germany | |
| 2006 | Aga Khan Planning and Building Services | Pakistan | |
| 2006 | Johannesburg Housing Company | South Africa | |
| 2005 | Adventist Development and Relief Agency/One World Design Architecture | China | |
| 2005 | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten | Sweden | |
| 2004 | FUNDASAL | El Salvador | |
| 2004 | Eldonian Community Based Housing Association | United Kingdom | |
| 2003 | Gram Vikas | India | |
| 2003 | Common Ground Community | United States of America | |
| 2002 | National Housing Institute/Habitat Cuba | Cuba | |
| 2002 | Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing Complex | Japan | |
| 2001 | Orangi Pilot Project - Research and Training Institute | Pakistan | |
| 2001 | East Lake Commons Project | United States of America | |
| 2000 | Department of Housing and Works, Australia | Australia | |
| 2000 | Fundación Pro Habitat | Bolivia | |
| 1999 | Development Workshop | Niger | |
| 1999 | McGill University School of Architecture | Canada | |
| 1998 | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel | Australia | |
| 1998 | Grameen Bank | Bangladesh | |
| 1997 | Curitiba Popular Housing Company/Institute of Research and Urban Planning | Brazil | |
| 1997 | Jacobson & Widmark/Nyréns/Mjöbäcks | Germany | |
| 1996 | Pathway Non-Profit Housing Corporation | Canada | |
| 1996 | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo | Ecuador | |
| 1995 | National Habitat Committee | Namibia | |
| 1995 | Tent City Corporation | United States of America | |
| 1994 | KAB | Denmark | |
| 1994 | See Slum Networking | Department for International Development | India |
| 1993 | Wu Liangyong of Tsinghua University | China | |
| 1993 | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank | Germany | |
| 1992 | Tenth of November Institute of Technology | Indonesia | |
| 1992 | Housing and Development Board | Singapore | |
| 1991 | Attic Flats Project | Czech Republic | |
| 1991 | Department of Social Welfare and Development | Philippines | |
| 1991 | East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation/Bridge Housing Corporation of San Francisco | United States of America | |
| 1990 | National Housing Programme of Costa Rica | Costa Rica | |
| 1990 | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and the Danbara Redevelopment Project | Japan | |
| 1989 | Culpin Planning Ltd. | Egypt | |
| 1989 | Industrial Habitat Project | Switzerland | |
| 1988 | One Million House Programme | Sri Lanka | |
| 1988 | St. Vincent de Paul Village | United States of America | |
| 1987 | United Nations Development Programme | Malawi | |
| 1987 | Walter Segal Self Build Trust | United Kingdom | |
| 1986 | Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal | India | |
| 1986 | Kent-Koop, The Union of Housing | Turkey |