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ARCHITECTURAL ORGANISATIONS:

• The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

• ArchNet

• Architecture for Humanity

• Emergency Architects

• Architecture et Developpement

• On Line Land Planning

• ArchiAfrika

• Aga Khan Award for Architecture

• Habitat for Humanity

• Shelter for Life International

• Earthquake Architecture Web Forum

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS:

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

• The Department for International Development

• The International Rescue Committee (IRC)

• UN-HABITAT

COURSES & TRAINING:

• The Oxford Brookes School of Architecture and CENDEP (Centre for Development and Emergency Practice)

• London Metropolitan University's MA Architecture in Rapid Change and Scarce Resources

• The University of Cambridge's Shelterproject and Shelter Centre 

• Auburn University's Rural Studio, Alabama, USA

• Barefoot College, India

• Auroville Earth Institute, India

• Architecture Sans Frontieres UK (ASF UK)

• The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)

• RESET (Renewable Energy and Settlement Training)

• EWB (Engineers Without Borders)

• The Max Lock Centre is based in the School of the Built Environment of the University of Westminster

• Sustainable Living Urban Model Lab of Columbia University, USA

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES:

• UN-HABITAT: Interlocking Stabilised Soil Blocks (ISSB) technology

• Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building  

• Practical Action (formerly ITDG)

• Howtopedia

• Appropedia

• Basin (Building Advisory Service Information Network)

• SKAT (Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development)

• CRATerre (International centre for earth construction of the School of Architecture in Grenoble, France)

• GTZ/GATE (German Appropriate Technology and Ecoefficiency Programme)

• Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture - Principles and Examples with Reference to Hot Arid Climates by Hassan Fathy

ARCHITECTS / PROJECTS:

• Laurie Baker

• Alero Olympio

• Hassan Fathy

• Nader Khalili and his non-profit foundation CalEarth

• Anna Heringer's The Handmade School in Bangladesh

• The Druk White Lotus School by Arup in Ladakh

• Balkrishna Doshi's Vastu Shilpa Foundation

• Urban - Think Tank

• Public Architecture

• Open Architecture Network

• Elemental, Chile

REPORT / CASE STUDIES:

• NoReV the Nomadic Restoration Vehicle - Designed for housing repair in heritage and poor areas.

• Mind the Gap! "Post-disaster reconstruction and the transition from humanitarian relief" (2006) RICS Click here to view report.

• Click here to learn more, in pdf form, about making Technology Transfer work for Human Development. From ITDG.