Below are people, projects and organisations – based in the UK and abroad - which are well worth exploring to learn more about this field of expertise. Alternatively you can download our Humanitarian Information Pack.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATIONS

• Aga Khan Award for Architecture
• ArchiAfrika
• Architecture et Developpement
• Architecture for Humanity
• ArchNet
• Earthquake Architecture Web Forum
• Emergency Architects
• Geoffrey Payne Associates
• Habitat for Humanity
• On Line Land Planning
• The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• The RIBA Knowledge Community for Development and Disaster Relief
• The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Disaster Management Commission and BuildAction
• Shelter for Life International

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS:

• The Department for International Development (DFID / UKAID)
• The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC)
• The International Rescue Committee (IRC)
• The Shelter Centre
• Relief Web
• UNESCO
• UN-Habitat

COURSES & TRAINING:

• Architecture Sans Frontières (ASF-UK)
• Auroville Earth Institute, India
• Barefoot College, India
• The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
• The Development Planning Unit, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
• Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UK)
• London Metropolitan University, MA Architecture in Rapid Change and Scarce Resources
• The Max Lock Centre, School of the Built Environment, University of Westminster
• Oxford Brookes University, School of Architecture and CENDEP (Centre for Development and Emergency Practice)
• Rural Studio, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
• Shelterproject and Shelter Centre, University of Cambridge
• Sustainable Living Urban Model Lab, Columbia University, USA
• RESET (Renewable Energy and Settlement Training)

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES:

• Appropedia
• Howtopedia
• Interlocking Stabilised Soil Blocks (ISSB) technology, UN-HABITAT
• International Centre for Earth Construction,  School of Architecture, Grenoble, France (CRATerre)
• Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building
• German Appropriate Technology and Ecoefficiency Programme (GTZ/GATE)
• Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture
• Practical Action (formerly ITDG)
• Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development (SKAT)

ARCHITECTS / PROJECTS:

• Anna Heringer, the Handmade School, Bangladesh
• Alero Olympio
• CalEarth, Nader Khalili’s not-for-profit foundation
• Francis Kere, Gando Primary School, Burkina Faso
• The Druk White Lotus School, Arup in Ladakh
• Elemental, Chile
• Hassan Fathy
• Laurie Baker
• Open Architecture Network
• Public Architecture
• Urban – Think Tank
• Vastu Shilpa Foundation, Balkrishna Doshi