An invitation to enter the World Habitat Awards 2017-18

Every year two outstanding housing projects are selected as winners of the World Habitat Awards.Entries are now open for the 2017-18 awards. We are looking for housing projects and approaches which:

  • demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries all around the world
  • can be transferred or adapted for use as appropriate
  • are already being implemented or are completed, i.e. not at design stage or very early stages of development
  • view
    the term habitat from a broad perspective and bring other benefits as
    well, such as energy or water saving, income generation, social
    inclusion, community and individual empowerment, health benefits,
    capacity building or education.

The
winning projects will receive a £10,000 prize and international
recognition for their achievementsalong with the chance to attend an
award ceremony at a global UN event in 2018.


All entries must be received by 1 March 2017.

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