World Habitat Award
The World Habitat Awards were launched in 1985 by the Building and Social Housing Foundation as the United Nations contribution to the International Year of Homes for the Homeless in 1987.
Every year five finalists are chosen and two prizes are awarded, one for a project in the south and one for a project in the north, whereby the demarcation corresponds less to the geography than to the level of development of the respective country. The submissions are judged by an international jury of experts, the prizes are endowed with £ 10,000 each and are ceremoniously presented every year on the first Monday in October, on World Habitat Day .
Previous awards
| year | Project of the south | Project of the north |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Sonatala Milan Sangha, West Bengal (India) | Batıkent Project, Ankara (Turkey) |
| 1987 | Rural Housing Program (Malawi) | Walter Segal Self-build Housing Project, London (Great Britain) |
| 1988 | One Million House Program (Sri Lanka) | St Vincent de Paul Village, San Diego (USA) |
| 1989 | Ismailia Development Projects (Egypt) | Industrial Habitat Project, Givisiez (Switzerland) |
| 1990 | National Housing Program (Costa Rica) | Reconstruction of Hiroshima City and Danbara Redevelopment (Japan) |
| 1991 | The Core Shelter Housing Project (Philippines) | Attic Flats Project (Czech Republic)
The Frank G. Mar Community Housing Project, Oakland (USA) |
| 1992 | The Kampung Improvement Program, Surabaya (Indonesia) | Tampines Town (Singapore) |
| 1993 | Ju'er Hutong Courtyard Housing Project, Beijing (China) | Housing Cooperative Ludwig-Frank, Mannheim (Germany) |
| 1994 | Indore Habitat Project See Slum Networking (India) | Skotteparken Low-energy Housing Project, Ballerup (Denmark) |
| 1995 | Build Together Program (Namibia) | Tent City, Boston (USA) |
| 1996 | Viviendas del Hogar de Cristo, Guayaquil (Ecuador) | Tatry and Arbor Mill Non-profit Housing Project, Toronto (Canada) |
| 1997 | Urban Management in Curitiba - Building Full Citizenship (Brazil) | Europahaus Langenhagen (Germany) |
| 1998 | The Grameen Bank Housing Program (Bangladesh) | Wintringham Port Melbourne Hostel, Melbourne (Australia) |
| 1999 | Promotion of Woodless Construction (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) | The Grow Home, Montreal (Canada) |
| 2000 | New Living Program, Perth (Australia) | Chagas 2000, Fundación Pro Habitat (Bolivia) |
| 2001 | Orangi Low-cost Housing and Sanitation Program, Karachi (Pakistan) | East Lake Commons Conservation Community , Atlanta (USA) |
| 2002 | National Housing Institute / Habitat (Cuba) | Setagaya-Ku Fukasawa Symbiotic Housing, Tokyo (Japan) |
| 2003 | Rural Health and Environment Program, Gram Vikas (India) | The Prince George, New York (USA) |
| 2004 | La Paz Post-earthquake Reconstruction Program, FUNDASAL (El Salvador) | The Eldonian Village, Liverpool (UK) |
| 2005 | Energy Efficient Straw-bale Housing Project (China) | Solar Housing Renovation Project in Gårdsten (Sweden) |
| 2006 | Aga Khan Planning and Building Services (Pakistan) | Johannesburg Housing Company (South Africa) |
| 2007 | Ecomaterials in Social Housing Projects, CIDEM (Cuba) | ZukunftsWerkStadt Leinefelde (Germany) |
| 2008 | Preventing Typhoon Damage to Housing (Vietnam) | Community Land Trust Innovation, Champlain Housing Trust (USA) |