A temporary housing initiative launched in 2004 by CHF International for families displaced by civil war in western Sudan, is one of those rare projects that succeeds in striking a balance between the two.

Dec 31, 2004

Gupta’s Burning Man prototype was built from Hexacomb cardboard developed by Pactiv Corporation and connected with fiber tape.

Dec 31, 2003

Invented by Peter Brewin and William Crawford, engineers at the Royal College of Art, Concrete Canvas is a “building in a bag.”

Dec 31, 2003

In war-torn countries and areas devastated by disaster, the presence of UNHCR tents is one of the first signs of aid.

Dec 31, 2002

In 2001 three distant cousins of the “Bucky Ball” emerged from the desert at Nevada’s Burning Man Festival.

Dec 31, 2001

Construction of an Icosa Village DecaPod at the Burning Man Festival in 2001

Dec 31, 2001

A geodesic dome designed by World Shelters during unofficial training exercise held at the Burning Man festival in 2004

Dec 31, 2001

Daniel Ferrara began developing prototypes of the folding shelter in 1995.

Dec 31, 1995

Future Systems is best known for its NASA-inspired conceptual designs and award-winning work, such as the Selfridges department store in Birmingham, England.

Dec 31, 1989

In this interview conducted in March 2005, he talks about the inspiration behind his and his partner Steven Elias’s Shelter Frame Kit.

Dec 31, 1983

It would be safe to say that few people know the ins and outs of tents better than Robert Gillis.

Dec 31, 1975

It would be safe to say that few people know the ins and outs of tents better than Robert Gillis.

Dec 31, 1975