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Healthabitat is not in the business of exhibitions... being selected to represent Australia in the Venice International Architectural Biennale in 2012 has meant some hard thinking by many.

Here is the laundry of a new house ... can you pick the design problems ?

After going viral on You Tube with over 20,000 hits, the day to day work of the septic tank animation continues.

Autodesk, the computer software developer, donated several computers to Healthabitat with the simple request that we use them where they would do most good.

Lending money to the poor was a simple but powerful idea. It questioned myths about poor people and changed the fundamentals of development work.

Healthabitat was a guest of the Global Studio Bhopal in January 2012. To find out what went on and some of the results ...read on 

 In Nepal thanks to the work of one of Healthabitat's partner organisations, CHDS Nepal, school kids get better toilets and dental health. 

ABC Radio National's By Design program regularly examines the issue of sustainability. The many definitions, approaches and interpretations of sustainability need to be considered. What better starting point than the great Australian swag! 

In the early days of Housing for Health senior Aboriginal people in central Australia were the main decision makers. Making clear the message connecting health and housing was done using simple drawings. 

One of the most asked questions of the Nepal toilet program is what each toilet costs. Cost is an important factor but only if apples, or in this case toilets, are compared evenly on the basis of what they provide to improve people's health....