News from Global Studio

October 25th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General

Global Studio has been invited to offer a session on “Addressing informalityand or poverty through education and practice” at the Union of InternationalArchitects Congress in Durban next August.  If you…

Learn More

Singing the health story

October 25th, 2013

  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • General

The success of this first UPK music collection, with song themes including The Germ Song, Septic Tank song and the most famous the Shower Block Song, is now well documented….

Learn More

New Zealand Social Housing Forum

October 25th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General

Unitec hosted a rewarding day in Auckland, New Zealand, convening a Social Housing Forum by presenting talks from a broad range of people and adding an enthusiastic and inquisitive audience….

Learn More

Housing for Health – the Guide

September 30th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General
  • Media

Housing for Health – The Guide Has been developed, co-ordinated and funded by Healthabitat. We acknowledge the generous support from a range of experienced and skilled contributors who have given…

Learn More

Not another guide …!!!

September 30th, 2013

  • Australia
  • Media

Good point, and HH agree that we should not need more guidelines to make better houses. But the telling evidence of poor house function recorded in Housing for Health –…

Learn More

Nepal Sanitation Studio follow up

August 27th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General
  • Nepal

In January this year a team of architecture students worked in Nepal… there design work is still being used!! . . . . The kit of parts designed to help…

Learn More

A ‘new’ housing company scheme?

August 13th, 2013

  • Australia
  • Government
  • Media

The Federal Government have proposed an Aboriginal housing company scheme that aims ‘to close gap further’. Read on for HH comments on the scheme. Quotes from “Housing company scheme aims to…

Learn More

Worldskills Foundation supports 4 projects

July 31st, 2013

  • Australia
  • General
  • Sanitation Studio

The Worldskills Foundation has agreed to support 4 small, active projects with skilled trades and materials. After the successful Sanitation Studio in Nepal early in 2013, a recent meeting of…

Learn More

Looking into the septic tank

July 23rd, 2013

  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • General
  • Media
  • Nepal
  • Papa New Guinea
  • South Africa

The septic tank animation commissioned by HH and produced by Jude Torzillo has become very,very popular … well over 200,000 viewings and counting. It has been used by- CHDS Nepal…

Learn More

SAFE in Bangladesh

July 17th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General

In the middle of the wet season is a good time to be talking about toilets, washing, wastewater and how to dispose of the wastewater safely. A full review of…

Learn More

Back to the future: a time for change

July 10th, 2013

  • Australia
  • General
  • Government

When Prime Minister the first time around, Kevin Rudd made a strong commitment to remote area Indigenous housing. Strangely, this went beyond increasing the money allocated by the previous Coalition…

Learn More
Menu
Menu