World Habitat Awards - Building and Social Housing Foundation.

Type:                      Awards International
Prelim Submission: July 1, 1999
Final Submission:   December 1, 1999
Open to:                 All
Entry Fee:              Unknown
Awards:                  2 - £10,000 Awards
Jury:                      Unknown

The World Habitat Awards were initiated in order to identify innovative and successful human settlement projects throughout the world which could be replicated elsewhere. Projects are sought which offer sustainable futures to residents and which provide practical and imaginative solutions to current housing problems in developed and developing countries. In both instances projects are sought which view the solution of housing problems from a broad perspective and address themselves to the related problems of unemployment, diminishing energy resources and a sustainable future, in addition to the housing problem.

Every year the competition has attracted quality, innovative projects, capable of replication in either the developed or developing world. To date winning projects have been identified in Turkey, India, Malawi, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, United States of America, Poland, Egypt, Switzerland, Cyprus, Costa Rica, Japan, Venezuela, The Czech Republic, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Germany, China, Denmark, Namibia, Canada, Ecuador and Brazil.

Each year two cash awards of £10,000 and individually designed and crafted silver trophies are presented to the winners of the competition on World Habitat Day. Assessors of the Awards include the executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and the Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo.

For more information or to register, contact:
Building and Social Housing Foundation
Memorial Square
Coalville
Leicestershire
LE67 3TU
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0) 1530-510444
Fax: +44 (0) 1530-510332
Email: information@bshf.org
Website:http://www.bshf.org