Downloads
A Selection of Documents
Produced by DW members in PDF format
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Indigenous
Building and the Third World |
In 1976, DW, based in Iran, mounted a 40 panel exhibition that was shown first in the Iran America Society in Tehran, then at UNCHS’s first global conference (Habitat I) in Vancouver, Canada, subsequently touring various north American cities. The exhibition and accompanying book outline a vision of development based on a respect for the indigenous which nearly thirty years on remains pertinent. The accompanying article is reproduced in .pdf version here. Alternatively, to view the original panels please consult this html version |
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The
Grameen Bank housing loans programme in Bangladesh |
This article was written by J. Norton, DW, after a review of the Grameen Bank housing loans programme for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which it was awarded in 1989. This example of loans to the poor for house building highlighted the idea of targeting the loan to make sure that houses are flood and storm resistant. DW’s current work in Viet Nam incorporates a similar idea . |
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Sustainable
shelter |
An article that appeared first in Habitat News in 1999 that considers the characteristics of sustainable approaches to achieving shelter. |
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Woodless
Construction |
Unstabilised earth brick vault and dome roofing built without
formwork. This document, which first appeared in 1997 under the Lund Centre for Habitat Studies Building Issues Volume 9, No 2, summarises DW’s experience of developing woodless construction in West Africa over the previous fifteen years. |
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Burkina
Faso Project |
In 2003 DWF started a new programme to develop local capacity to meet settlement and shelter needs in northern Burkina Faso and to consolidate woodless construction skills in the region |
2005 Activity Report (pdf)
