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Article 25 is the UK's leading built environment NGO, delivering community-led projects in the world's most underserved regions - across healthcare, education, housing and community spaces, with award-winning design and lasting impact.

Architecture starts with possibility. Delivering it means confronting complexity.A material arrives in an unexpected siz...
08/10/2026

Architecture starts with possibility. Delivering it means confronting complexity.

A material arrives in an unexpected size. A structural requirement changes a detail overnight. A site architect is thousands of miles from the rest of the design team.

For Article 25, these are everyday realities, from a hospital rebuild in Montserrat to a school at the foot of Kilimanjaro.

Thanks to Autodesk and the Autodesk Foundation, and their Technology Impact Program, our teams have used AutoCAD, Revit, Forma and the Autodesk Learning Platform not simply to draw buildings, but to understand problems, coordinate disciplines and test possibilities before decisions ever reach the construction site.

Since 2023, this partnership has supported our work on nine projects across eight countries and territories, helping turn constraints, like a volcanic stone block of an unexpected size in Tanzania, into lasting, sustainable solutions.

Read the full story: https://article-25.org/news/designing-through-complexity-how-autodesk-helps-article-25

Just 7 weeks to go until London Build 2026 🏗️Save the date: 25-26 November at Excel London.As an official partner organi...
05/10/2026

Just 7 weeks to go until London Build 2026 🏗️

Save the date: 25-26 November at Excel London.

As an official partner organisation, we're looking forward to joining 25,000+ construction and built environment professionals for two days of learning, networking and collaboration.

Two members of our team will be speaking on panels alongside other experts from across the industry. More news on both talks coming soon.

Register to attend: https://forms.reg.buzz/londonbuildelementallondon-2026/partner-article-25

Over the past weeks, Indonesia has experienced significant volcanic activity across several islands, with eruptions at M...
18/09/2026

Over the past weeks, Indonesia has experienced significant volcanic activity across several islands, with eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau, Mount Semeru, Mount Sinabung and Mount Ile Lewotolok disrupting communities, transport and daily life across th oughts are with everyone affected, and with the response teams working to support them.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, home to some of the most active volcanic systems in the world. Events like these are a reminder of why disaster-resilient design matters - not after the fact, but from the very first line drawn on a project.

This is a principle we know first-hand. Following the catastrophic 1995 volcanic eruption on Montserrat, which destroyed the island's only hospital, we have been working with the Montserratian Government, partners and communities to design and deliver a new national hospital - a facility essential to the island's long-term healthcare objectives, and built to last. Engineered to keep functioning through hurricanes, earthquakes and ash fall, it will feature a back-up generator and water tank designed to keep life-critical services running when they're needed most.

This approach extends across our work - from seismic design and hurricane-resistant housing to monsoon-ready infrastructure - shaped by the specific hazards each community faces. Earlier this year, this way of designing for the long term was recognised with the AIA UK Award for Environmental Stewardship, for Kao La Amani Children's Village, Africa's first off-grid orphanage.

We believe good design should anticipate the next disaster, not just respond to the last one.

To find out more about how we support NGOs and governments in post-disaster recovery and resilient reconstruction, see the link in the comments.

We're delighted to be returning as World Architecture Festival's charity partner for a second year running 🎉Being chosen...
03/09/2026

We're delighted to be returning as World Architecture Festival's charity partner for a second year running 🎉

Being chosen again by WAF means a huge amount to us. It reflects the power of community-first, climate-resilient architecture, and the possibilities these vital buildings bring to the communities we work alongside - from Kenya to Laos to Tanzania and beyond.

We can't wait to connect with the WAF network in November, celebrate great design that puts people first, and show what's possible when the built environment sector puts its skills to work for those who need it most.

For our colleagues and contacts attending WAF, we'll see you there! 🏗️

👉 More on our work: www.article-25.org/our-work

Nearly 70 years of leprosy research at Anandaban Hospital, Nepal, is entering a new chapter.After the 2024 landslides de...
03/09/2026

Nearly 70 years of leprosy research at Anandaban Hospital, Nepal, is entering a new chapter.

After the 2024 landslides destroyed the site earmarked for a new research laboratory, Article 25 has been working with The Leprosy Mission Great Britain and The Leprosy Mission Nepal to find a safer home for this vital work. A new site has now been secured in Sunakothi, Lalitpur, and a concept design agreed for a resilient, purpose-built facility.

This rebuilding effort comes at a time when communities across Nepal are once again facing the devastating impact of flooding and landslides. Our thoughts are with everyone affected.

Read more: www.article-25.org/news/future-of-leprosy-research-nepal

Our hearts go out to the communities across Nepal, and to our colleagues and friends at the Leprosy Mission Nepal, follo...
27/08/2026

Our hearts go out to the communities across Nepal, and to our colleagues and friends at the Leprosy Mission Nepal, following this week's devastating flash floods and mudslides.

We are thinking of everyone affected and everyone working tirelessly on the ground in response.

🌡️ The countdown is on!The buildings we live and work in play a huge role in how communities cope with extreme heat - ye...
25/08/2026

🌡️ The countdown is on!

The buildings we live and work in play a huge role in how communities cope with extreme heat - yet over one billion people in underserved communities worldwide still lack access to the cooling they need for heat resilience.

We're excited to be part of this upcoming vital conversation, joining the UNEP Cool Coalition to talk about what an equity-first approach to cooling really looks like.

Our Associate Architect Toby Pear will be sharing insights from Article 25's passive cooling work, including our Niger prototype, alongside brilliant speakers from UN Environment Programme, HERA, Mahila Housing Trust, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Join us this Thursday - there's still time to register 👇

🗓️ 27 August 2026
⏰ 15:00 CEST | 09:00 EDT | 18:30 IST
🔗 Register: https://un-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mCzV_rsUSti6PF-i5gOMxA #/registration

Building in remote or disaster-prone regions is never straightforward.When projects shape access to healthcare, educatio...
11/08/2026

Building in remote or disaster-prone regions is never straightforward.

When projects shape access to healthcare, education and safety, there is no margin for error.

Drawing on 20+ years and over 100 projects across 35 countries, at Article 25 we have captured the six essential steps every NGO should take before breaking ground overseas - from choosing the right partners to maintaining quality, supervising construction and building community trust.

Our new guide, Six Steps You Need to Know Before Building in Tough Environments, distils lessons learned from hospitals, schools and housing projects delivered in some of the world’s most challenging contexts.

If you are planning a construction project – or want to strengthen your delivery model – get in touch with our team and we'll share our top tips to taking practical first steps toward safer, more resilient infrastructure.

Message us to download your copy: [email protected]

As extreme heat becomes the new normal for billions of people, the question of how we design and build is no longer acad...
06/08/2026

As extreme heat becomes the new normal for billions of people, the question of how we design and build is no longer academic - it's urgent.

This summer, Article 25 took that message to three major industry platforms, sharing two decades of frontline experience designing schools, hospitals and homes in some of the world's most climate-stressed environments.

In June, we joined a CPD-accredited webinar hosted by The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), chaired by Amanda Williams, CIOB's Head of Environmental Sustainability. The session walked a large, engaged audience through the core principles of passive design - orientation, shading, thermal mass, natural ventilation and daylighting - brought to life through projects in Niger, Tanzania and Ladakh. Our college project in Niger, built using locally sourced laterite stone and a ventilated double-roof system, recorded internal temperatures up to eight degrees cooler than outside, with no mechanical cooling at all.

We carried that same message to the Sustainable Buildings & Construction Summit 2026 in Lausanne, co-organised by EPFL's Centre for Worldwide Sustainable Construction and UN Environment Programme's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), where we joined a workshop on disaster-resilient construction drawing on our Dominica Housing Recovery Project, and delivered an Innovation Spotlight on the Niger college scheme. And at the Stone & Surfaces Show, we took a closer look at the materials and methods behind that same project - showing how locally sourced, low-carbon materials can outperform imported cement-based construction on cost, comfort and character.

Across all three events, one thread ran through: as extreme heat reshapes where and how people can live safely, the answer isn't ever more mechanical cooling - it's smarter, climate-responsive design rooted in context, craft and centuries of vernacular knowledge.

With over 100 projects delivered in more than 35 countries, we're proud to share what we've learned, and we're looking forward to building on these partnerships and conversations in the seasons ahead.

👉 Read the full recap here: https://www.article-25.org/news//building-for-a-hotter-planet-passive-design-summer-talks



🧱 Laterite stone brick photo credit: Grant Smith

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