Designing homes for the homeless, displaced

Exhibit examines shelter from the vantage point of shelter for refugees

When it comes to the design of homes and interiors, ideas can have surprising origins.

The origins of Modernism's spare functionalism can be traced to housing solutions created to solve Europe's severe housing crisis in the aftermath of World War I. And once-radical concepts like open flow plans, Pyrex glassware and linoleum flooring were initially designed for corporate or industrial settings.