As a result, more than half of the network was considerably dilapidated.

Here, a group of young boys are surrounded by dilapidated houses, dirt streets crammed with rubbish, and peers who have never seen the inside of a school.

The Advisory Committee recognizes the obligation of the United Nations to provide safe and sanitary accommodation for troops, and the necessity of transferring them from their current dilapidated premises.

Events in cities such as Harare demonstrated that, while it might be legitimate and often necessary to upgrade dilapidated urban spaces, it was of utmost importance to use modalities that respected human rights.

So, the first position we took was, Hey, we as architects had better not show up and do a pristine building that doesn't engender the same freedoms that this old dilapidated shed provided the company.