Looking for the top guidelines for how to shelter in place? This guide lays out the best practices for doing just that.

Like the nomadic huts of our ancestors, a modern structure that feels as if it's one with the land can be an irresistible gathering place. And after the pe

The project is located in Guatapé- Antioquia, a place with natural potential for ecological tourism development just two hours from Medellín. The...

From Fallout Shelter Handbook (1962). Illustration by Hank Clark. There are several diagrams in this handbook showing you how to build various types of underground (and only one above ground) shelters.

Now before you go out and ask your buddy Cletus to help you bury a massive storage container or one of the new underground tornado shelters in your backyard and call it a day, there are some things we need to go over. Like the fact that using a storage container is probably the worst idea ... Read more

There are a lot of ways to go about creating a hidden underground shelter. Here are 6 examples some examples of hidden underground shelters so you can get ideas for your own secure survival shelter.

This kind of hobbit houses are not just for Bilbo in the Shire. Because they are cool in the summer and warm in the winter with elements that are

If you’ve discovered our forum, TinyHouseForum.com, you may have seen these designs by Scott. I wanted to post them here because it was a very clever solution for someone wanting to build a house from concrete storm drain pipe. I’m not sure that’s what Scott had in mind but his solution seems like the perfect solution for a tiny concrete home. Scott uses Google SketchUp to created these drawings. Image credit to Scott. Start over at Part 1 >

When SHTF if you have an underground bunker in your backyard, you are going to be a lot safer than your complacent neighbors. Here's how to build one.

An earth sheltered home could be right for you.

Even though it’s uncommon, some people prefer to live underground, literary. It’s an interesting alternative to regular homes and, whether it’s a decision

When SHTF if you have an underground bunker in your backyard, you are going to be a lot safer than your complacent neighbors. Here's how to build one.

There is something mysterious and whimsical about the forest. The dense trees cluster to hide a whole separate world of odd and interesting discoveries you won't find anywhere else. Bored Panda has rounded up photos of the stranges, coolest and curious finds people have documented from their walks in the forest.

We have all heard the one about how if you dig a hole straight down into the earth, eventually you come out the other side of the planet in China. While theoretically this might be true, in the real world it would not be possible. If the tremendous pressures you would encounter didn’t do you ...

Like the nomadic huts of our ancestors, a modern structure that feels as if it's one with the land can be an irresistible gathering place. And after the pe

It is a sad fact that the majority of office workers spend their days in incredibly uninspiring and drab office environments – with harsh fluorescent lighting, drab impersonal cubicles, and even those clichéd motivational posters whose only motivational effect is to make one wish they were elsewhere. However, there are those few whose senior executives […]

The founders of Allergutendinge architects, Matthias Prüger, Manuel Rauwolf and Ulrike Wetzel created this tiny house called Seelenkiste (which means the Soul Box or Spirit Shelter) as a meditation space. They designed and built it

Completed in 2009 in Trondheim, Norway. Images by Jason Havneraas & Grethe Fredriksen. The office was invited by the municipality of Trondheim to suggest an outdoor project for a kindergarten. Although the region is characterized by...

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It was no secret among our friends and family that the biggest worry of mine about moving to Oklahoma almost 3 months ago (we moved from Colorado to Oklahoma at the end o

I really love imagining what it would be like to live in completely different ways. When I was a kid, many of my favorite books had vivid descriptions of offbeat homes; my favorite comes from My Side of the Mountain, in which a boy runs away from home and builds a life living in a hollowed-out oak tree with a pet hawk. This is the book I thought of when I learned about Dan Price, an artist who lives in a hole he dug.

We're gushing this morning over these adorable little lambs wandering around the idyllic rolling countryside of New Zealand. This beautiful setting is actually Hobbiton from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and was shot on the Alexander Family Farm in Matamata, New Zealand.

First-year architecture and urban planning students at the Estonian Academy of Arts have designed and created READER, a shelter based on the concept...

the 'pocket house' by vienna-based architect luna perschl is a modular system that can be placed in disaster-prone areas to prevent housing shortages.

I could say, that as a kid, I used to love looking at cutaway illustrations, but the thing is: I still think they're just the greatest thing ever. With cutaway art, you get to examine and explore miniature hidden worlds behind-the-scenes and under an x-ray. The best stuff surely came out of the mid

Completed in 2014 in Bagnes, Switzerland. Images by Dylan Perrenoud. The mountains have the power to call for feelings of fascination and fear at the same time. Switzerland has a strong tradition of observing the Alps,...

Vipp Shelter, ein ehrgeiziges Projekt der bekannten dänischen Firma, ist kleines Ferienhaus, das komplett aus einer Hand entworfen und eingerichtet wurde..

New development is rarely approved outside the thermal baths in Vals, Switzerland; the local community–understandably–is concerned with keeping the baths’ views unobstructed, and with preserving the original character of the locale.This concealed, underground mountain house is a beautiful compromise. The patio is built on the incline, allowing plenty of light to enter, but you wouldn’t notice the […]

The Californian desert is home to these little camping pods that can be booked for artists, writers, thinkers, hikers and campers, to stay in.

Iconic trashcan makers, Vipp, have taken the company in a new, much larger scale direction with the introduction of Shelter, a prefab, minimal retreat.