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
https://youtu.be/EGsRDf4kEwAThere are an estimated 860,000 homeless people in Germany and it is a well-known fact that the winter there is brutal! No one should
These photos show Vivos's invitation-only underground survival bunker in the German village of Rothenstein, which is worth $1billion. The bunker is in 'turnkey operational condition'.
First-year architecture and urban planning students at the Estonian Academy of Arts have designed and created READER, a shelter based on the concept...
When photographer Christopher Herwig challenged himself to shoot at least one “interesting” image per hour hour during a cycling trip from London to St...
Completed in 2011 in Winnipeg, Canada. Images by James Dow. Winnipeg is a city of 600,000 residents located on the Canadian prairie. It is the coldest city of its size outside of Siberia. Winter can last six...
Fallout shelters are still all over the place if you know where to look. We've compiled several fallout shelter maps to help...
Wait for the bus... with style.
A custom rollable "concrete fabric" can be draped over the frame. When water is added, it hardens in place.
two disaster relief shelters designed by shigeru ban have been constructed in the courtyard garden of sydney's sherman contemporary art foundation (SCAF).
Fellows of the MADWORKSHOP Foundation create stackable disaster shelters that can be assembled in less than 15 minutes.
Our survival blogger Tim MacWelch rounds up the top 15 shelters for wilderness emergencies. Find out how to build them and when to use each design.
From 1962, deep in the midst of the Cold War. I found this amongst piles of musty smelling magazines and articles at a booth at the Inman Park Arts Festival several years back. The cover is classic: your average white American family enjoying life as best as they can after an atomic attack. What I love the most about it is that Mom is in her day dress, apron and all, preparing dinner, and Dad is relaxing in his jacket, smoking a pipe, having just finished reading the liner notes to something by the Ray Coniff Singers, probably. The rest of the handbook is some interesting stuff if you dig construction how-to's -- this could've been sold at a Home Depot if they had them at the time. There are some very interesting ads in the handbook, too. Check out the rest of the images I've scanned to see more. See the entire set here. Also worth noting: One Nation Underground.
Is bugging out not a viable solution for your family? Then perhaps you should consider these DIY underground bunker plans to help alleviate the cost.
We headed up to LA for Dwell on Design this past weekend and discovered a handful of cool, new designs.
Rescue shelters provide a great service to their community and its animals. Read on to learn 15 things that your local rescue shelter may need!
Designed by Nic Gonsalves, Nic Martoo. Young Australian designers, Nic Gonsalves and Nic Martoo from leading architecture firm Conrad Gargett Riddel, have won an international award for...
Cocoon makes use of simple and cheap material such as canvas, to offer an affordable yet comfortable shelter for the homeless Being easily collapsible, it
While war rages in Ukraine, interest in bespoke luxury bomb shelters is rising. But history shows why governments gave up on bunkers long ago.
An Earth-sheltered Modern Home Design So often we’re inspired by nature and the earth. Here’s a watercolor, pen, and pencil sketch from ye...
The Almost Home Shelter is the result of a collaborative student observation of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami survivors and how emergency relief could be adapte
Image 1 of 9 from gallery of Bus Shelter / Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee. Courtesy of JWest Productions
Tina Hovsepian has developed a foldable, portable, emergency housing shelter based on the principles of origami.
The idea was to design a shelter that will be built in phases so that it can satisfy the need for instant emergency shelter and grow up with time to provide a temporary habitat for
The first full week of November is Animal Shelter Appreciation week. This week is designated to recognize all of the organizations who help stray and abandoned animals. Here are some of the ways your local animal shelter helps dogs, cats, rabbits, and a variety of other animals.
Instead of being designed to thwart a good sleep, these park benches in Vancouver fold out into miniature shelters.
hwang kim's private urban homeless shelter made from pre folded single ply cardboard and held in shape with plastic buttons.
In Seattle, the tech company is now sharing an eight-story building with a homeless shelter serving 200 people.
In light of the Haiti earthquake, design site Core 77 challenged designers to come up with innovative ideas for emergency shelters. Here are some of their ideas.
Image 2 of 35 from gallery of The Mirrored Sight Shelter / Li Hao. Photograph by Kang Wei
There’s nothing more organic than a home that blends in flawlessly with its environment. Whether it be mountains, rocks or trees, these awesome homes fit right in.
a collection of distinctive timber constructions by LUMO architects blend into the uninterrupted scenery of the islands.
Completed in 2013 in Vancouver, Canada. Images by Krista Jahnke . The UBC campus is full of holes. Some are below ground where construction sites pepper nearly every corner of campus. Some are at grade where the...
After 24-years on the Playa, Burning Man veteran Christian Weber designs a pop-up shelter that protects from the elements, perfect for emergencies
Shield from the sun in our stylish new gazebo garden shelter, a completely new concept in an outdoor seating area and picnic pod. There is a 1475 x 1480 mm table in the centre and enough seating to comfortably seat up to 6 people. Read More
Eco Factor: Sustainable emergency shelters include solar panels for renewable electricity. The Haven is a concept emergency shelter that can easily be airlifted to disaster areas or war zones. Designed by Song Kee Hong, Timothy Hoo, Ng Teck Tiong.
