Shelter
Shelter

Author: Lloyd Kahn

Publisher: Shelter Publications, Inc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0936070110

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Shelter is many things - a visually dynamic, oversized compendium of organic architecture past and present; a how-to book that includes over 1,250 illustrations; and a Whole Earth Catalog-type sourcebook for living in harmony with the earth by using every conceivable material. First published in 1973, Shelter remains a source of inspiration and invention. Including the nuts-and-bolts aspects of building, the book covers such topics as dwellings from Iron Age huts to Bedouin tents to Togo's tin-and-thatch houses; nomadic shelters from tipis to "housecars"; and domes, dome cities, sod iglus, and even treehouses. The authors recount personal stories about alternative dwellings that illustrate sensible solutions to problems associated with using materials found in the environment - with fascinating, often surprising results.

Fallout Shelter
Fallout Shelter

Author: David Monteyne

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 0816669759

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Tracing the partnership between architects and American civil defense officials during the Cold War.

Give Me Shelter
Give Me Shelter

Author: Sofia Borges

Publisher: Antique Collector's Club

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781940743233

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Give Me Shelter' provides an in-depth look at how design can bridge the gap in services to get people off the streets and into housing sooner. In 2015, Los Angeles declared a state of emergency on homelessness. Since then, homelessness has increased by nearly 30 per cent. Our homeless epidemic is more than a humanitarian crisis, it is a call for action. The book tells the story of eleven fourth year architecture students and their two instructors' journey through the world of homelessness as they tackle real world design solutions for emergency stabilisation housing.

Earth Shelter Technology
Earth Shelter Technology

Author: Lester L. Boyer

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780890963029

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As early as the 1960s innovative builders were beginning to design and construct underground and earth-covered houses as part of the search for alternate lifestyles. The energy shortages of the seventies further stimulated the interest in earth-sheltered dwellings because of the energy savings they offer.

Structures of Protection?
Structures of Protection?

Author: Tom Scott-Smith

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1789207134

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Questioning what shelter is and how we can define it, this volume brings together essays on different forms of refugee shelter, with a view to widening public understanding about the lives of forced migrants and developing theoretical understanding of this oft-neglected facet of the refugee experience. Drawing on a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, law, architecture, and history, each of the chapters describes a particular shelter and uses this to open up theoretical reflections on the relationship between architecture, place, politics, design and displacement.

Shelters in New Homes
Shelters in New Homes

Author: NAHB Research Foundation

Publisher:

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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This report, prepared for the Office of Civil Defense by the National Association of Home Builders Research Foundation, is a planning tool. It provides information to help home builders or owners in planning for protection against fallout radiation.