Cough Inns: 10 Smoking Shelters That Really Kick Butts
Smokers gonna smoke, even if the decades-old War Against Cigarettes has exiled the persecuted puffers to outdoor shelters where no one wants to linger. Forever A Logan Someone oughta point ...
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Rethinking the Refugee Camp: 8 Architectural Proposals for Asylum Seekers
Refugees fleeing the worst humanitarian crises of our time don't just need tents - they need safe and stable long-term housing, a sense of community, access to transitional resources and plans ...
Pop-Up Apartments: Post-Disaster Housing Prototype for NYC
New York City residents could have a stylish and safe place to live in less than 15 hours after a catastrophic natural or manmade disaster with these modular 'pop-up' apartments. Developed by ...
Tiny Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired House Atop Miner’s Ruins
Gleaming glass, oxidized steel and matte black wood contrast with the rough concrete ruins of an old miner's shelter found in the desert near Scottsdale, Arizona. 'Miner's Shelter' was designed and ...
Walking Shelter: Sneakers Expand Into Human-Frame Tent
The next time you need a portable shelter, you could just pull it out of your sneakers and expand it into a tent using your own body as a frame. The Walking Shelter packs a lightweight nylon tent ...
Flat-Pack Emergency Shelters Slot Together Like Puzzles
Times of emergency call for quick action to get victims into safe shelters. Plenty of easily-assembled emergency structures have been designed over the years, but Australian architecture firm BVN ...
Hanging Hotel: Hard-to-Reach Resort for Rock Climbers
If you can reach this futuristic hotel pod imbedded in the side of a mountain, your reward is a quiet resting space that you can customize to create a relaxing, meditative environment tailored to ...
Windbreakers: Bangladesh Cyclone Shelter Architecture
Though cyclones and their associated storm surges have been wreaking havoc on Bangladesh and other South Asian nations for thousands of years, an ongoing program of cyclone shelter construction has ...
Reel Cold Comfort: 10 Creative Ice Fishing Hut Designs
Ice fishing may seem to be a simple “sport” but appearances can deceive: anglers must be able to tolerate long hours of chilly, silent monotony in tiny, cramped shelters before reeling in their ...
7 Creative Cardboard Building & Paper Furniture Projects
New and innovative products from ordinary objects are being conceived and produced all the time, but what about new ideas for already-familiar materials?What would it take to get you to see ...
