Self-shaping shelters that could revolutionize emergency housing
Emergency shelter design is becoming increasingly important due to the various refugee situations occurring around...
Oregon man donates tiny homes to Standing Rock water protectors
[gallery_extend] The Standing Rock protest began in April when members from the Standing Rock Sioux tribe...
NASA builds more advanced shelters to protect firefighters from wildfires
Back in 2013, 19 firefighters died in Arizona because their emergency shelters didn't protect them. NASA scientists...
Shigeru Ban shares architecture wisdom in Ecuador after earthquake disaster
Architect Shigeru Ban is one of our favorites here at Inhabitat, but that’s usually just about his work. Now,...
Latticed aluminum shelters to help coastal Peruvians in climate emergencies
[gallery_extend] The pop-up modules are based on a mechanism for splitting aluminum foil, with an independent...
Accordion-like SURI shelters provide rapid emergency housing for refugees
[gallery_extend] Although disaster shelter designs are quite ubiquitous these days, SURI's accordion-like...
Shigeru Ban announces plans to build emergency shelters in Nepal
[gallery_extend] Inhabitat has long admired Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, not only for his commitment...
BOOK REVIEW: Shigeru Ban's 'Humanitarian Architecture' focuses on emergency response design
The first half of book is comprised of four essays and conversations that Ban had with Bad Pit and fellow educator...
Tiny Floating SAFE+ Tsunami Shelters Double as Karaoke Booths in Non-Emergencies
[gallery_extend] SAFE+ weights only 1,300 kg (2,866 lbs) and is 6.2 m long, 2.3 m wide and 2.3 m high...
Former Facebook Employee Spends Two Years Building a Tsunami-Proof Capsule in His Backyard
[gallery_extend] As Mr. Robinson watched the day-to-day coverage of the catastrophic event, he began...
The Fukushima Emergency Project Is a Pop-Up Shelter Providing Housing Relief for Disaster Victims
Learning from the issues that arose in the aftermath of the Fukushima blast in Japan over one year ago, students...
New CO2 Sand Bricks are 2.5 Times Stronger than Concrete
Japanese construction and design firm TIS & Partners has just unveiled a strong and surprisingly low-tech brick...
Parasitic Emergency Homes Can Be Implanted Onto Abandoned Buildings
[gallery_extend] "With an avant-garde approach and forward thinking, as a designer, my goal was to provide...
Lifetent: A Portable Emergency Shelter That Folds Into a Backpack
Core77's latest 1 Hour Design Challenge asked designers to create solutions for pop up emergency shelters to aid...
Dominican Authorities Approve Container Cities For Haiti Housing Relief
Numerous disaster relief housing projects have been proposed to help in the aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake...
