Billed as the “Mighty House,” the building was nothing more than a 12-by-8-foot room with two windows, metal siding and a roof. But here’s the catch: It comes with an instruction booklet so ...

The bedroom door had no lock, so that staff could check in on residents as needed. This is common in shelters. Housing that looks like jail. After two months, one family moved into a room that our ...

Students of the Wood Program at Aalto University design and build a modular, prefab shelter out of wood that requires no tools and can be assembled in 6 hours.

If a zoning change is approved, the shelter would build a new, larger facility farther east along Memorial Boulevard.

credit Photo: Courtesy of Sean Godsell Architects When disaster strikes, the need for short-term housing is immediate and urgent. The Department of Homeland Security estimates that more than ...

There are all sorts of shelters available for use in emergencies or after disasters and, like many of them, the Hex House is aimed at being low cost, sustainable and rapidly deployable. It's also ...

Using fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, it assessed how household participation in the planning, design, and construction phases of shelter reconstruction led to outcomes of household ...

A proposed shelter for homeless youth in Lancaster city has received historical commission approval after changes to its exterior design. Its construction now hinges on the availability of grant ...

With the long-term goal of improving shelter safety, we conducted research in Leyte and Eastern Samar in the Philippines to (1) characterize household perceptions of shelter safety through survey ...

New animal shelter design complete, ... An architectural plan shows how a current structure at the recycling center at 3405 S. Belt Highway will house part of the new animal shelter.

READING, Pa. — As the coldest time of year sets in on Reading, one of the city's shelters is preparing to help more teens who may not have a place to call home. Mary's Shelter, with the help of ...