Family Shelter Designs

Author : United States. Office of Civil Defense
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Shelter Designs written by United States. Office of Civil Defense and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook contains instructions for building eight types of family fallout shelters. The shelters were designed for construction in backyards, and for use by families who do not have access to community shelters or who prefer that their shelters be at their homes.

Author : United States. Office of Civil Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Shelter Designs written by United States. Office of Civil Defense and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Monteyne
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452925437
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout Shelter written by David Monteyne and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, reacting to U.S. government plans to survey, design, and build fallout shelters, the president of the American Institute of Architects, Philip Will, told the organization’s members that “all practicing architects should prepare themselves to render this vital service to the nation and to their clients.” In an era of nuclear weapons, he argued, architectural expertise could “preserve us from decimation.” In Fallout Shelter, David Monteyne traces the partnership that developed between architects and civil defense authorities during the 1950s and 1960s. Officials in the federal government tasked with protecting American citizens and communities in the event of a nuclear attack relied on architects and urban planners to demonstrate the importance and efficacy of both purpose-built and ad hoc fallout shelters. For architects who participated in this federal effort, their involvement in the national security apparatus granted them expert status in the Cold War. Neither the civil defense bureaucracy nor the architectural profession was monolithic, however, and Monteyne shows that architecture for civil defense was a contested and often inconsistent project, reflecting specific assumptions about race, gender, class, and power. Despite official rhetoric, civil defense planning in the United States was, ultimately, a failure due to a lack of federal funding, contradictions and ambiguities in fallout shelter design, and growing resistance to its political and cultural implications. Yet the partnership between architecture and civil defense, Monteyne argues, helped guide professional design practice and influenced the perception and use of urban and suburban spaces. One result was a much-maligned bunker architecture, which was not so much a particular style as a philosophy of building and urbanism that shifted focus from nuclear annihilation to urban unrest.

Author : Guy Montag
Publisher : Loose Cannon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shelter Plans Anthology 2 written by Guy Montag and published by Loose Cannon. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Shelter Designs Since the dawn of the Cold War in the 1950's people have sought ways to protect themselves from the specter of global thermonuclear war. Both the private sector and the U.S. government responded with plans for home bomb/fallout shelters. In Volume Two we document more classic Dept. of Defense plans, Atomic Energy Commission, and even Dept of Agriculture shelters designs intend for farmers and dairymen. Most include plan drawings, material lists, and basic construction details. Plans in this volume include: ⦁ A.E.C. Group Shelter Report ⦁ Dept. of Defense Family Shelters (H-7) ⦁ DEPT of Agriculture Plans: Farm Shelter #910 Dairy barn fallout shelter #943 Bunker type shelter for beef cattle #947 Shelter for Six People #948 Potato Storage/Shelter #949 Storm / Fallout Shelter #950 Barn shelter for 50 cows #989 Be prepared with your own shelter; for protection from tornadoes OR worst case...even fallout. ALSO: See our other books on fallout shelters, "Shelter Plans Anthology 1" and "Expedient Shelter Construction".

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Family Fallout Shelter written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an atomic war, blast, heat, and initial radiation could kill millions close to ground zero of nuclear bursts. Many more millions-everybody else-could be threatened by radioactive fallout. But most of these could be saved. The purpose of this booklet is to show how to escape death from fallout. Everyone, even those far from a likely target, would need shelter from fallout. Your Federal Government has a shelter policy based on the knowledge that most of those beyond the range of blast and heat will survive if they have adequate protection from fallout." -Author's description.

Author : Guy Montag
Publisher : Loose Cannon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shelter Plans Anthology 1 written by Guy Montag and published by Loose Cannon. This book was released on with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A curated collection of the best shelter designs Since the dawn of the Cold War in the 1950's people have sought ways to protect themselves from the specter of global thermonuclear war. Both the private sector and the U.S. government responded with plans for home bomb/fallout shelters. We have reviewed them all and selected the best of the best that still meet the needs of citizens in the 21st Century. With war in Europe again a 'new reality', the need for shelters is not such an old-fashioned idea anymore. Volume One focuses on shielding principles and the classic FEMA shelters, first envisioned in the 1960's, shown here in the updated 1980s-era versions. These nine different designs encompass three basic types; basement retrofit, above-ground, and stand-alone underground. Each design includes plan drawings, material lists (with 2022 costs in USD), and basic construction details. FEMA Shelter designs in this volume include: — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "A" — — Modified Ceiling Shelter, Basement "B" — Concrete Block Shelter, Basement "C" — Snack Bar Shelter, Basement "D" — Tilt up Storage Unit, Basement "E" — Lean-To Shelter, Basement "F" — Outside Concrete Shelter — Aboveground Home Shelter — Home Shelter Masonry Block Future volumes will present more shelter types, including Canadian civil defense designs, and farm-specific ones that even include livestock protection shelters. ALSO: See our other book on fallout shelters, "Expedient Shelter Construction".

Author : United States. Office of Civil Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winning Designs for Fallout Shelters in Shopping Centers written by United States. Office of Civil Defense and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Institute of Architects
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Fallout Shelter Design Competition-Community Center Awards written by American Institute of Architects and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award winning designs for dual-use fallout shelters are presented, representing contributions by the design professions toward development of the national defense resource. The focus and concept of the competition is described as the basis for judging. The nature of dual-use shelter is discussed, which contributes to understanding of the techniques for controlling exposure to gamma radiation from fallout. Graphic illustrations are given of award winning dual-use shelter space in community structures appropriate to residential areas.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout Protection for Homes with Basements written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Todd Strasser
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763676764
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout written by Todd Strasser and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Combines terrific suspense with thoughtful depth. . . . Riveting.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In the summer of 1962, the possibility of nuclear war is all anyone talks about. But Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually builds a bomb shelter. When the unthinkable happens, neighbors force their way into the shelter before Scott’s dad can shut the door. With not enough room, not enough food, and not enough air, life inside the shelter is filthy, physically draining, and emotionally fraught. But even worse is the question of what will — and won’t — remain when the door is opened again.