There are few things more satisfying than exploring the far-flung corners of the earth. However, both day hikers and long-term explorers know how important it can be to find decent shelter from bad ...

Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) has long been taking a fresh and creative approach to combining man-made structures with nature. This time around, the architectural firm has literally taken its work to ...

Designed by Italian architects Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo, the Luca Pasqualetti Bivouac is a prefab mountain shelter that was airlifted to the very peak of the incredibly remote Morion ridge in ...

Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. Located at ...

Appearances can be deceiving and at first glance, the small and stylish storm shelter at the base of Mountain Skuta, the third highest peak in the Kamnik Alps, appears vulnerable in its exposed rugged ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Count Henry Russell-Killough, the “hermit of the Pyrenees”, was not an everyday 19th-century man. From the 1860s ...

Looking at pictures of the Bivouac Fanton, you might assume it’s something out of Dune. It’s sleek and simple but obviously very, very modern. The physics seem improbable – to say the least – and the ...

Looking to build a man-cave resembling something out of the Applied Sciences section of Wayne Enterprises? While undoubtedly Batman’s bivouac of choice, the Concrete Canvas Shelter (~$30,000+) is also ...

Italian architects and researchers Roberto Dini and Stefano Girodo have built a prefabricated shelter, named Bivouac Luca Pasqualetti, on the edge of a mountain peak in Valpelline, Italy. Located at ...