03333nam 2200637 a 450 991081095810332120230126204101.00-8166-7677-1(CKB)2550000000040046(EBL)730146(OCoLC)741492681(SSID)ssj0000522525(PQKBManifestationID)12251556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522525(PQKBWorkID)10527806(PQKB)10371052(MiAaPQ)EBC730146(Au-PeEL)EBL730146(CaPaEBR)ebr10482231(EXLCZ)99255000000004004620101207d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFallout shelter[electronic resource] designing for civil defense in the Cold War /David MonteyneMinneapolis [Minn.] University of Minnesota Press20111 online resource (352 p.)Architecture, landscape, and American culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-6975-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Hypothetical Hiroshimas : city, suburb, and shelter in 1950s civil defense -- Surveying the Cold War landscape : the national fallout shelter program fallout protection -- Sheltering communities : city and social planning for civil defense -- Design intellectuals : professional architects and civil defense -- Performing architectural expertise : designs for fallout shelter fallout shelter design -- Cold War constructions : fallout shelter in new buildings -- Bunker architecture for the Cold War : Boston City Hall -- Epilogue.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 1950's and 1960's. Officials in the federalArchitecture, landscape, and American culture series.Designing for civil defense in the Cold WarArchitecture and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArchitecture and stateUnited StatesHistory20th centuryArchitects in governmentUnited StatesHistory20th centuryFallout sheltersSocial aspectsUnited StatesCold WarSocial aspectsUnited StatesArchitecture and societyHistoryArchitecture and stateHistoryArchitects in governmentHistoryFallout sheltersSocial aspectsCold WarSocial aspects725/.9Monteyne David1715261MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810958103321Fallout shelter4109735UNINA