Shelter (building)
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Picnic shelter in Gillette, Wyoming
A shelter is a basic architectural structure or building that provides protection from the local environment.
Having a place of shelter, of safety and of retreat, i.e. a home, is commonly considered a fundamental physiological human need, the foundation from which to develop higher human motivations.
Types[edit]
- Air-raid shelter
- Animal shelter
- Bus shelter
- Emergency shelter
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- Homeless shelter
- Hut
- Mia-mia – indigenous Australian for a temporary shelter
- Refugee shelter
- Rock shelter
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External links[edit]
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