Inside the Architecture of Protected Living

The architecture of protected living is often imagined as austere. In practice, the discipline is closer to hospitality and residential design than to anything else.

Light, proportion, acoustics, air quality, circulation and material warmth determine whether a protected environment remains habitable over long periods. Engineering provides the envelope; architecture determines whether people can live within it calmly.

The specialist work in this field sits with FORTES BUNKERS, the group's established business for underground and protected environments.