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the first architecture wasn't beauty, it was a roof telling the storm no
means A structure or refuge that protects from weather, danger, or hardship — or the act of providing such protection.
from From Middle English, with the second half likely from Old English 'truma,' meaning a troop or body of men — so an early sense may have been a shield-wall, men packed together as a defensive cover. The exact path is debated, but the image endures: shelter as bodies and barriers thrown up against threat. By the 1500s the word had broadened from human cover to any place of refuge from the elements.
- oldest type
- Mammoths' bones framed Ice Age huts
- word root
- Likely from 'shield-troop,' a wall of soldiers
- deep meaning
- Maslow ranks it below love, above esteem
- modern paradox
- Empty homes outnumber homeless people globally
for instance
grand central terminal — nyc transit hub provides shelter to 750,000+ daily commuters and homeless individuals