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Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter

by Lloyd Kahn

Home Work: Handbuilt Shelter Cover

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Publisher Comments:

Building on the enormous success of his book Shelter, Lloyd Kahn continues his odyssey of finding and exploring the most magnificent and unusual hand-built houses in existence. Among the intriguing domiciles described in Home Work are a Japanese-styles stilt house accessible only by taking a cable across a river; a stone house in a South African valley whose roof serves as a baboon trampoline; multilevel treehouses on the South China Sea; and a bottle house in the Nevada desert. Over 1,500 photos illustrate various innovative architectural styles and natural building materials that have gained popularity in the last two decades such as cob, papercrete, bamboo, strawbale, timber framing and earthbags.

Synopsis:

A fascinating guide to homemade shelter presents images and ideas culled from across the globe, including bottle homes in the Nevada desert, tree houses on the South China Sea, Japanese stilt houses, and much, much more. Original.

Synopsis:

Building on the enormous success of his book "Shelter," Kahn continues his odyssey of finding and exploring the most magnificent and unusual hand-built houses in existence.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780936070339
Subtitle:
Handbuilt Shelter
Author:
Kahn, Lloyd
Publisher:
Shelter Publications
Location:
Bolinas, Calif.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Domestic
Subject:
Dwellings
Subject:
House construction
Subject:
Architecture, domestic
Subject:
Vernacular architecture
Subject:
Construction - General
Subject:
Architects and builders
Subject:
Residential
Subject:
Buildings - Residential
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
6
Publication Date:
April 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
244
Dimensions:
1202x898x65 240

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