Shelter by Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton
Shelter by Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton
SUPERFOLK SAYS:
“One of my favorite books of all time. This is a book I keep coming back to, year after year, decade after decade.”
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
With over 1,000 photographs, Shelter is a classic celebrating the imagination, resourcefulness, and exuberance of human habitat. It includes a history of shelter and the evolution of building types: tents, yurts, timber buildings, barns, small homes, domes, etc. There is a section on building materials, including heavy timber construction and stud framing, as well as stone, straw bale, adobe, plaster, and bamboo. The spirit of the ’60s counterculture is evident, and the emphasis is on creating your own shelter (or space) with your own hands. A joyful, inspiring book.
DETAILS:
Authors: By Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton
Pages: 176 pages
Size: 11" x 14½"
Date of Publication: 1973
ISBN: 978-0-936070-11-7
ABOUT LLOYD KAHN / SHELTER PUBLICATIONS:
In the mid-‘60s, Lloyd Kahn quit his job in the insurance business and began working as a carpenter, first building post and beam houses, then geodesic domes. In 1968, he became the shelter editor of The Whole Earth Catalog, which led him to publish two books on dome building and then, in 1973, the book Shelter (which went on to sell 270,000 copies). Lloyd’s been writing ever since.
Lloyd’s publishing company, Shelter Publications, has now published eight books on building; this series is called The Shelter Library Of Building Books. Included are Home Work, the sequel to Shelter, Tiny Homes, and Lloyd’s favorite, Builders of the Pacific Coast.
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