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Lloyd Kahn started building more than 50 years ago and has lived in a self-built home ever since. If he'd been able to buy a wonderful, old, good-feeling house, he might have never started building. But it was always cheaper to build than to buy, and by building himself, he could design what he wanted and use materials that he wanted to live with. Lloyd set off to learn the art of building in 1960. He liked the whole process immensely. Ideally he'd have worked with a master carpenter long enough to learn the basics, but there was never time. He learned from friends and books and by blundering his way into a process that required a certain amount of competence. His perspective was that of a novice, a homeowner, rather than a pro. As he learned, he felt that he could tell others how to build-or at least get them started on the path to creating their own homes. Through the years, he's personally gone from post and beam to geodesic domes to stud-frame construction. It's been a constant learning process, and this has led him into investigating many methods of construction. For five years in the late '60s to early '70s, he built geodesic domes. He got into book publishing by producing Domebook One in 1970 and Domebook 2 in 1971. He gave up on domes (as homes) and published his company's namesake Shelter in 1973. Since then, Shelter Publications has produced books on a variety of subjects and returned to its roots with Home Work in 2004, The Barefoot Architect and Builders of the Pacific Coast in 2008, Tiny Homes in 2012, and more. Building is Lloyd's favorite subject. Even in this day and age, building a house with one's own hands can save a ton of money and-if you follow it through-you can get what you want in a home. Bob Easton is an architect and owner of Bob Easton AIA Architect in Montecito, California. He designs in many styles to meet clients' needs and budgets. His firm specializes in fine residential and commercial design and interiors. Bob is the co-author and designer of Domebook One, Domebook 2, Shelter, and Shelter II.
“An embarrassment of riches.” —Manas “How very fine it is to leaf through a 176-page book on architecture—from baliwicks to zomes—and find no palaces, no pyramids or temples, no cathedrals, skyscrapers, Kremlins, or Pentagons in sight... Instead, a book of homes, habitations for human beings in all their infinite variety.” —Edward Abbey, environmental advocate and author “Shelter is a must not only for those actively engaged in house-building, but for everyone who understands that lifestyle begins at home—that we are, after all, where we live.” —Rolling Stone “Shelter is lavishly illustrated, containing over 1000 photographs, numerous drawings, and 250,000 words of text concerned with basic shelters from all over the world.” —San Francisco Chronicle “It’s time to educate the architects. To that extent this book on shakes and wattle and daub is the most revolutionary architecture book around...” —Architecture in Australia “A piece of environmental drama.” —Building Design
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