Builders of the Pacific Coast

Lloyd Kahn

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Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.
05 January 2009

Architectural structure & design

A continuation of Lloyd Kahn's journeys into the creative processes of owner-built homes - their innovative techniques, use of sustainable materials, and essential dedication to the natural elements surrounding their designs - Builders of the Pacific Coast explores the aesthetics and skills of three master builders in California, Washington state, and the rugged terrain of British Columbia. The three featured craftsmen - Lloyd House, Bruce Atkey, and Sun Ray Kelley - combine imaginative architecture with innovative contexts: everything from unusual house-boats to sculptural dwellings made of driftwood are included. With stunning color and black-and-white photographs, as well as detailed black-and-white drawings of the homes, this collection of unique and progressive designs creates a template for a future filled with forward-thinking architecture.

By: Lloyd Kahn
Imprint: Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 304mm, Width: 228mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 1.219kg
ISBN: 9780936070438
ISBN 10: 0936070439
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 January 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction The Builders Lloyd House SunRay Kelley Bruno Atkey Seaside Homestead Wayne Vliet Peter Buckland Godfrey Stephens First Nations Builders Peter Schmidt Ruby Lake Resort Jan Janzen Michael McNamara Bob Cain Wayne Ngan Tim Biggins Dean Ellis Michael Dennis Luc Beauparlant Peter Marshall Alastair Heseltine David Shipway The Sanctuary John and Fawn Preston Tom Larsen Swann and Sudasi Gardner Robbie Newton Beachcomber’s Villa Nori’s Yurt Yurt Shrine Tom Chudleigh Vin Jon Gorman Wooden Geodesic Dome Cordwood Cabin Mark Nichols Cheyenne Ramsey Andrew Dunkerton Alan Beckwith Bill Heick Tony Anderson Louie Frazier Greg Smith John McAbery Rod Palm Joe Martin China Cloud Dieter Klose Road Rigs Solange Desormeaux About the Author Credits Scaling Back in the 21st Century Epilog

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.

Reviews for Builders of the Pacific Coast

"""...a lovely masterpiece"" --Kevin Kelly, author of Excellent Advice for Living ""Lloyd Kahn has likely done more to bring the work of natural builders into public consciousness than just about anyone in recent times. Countless times in recent years I have been told by owner-builders, designers, architects and pioneers of the natural building movement that one of Lloyd's books inspired their projects."" --Jack Stephens, Natural Building Network ""What a fabulously inspiring piece of art! Truly amazing!"" --Sim Van der Ryn, architect ""Wild, woodsy, whimsical. And profoundly West Coast. These are homes that bring to mind tree houses for grownups--with recognizable boughs, trunks and timbers incorporated in utterly original ways and perched as close to nature as possible."" --Katherine Dedyna, Vancouver Sun ""Seeing the beauty and harmony that graces every page of Builders of the Pacific Coast brought something immensely calming into our home and hearth, a kind of heart-opening grace and a groundedness. I am deeply grateful for that. We shall cherish this book to the end of our days."" --John Grissim, author of Pure Stoke ""Thanks to Lloyd Kahn's book, the pioneering spirit embodied in these homes nestling on the fringe of civilization is going to rebound against the Pacific and return homeward to inspire new generations of self-builders."" --Simon Fairlie, The Land Is Ours ""A wonderful collection of imagination and possibility."" --Steven Leckart, CoolTools ""...these sun-glowing, grinning craftspeople have clearly looked, selected, waited, and then placed all this twisted, left-over sea-beaten driftwood with such exquisitely precise casualness that allows these miraculous enclosures to achieve a higher state of architectural life because they never lose the original nature of their ingredients: timber, stone, grass."" --Peter Nabokov, professor at UCLA ""Kahn's three books overlap, play off one another, and diverge in a way that mirrors the varied yet coherent nature of the structures they document. Each also represents the spirit of the times."" --Jacoba Charles, Point Reyes Light ""This collection of unique and progressive designs creates a template for a future filled with forward-thinking, organic architecture."" --Kolin Lymworth, ""Kolin's Book of the Week,"" Banyan Books ""...this is a beautiful and grand step in your further exploration that began with Shelter. It is fun, inspiring, enriching, and a joy. I would call it your masterpiece, but I know the road is still out there, the camera still works, the truck still runs, and your curiosity will push you out there again. --George Young, George Young Books ""...a beautiful visual hymn to the creative builder"" --Jack Fulton, photographer"