Home Work : Handbuilt Shelter

English

ISBN: 0936070331

EAN: 9780936070339

Category: Architecture / Buildings / Residential/Architecture / General/Technology & Engineering / Construction / General/

Publisher: Shelter Publications, Incorporated

Release Date: 03/31/2004

Synopsis: Building on the enormous success of the original 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-style stilt house accessible only by a cable across a river; a stone house in a South African valley whose roof serves as a baboon trampoline; multi-level 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, adobe, strawbale, timber framing, and earthbags.

Excerpt: Unknown Property Excerpt

Home Work : Handbuilt Shelter

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.64 inches

Width: 9.0 inches

Length: 12.0 inches

Weight: 38.45 oz

Pages: 256