Alan did everything himself: carpentry, plumbing, wiring (solar electricity and hydro), and developed his own water supply. He drives a tractor, maintains several miles of roads, makes beer and wine, and raises pigs and ducks. A lot of people have started homesteads since the 60's, but seldom have they got as far along as. Apr 18, 2012. They get really excited at all the amazing tiny homes pictured in the book. There is something really special and inspiring about this book. I also own Lloyd Kahn's previous book called “Homework: Handbuilt Shelter”, and it too is amazing but for some reason I feel a stronger draw to this “Tiny Homes” book.

Home Work is the followup to Shelter, Lloyd Kahn's influential 1973 guide to alternative living and DIY homebuilding. In Shelter Kahn advocated a return to the hand-built house, emphasizing traditional building methods over the high-tech solutions that had been advocated throughout the 40s, 50s, and 60s (culminating in the dome house, a form that he initially helped to pioneer, but eventually rejected). Home Work covers a lot of the same territory as Shelter did, but unlike Shelter is full of bea Home Work is the followup to Shelter, Lloyd Kahn's influential 1973 guide to alternative living and DIY homebuilding.

In Shelter Kahn advocated a return to the hand-built house, emphasizing traditional building methods over the high-tech solutions that had been advocated throughout the 40s, 50s, and 60s (culminating in the dome house, a form that he initially helped to pioneer, but eventually rejected). Home Work covers a lot of the same territory as Shelter did, but unlike Shelter is full of beautiful full-color photographs. Tai Chi 3d Serial. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of alternative living situations detailed here and the hand-built houses — from around the world — will make you wish that every last suburb was burned to the ground so that the world could be remade in the image of this book. The examples that Kahn presents in this book are invariably made from recycled and natural materials and all are works of art in themselves. Furthermore, many of these houses are off the grid and rely on solar power, composting toilets, etc.

This is not, however, a book full of expensive designer architectural 'solutions'(it's safe to assume that Kahn abhors yuppiedom); instead these are DIY projects that rely on personal sweat equity, ingenuity, and the ability to think small. The amazing structures in this book include Louie Frazier's astoundingly beautiful hand-crafted home in Mendocino, various takes on the yurt, driftwood houses constructed on the beach, shacks made from found materials, stone houses, adobe houses, rammed-earth houses, straw houses, bamboo houses, tepees and tents, the ubiquitous converted school bus, and — yes — even a few domes. There's also an incredible array of houses from around the world, many of them in configurations/situations that radically challenge the notion that the household and the nuclear family should be in any way synonymous. If this book doesn't have you thinking about, and desiring, ways to live differently than you probably deserve the box that you're already ensconced in. Here's what I don't like about the book: 1) There's way to much of an emphasis on back-to-the-land hippie-style living, which I suspect has a lot to do with Kahn's social network. I've got nothing against the back-to-the-land movement or hippies in general, and I'm glad to see all the builders (and their beards) that are represented here. However, it would also have been nice to see more of the possibilities of what can be done in terms of hand-built shelter within the urban setting.

These places do exist — I've seen plenty of reconfigured warehouses in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland that function as amazing live/work spaces. And how about urban squats, etc.? 2) While the pages in this book are still holding together (stitched, thank you), the cover itself fell off after the first reading. Of course, I can always glue it back on myself, but covers simply shouldn't be falling off so soon after purchase. Highly recommended. A book you can dip in and out of for inspiration.

Hundreds of wonderful colour pictures displaying the ingenious diversity of home made shelters. All sorts of different soulful and creative approaches to Cabins • Cottages • Bungalows • Homesteads • Sheds • Shacks • Huts • Treehouses •Bottle Houses • Yurts • Hogans • Tipis • Tents • Beach Shacks • Stilt Houses • Greenhouses • Small House Designs • Domes • Zomes • Fantasy Houses • Gypsy Wagons • Workspaces • Barns • Shops • Mississippi Shotgun Shac A book you can dip in and out of for inspiration. Hundreds of wonderful colour pictures displaying the ingenious diversity of home made shelters. All sorts of different soulful and creative approaches to Cabins • Cottages • Bungalows • Homesteads • Sheds • Shacks • Huts • Treehouses •Bottle Houses • Yurts • Hogans • Tipis • Tents • Beach Shacks • Stilt Houses • Greenhouses • Small House Designs • Domes • Zomes • Fantasy Houses • Gypsy Wagons • Workspaces • Barns • Shops • Mississippi Shotgun Shacks • Kitchens • Bedrooms • Bathrooms • Studios • Wood • Straw Bale • Cob • Stone • Bamboo • Thatch • Timber-Frame • Log • Ferro-Cement • Papercrete • Earthbag • Builders • Designers • Artists • Homesteaders • Dreamers •. I love this book. I love it so much I actually bought it. With real money and everything.

Eu3c Filmscan 35 I Software For Mac. Kahn’s book is a massive collection of hand built shelters of every sort of building material possible. And they are truly inspiring. There are fantastic homes built of light concrete (made with pumice) that can be carved into swirling shell shapes, tree houses (complete with power and water), a rock house built by a naked man over a decade of time, a teepee with underground power to run the photocopier, ho I love this book. I love it so much I actually bought it.

With real money and everything. Kahn’s book is a massive collection of hand built shelters of every sort of building material possible. And they are truly inspiring.

There are fantastic homes built of light concrete (made with pumice) that can be carved into swirling shell shapes, tree houses (complete with power and water), a rock house built by a naked man over a decade of time, a teepee with underground power to run the photocopier, houses that have been off the power grid/running on solar for 35 years, two-story gypsy style caravan houses, adobe, mud, brick, tin, glass, driftwood, hay bale, sandbag, old bus - you name it. The pictures are fantastic and the builders’ stories amazing. Now I even want to build a yurt! No really, a yurt! We’re going to get a build-a-yurt kit. Damn this book is cool. There's a fairly popular Ted talk entitled ' life is easy; why do we make it hard?'

And there an amendment my cousin made to that title: life is easy if you don't mind living in third world poverty. There was perhaps one house in this book that wasn't third world poverty. But the book was even worse than that, since I'd hardly call anything in here easy.

I honestly don't mind hippy dwellings but a gand sculpted house should have some variety I'd think. Also they should be nicer than this. There's There's a fairly popular Ted talk entitled ' life is easy; why do we make it hard?' And there an amendment my cousin made to that title: life is easy if you don't mind living in third world poverty. There was perhaps one house in this book that wasn't third world poverty. But the book was even worse than that, since I'd hardly call anything in here easy. I honestly don't mind hippy dwellings but a gand sculpted house should have some variety I'd think.

Also they should be nicer than this. There's got to be something better.