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Shelter
€23.85
Bob Easton, Lloyd Khan (Ed)
The original edition was described as a piece of environmental
drama. Now updated, improved and just as much fun.
Huge in size (370x280mm), huge in
scope, and not a palace or cathedral in sight. Instead we
are treated to a book of simple homes, natural materials and
habitations for humans in all their variety. With over 1000
photographs, Shelter is a classic celebrating the imagination,
resourcefulness, and exuberance of human habitat. First published
in 1973, it is not only a record of the counter-cultural builders
of the ’60s, but also of buildings all over the world.
There is 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 construction, adobe, plaster and bamboo. There
are interviews with builders and tips on recycled materials
and wrecking. The spirit of the ’60s counterculture
is evident throughout the book, and the emphasis is on creating
your own shelter (or space) with your own hands. A joyful
inspiring book.
Truly a must have.
176pp 2000 Ed 2 370x280
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“ A piece of environmental drama.” - Building
Design
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“ A cult classic from the heyday of teach-ins and VWs,
this large-format book may have inspired more owner-builders
to build crazy structures than any other. Organized like a
big scrapbook, it seamlessly blends vernacular building traditions
from all over the world with far-out American hippie shelters,
including geodesic domes, gypsy wagons, tree houses, windmills,
and bizarre ferrocement living sculptures. The great photos
and drawings, interviews with builders, historical research,
and wacky anecdotes are still just as entertaining 30 years
later.” - The Art of Natural Building
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“ 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, Natural History Magazine
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