Homework: A Shelter Scrapbook

by Lloyd Kahn

Building on the enormous success of the original "Shelter, Lloyd Kahn continues his odyssey of finding and exploring the most magnificent and unusual hand-build houses in existence. Among the intriguing domiciles described in "Homework 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.

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003