A stunning sequel to 'SHELTER' - the classic book from 1973, the book 'HOME WORK. Handbuilt Shelter' illustrates even more imaginative ways to put a roof over one’s head, some of which were inspired by Shelter itself. Home Work showcases the ultimate in human ingenuity, building construction, and an independent lifestyle.

'HOME WORK. Handbuilt Shelter' describes homes around the globe built with soul, creativity, and designed with a solid understanding of natural materials, structure, and aesthetics.

Home Work contains over 1000 photos and 300 line drawings, stories of real people building and living in their own homes, plus photos, stories, and feedback gathered over the thirty years since Shelter was first published.

A stunning sequel to 'SHELTER' - the classic book from 1973, the book 'HOME WORK. Handbuilt Shelter' illustrates even more imaginative ways to put a roof over one’s head, some of which were inspired by Shelter itself. Home Work showcases the ultimate in human ingenuity, building construction, and an independent lifestyle.

'HOME WORK. Handbuilt Shelter' describes homes around the globe built with soul, creativity, and designed with a solid understanding of natural materials, structure, and aesthetics.

Home Work contains over 1000 photos and 300 line drawings, stories of real people building and living in their own homes, plus photos, stories, and feedback gathered over the thirty years since Shelter was first published.

The book includes: Master builder Louie Frazier’s Japanese-style pole house in Northern California, reachable on a 500’ cable across a river; Ian MacLeod’s handbuilt stone house in South Africa, where baboons jump on the roof at night; Ma Page’s bottle house in the Nevada desert; Artist Michael Kahn’s semi-subterranean sculptural village in Arizona; Bill and Athena Steen’s strawbale houses; Ianto Evans’ and Linda Smiley’s cob houses in Oregon; The Archlibre group of countercultural builders in the French Pyrenees; Bill Coperthwaite’s spectacular 3-story yurt in the Maine woods; Bill Castle’s finely-crafted log home and sauna in the NY Appalachians; A commune in the Tennesee mountains; The “Flying Concrete” brothers in Mexico and their far-out sculptural structures; Barns in California, Washington, and Connecticut; Photo-essays of Lloyd Kahn’s trips to Nevada, the Mississippi Delta, Costa Rica, Nova Scotia, and Baja California; Photos of buildings all over the world by photographers Yoshio Komatsu and Kevin Kelly + more, lots more . . .