Lloyd House was the featured builder in Builders of the Pacific Coast. Michael McNamara, who introduced me to Lloyd in the first place, just sent me these really nice photos he took of Lloyd’s Leaf House. Michael says: “…I had an occasion not long ago to take some photos of the interior of Lloyd House’s Leaf House…. It has always impressed me as such a perfect little place. So complete. So minimal.
Right now it’s uninhabited… But it doesn’t feel empty or raw. Very peaceful and complete, even without the usual trappings of living. Just a few cushions and anyone could move in. It’s being maintained rather well as part of the park.
Thought you might be interested in seeing a different angle.”
(Note how the ridge beam (found on beach) cantilevers way past its supporting post.)
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
Beautiful Beach wood details. What do you call that hanging firepit?
Lloyd is this your house? Or a different Lloyd? Love to see more, you new book can't come soon enough!
I just put our solar panels on the roof of our cabin, glad I didn't fall off, it's tall! http://www.solarburrito.com
A different Lloyd. Ironic, after 40 years of photographing buildings and builders, I meet the builder of my dreams and his name is Lloyd…House!
The house is a dream…
Lloyd Khan – is Lloyd House still alive and on Hornby Island?
Yes.