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:
It's beyond my creative capabilities, but it sure is great to look at it and dream "what if?". What an awesome project.
I've seen kids building forts and tree houses with more heart and skill than a lot of grown ups are willing to put in. When do adults lose this creative, adventurous spirit? Sad to think a group of kids would outshine us all if we were to need those survival skills someday. What sad and poor lives we all lead…