…A couple years ago a friend and mentor of mine introduced me to your books and it totally turned my world upside down. I looked at building, sustainability both in life and in construction in a whole new way. Thank you for your documentation and sharing of ideas and images that I know has inspired many many people all over the world.
Drew Mosley
Below are some images from my time here on Vancouver island working for a local business: https://www.macdonaldandlawrence.ca/, which employs some of the best craftsmen I have ever met. I came to the Island specifically to work with this company and have found it challenging and rewarding. The owners Steve and Gord have build and restored some crazy structures, (Kinsol Trestle).”
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I mailed you before about my friend George, who is restoring the Pickle Barrel House in Grand Marais, MI. It was built by the artist beyond a popular comic strip in Chicago around the turn of the (other) century. In it, the characters lived in pickle barrels. He built the house on their vacation property in the upper peninsula of MI as a surprise for his wife.
The restoration proceeds…up in Grand Marais (think: Alaska; not too far off culturally and otherwise)
Working 7 day/week, with a few brief trips back to work on a boat.
Mike Litchfield, author of Inlaws, Outlaws and Granny Flats: Your guide to turning one house into 2 homes (which I recommend in all my bookstore appearances), did an interview of me about owner-builders and tiny homes on KWMR, our local community radio station, and it was posted on CozyDigz, Mike’s online editorial column for Fine Homebuilding a few days ago: https://www.finehomebuilding.com/item/23718/tiny-homes-simple-shelters
SunRay rolls on. I spent several hours yesterday walking around SunRay’s small village of buildings, marveling at his ongoing energy and creativity (since I was in the vicinity for the Mother Earth News Fair). A few photos (I have a ton more).
This must be the most soulful architecture book Rizzoli has ever published. (Full disclosure: The big timber house called “Hill of the Hawk” (pictured here) that I worked on in the ’60s in Big Sur is one of the houses; also the very simple used-material house I built for my family in the same time period.) Richard Olsen has put together a book of real homes, built by architects and non-architects, that is rich in colors and wood and creativity. Check it out in an independent bookstore.
“Hey Lloyd,
