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Description

Shelter the Human Family is the most extensive documentation ever published of traditional ("vernacular") buildings throughout the world. With examples from nearly every continent; the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials; and shows the impressively handmade finished products through this truly stunning compilation of photographs. Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and highly specialized electric tools and techniques; the shelters featured here represent a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures. They are the work of simple and real people who; as builders and homesteaders; have integrated artistic beauty and practical form into their shelter needs.Shelter the Human Family offers insights into the world of vernacular building; along with potential solutions to many of the problems that plague modern architecture. It is a must-have collection that preserves and documents the rich cultural past of each structure and its community; and offers inspiration for those looking to build in a way that is motivated by something larger than speed; efficiency; and economic profit.Bill and Athena Steen are the authors of The Straw Bale House and The Beauty of Straw Bale. They are active in community building programs that teach low-income families how to build their own shelters; and known for their efforts to incorporate artistic techniques based on local and natural materials into the world of modern construction. They live in Elgin; Arizona. Yoshio Komatsu has been photographing buildings and people around the world for 25 years. His photographs were collected in the Japanese book Living on Earth; and his work is regularly published in books; magazines; and calendars throughout Japan. This is his first book in English. He and his wife; Eiko; live in Tokyo.