Read the definitive complete guide to sheltersmore than 300000 copies soldampampamp10Shelter is so amazing so revolutionary that the best way to describe it is with one word everything Its a history of architecture a doityourself DIY guide a scrapbook and a collection of essays and stories. If youampampamp8217ve ever wondered about any aspect of houses homes or other simple structures in which people have lived this is the book for you.ampampamp10First published in 1973 Shelter remains a source of inspiration and invention. Including the nutsandbolts aspects of building the book covers such topics as dwellings from Iron Age huts to Bedouin tents to Togos tinandthatch houses nomadic shelters from tipis to ampampquothousecarsampampquot and domes dome cities sod iglus and even treehouses.ampampamp10Authors Lloyd Kahn and Bob Easton recount personal stories about alternative dwellings that demonstrate sensible solutions to problems associated with using materials found in the environmentampampamp8212with fascinating often surprising results.ampampamp10Shelter is many thingsampampamp10a visually dynamic oversized compendium of organic architecture past and presentampampamp10a howto book that includes more than 1250 illustrations andampampamp10a Whole Earth Catalogtype of sourcebook for living in harmony with the earth by using every conceivable material.