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Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter
by
Lloyd Kahn
These days, homeowners, designers, architects (no less), road gypsies, water dwellers, dreamers, people of all ages, all over the world are making do creatively with under-500 sq. ft. shelters. This is a real and powerful alternative to high rents, or a lifelong obligation to a bank on an overpriced home.
The heart of our 1973 book Shelter was on small buildings, which we r...more
The heart of our 1973 book Shelter was on small buildings, which we r...more
Paperback, 228 pages
Published
January 24th 2012
by Shelter Publications
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I LOVE TINY HOUSES!! Look:
snowboarder tiny house:
Lighthouse tiny house:
hobbit tiny house:
I don’t even LIKE hobbits, but I would so live in that house if it’s as cool on the inside as it looks on the outside. And if it has hot running water.
This book is pretty fucking cool. It has a bunch of rad tiny houses and floor plans for them. It has a house made out of wood pallets! WHAT?! And instructions on how to make a house like that. It has a bunch of adobe houses with hay bales for insulation. So, t...more
snowboarder tiny house:
Lighthouse tiny house:
hobbit tiny house:
I don’t even LIKE hobbits, but I would so live in that house if it’s as cool on the inside as it looks on the outside. And if it has hot running water.
This book is pretty fucking cool. It has a bunch of rad tiny houses and floor plans for them. It has a house made out of wood pallets! WHAT?! And instructions on how to make a house like that. It has a bunch of adobe houses with hay bales for insulation. So, t...more
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Lloyd Kahn is back with another collection of handcrafted, unique and special homes. Each page photographs structures, interviews builders, and creates a portfolio of sorts of each builder or home. "Tiny homes" in this book are defined as under 500 sq feet. I enjoyed Lloyd's book Builders of the Pacific Coast and I love tiny houses, so checking this out was a no-brainer for me. The book includes chapters about tiny homes on foundations, tiny homes on wheels, tiny homes by architects, prefabs &...more
5 STARS
The pictures in this book make me want to build a small home. Despite I already have a old home and my books alone would not fit into these homes.
My twenty-three old has wanted to build a tiny home for years now and loved this book too.
The range of all these buildings is astonishing and creative and beautiful most bring the outside landscape right into the homes.
I love the tree houses eventhough I can't climb stairs.
Also like the idea of using building materials that are not being used an...more
The pictures in this book make me want to build a small home. Despite I already have a old home and my books alone would not fit into these homes.
My twenty-three old has wanted to build a tiny home for years now and loved this book too.
The range of all these buildings is astonishing and creative and beautiful most bring the outside landscape right into the homes.
I love the tree houses eventhough I can't climb stairs.
Also like the idea of using building materials that are not being used an...more
What a delightful and interesting book! This totally speaks to the inner child who loved her playhouse and tree houses and made forts. What an awesome idea for a vacation property. I was especially fascinated with the caravans and tree houses. Some of the dwellings and owners look like there were some aging hippies who didn't sell out and many of the options are pretty green. It was interesting to see the diverse creations varying between architects, pre-fabs, and DIYers. Several of the builder/...more
I want to take a road trip to see the wonderful, whimsical, and occasionally weird houses Lloyd Kahn profiles profiled in this fun and inspirational book. Then I want to build one or two or six. (Although I suspect that building six tiny homes defeats Kahn’s purpose, which is to show us how to live large by building small. ) Kahn features more than 150 builders who construct amazing wee spaces—under 500 square feet—from straw bales; recycled tin, boards, and bricks, adobe, sticks and logs; prefa...more
I've seen a lot of the houses in this book before online, featured in magazine articles, on youtube or in alternative builder books, but it is nice to have them all in one place. I would have liked it better if there had been interior shots and a floor plan for each one, but as it is the book is full of eye candy for those interested in exploring the living small options. This book covers most of them, cob, stone, prefab, modular, tree houses, bus conversions, yurts, vardos, adobe, straw bale, a...more
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This book is so cool! Very informative and inspiring in a way.
To think that those people can live in s simple manner and in a small space made me realize that we don't have to have big houses to be content. That used to be my thinking when I was a kid because during my grade school days, me and my classmates always thought that having a big house makes you rich and that will make us happy and content but, after the years had passed and hundreds of cond...more
by NetGalley
This book is so cool! Very informative and inspiring in a way.
To think that those people can live in s simple manner and in a small space made me realize that we don't have to have big houses to be content. That used to be my thinking when I was a kid because during my grade school days, me and my classmates always thought that having a big house makes you rich and that will make us happy and content but, after the years had passed and hundreds of cond...more
Such a great book.Not only are there tiny homes but also tiny homes on wheels and tiny homes on boats.
One thing I was surprised about was all the homes looked so clean and well organized. I know living in a small space, organizing is a must in order to keep the abode looking clean but I was surprised since most of the homes were built with recycled parts, straw bales and even clay. Even the tiny homes built on cars and buses looked well organized and clean.
My only concern with living or even sp...more
One thing I was surprised about was all the homes looked so clean and well organized. I know living in a small space, organizing is a must in order to keep the abode looking clean but I was surprised since most of the homes were built with recycled parts, straw bales and even clay. Even the tiny homes built on cars and buses looked well organized and clean.
My only concern with living or even sp...more
I received a Review Copy of this book through NetGalley.
The antithesis to your garden-variety HGTV glossy house porn books and magazine spreads. A charming book full of beautifully photographed tiny houses, with small essays and vignettes interspersed to keep it from becoming just a bunch of captioned photos. The main message of the book is that small homes can be comfortable and livable if they are thoughtfully designed. A book you can happily curl up with and dream your way into a little cozy...more
The antithesis to your garden-variety HGTV glossy house porn books and magazine spreads. A charming book full of beautifully photographed tiny houses, with small essays and vignettes interspersed to keep it from becoming just a bunch of captioned photos. The main message of the book is that small homes can be comfortable and livable if they are thoughtfully designed. A book you can happily curl up with and dream your way into a little cozy...more
Mar 25, 2012
Dustin Crazy little brown owl
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
minimalists and those who desire a simpler life
I received a free digital copy from the publisher. Amazing photographs and information. Open this book and start daydreaming! :-) I like these kind of books because I believe simplicity is a gift - it's so easy to clutter our lives.
Other similar books I've read and recommend:
Treehouses of the World and America at Home
Other similar books I've read and recommend:
Treehouses of the World and America at Home
I loved all the wonderful photos in this book!! Fantastically creative structures! How can such tiny houses be so fabulous? Several were truly inventive.
I especially liked the houses that documented the construction as well as the completed structure.
It makes me want to buy a small acre or two and build myself a tiny home!! They are more than cute they are also functional!
Cover Art - Could have been better. Perhaps a little too simple to get noticed!
I especially liked the houses that documented the construction as well as the completed structure.
It makes me want to buy a small acre or two and build myself a tiny home!! They are more than cute they are also functional!
Cover Art - Could have been better. Perhaps a little too simple to get noticed!
This book started out alright, but as I progressed through I felt the author spent too much time on his clever punchlines than the actual content. Further into the book, there are layouts of tiny home interiors with full frontal nude women, which the cover or the description should indicate would happen. I certainly would have liked to have been warned. I was actually reading this book with my 11 year old son.
I liked his other books that are in this same vein (Home Work & Builders of the Pacific Coast) but one thing that bugs me about this book is the lack of captions on the photos. Now, the other books had the same problem, but it really bothered me with this one. Also, as with the other books, the layout is really cluttered. Overall, though, the information is good and interesting.
Lots of fun little houses that look surprisingly comfortable for such a small space. A bit of an escapist read for me; I kept imagining my family shedding our stuff and going on the road or living in the woods in one of these cute little places. The problem came when I tried to picture my husband, son and myself actually living that cheek by jowl. I don't see it working.
Everyone nest builds, and the trend towards a simpler life is compelling - often it starts with a simpler home. Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter shows in great variety and detail that simple can be beautiful, creative, elegant, rustic, unique, practical - anything you want it to be. Whether you are looking for inspiration, resources, or practical solutions, this book is for you. A beautiful collection of photos and stories about living smaller and more sustainably - with sketches, floor plans (some an...more
"Inspirational" seems so tame a word. It gets used all the time, but it's really the best description for this book. Lots of things I want to try but can't yet, but one thing I got from this book that I can start applying is the philosophy of one of the builders who was featured - instead of thinking "do I need this?" think "Can I live without this?" Vast difference and absolutely the way I want to live my life.
I originally intended to browse the wonderful photos and be done, but I ended up reading the accompanying info mostly written the builders and or owners. Only quibble: I'd love to see actual floorplans. Lots of dreaming and fantasizing. This was put together by Lloyd Kahn of Whole Earth fame. What a treat!
I have learned to live in small spaces. Most of the books that I pick-up on small interiors start at around 1700 square feet. That's not what I call small. This book shows homes that are indeed tiny (under 500 square feet). The text consists of short illustrated essays about different people, there circumstances, and the solution they found in a tiny home. I skimmed a lot of it. I was more interested in floorplans than anything else. The book contained some, but not as many as I was hoping for....more
Kind of a cluttered, clumsy layout, but how can you not fall in love with every tiny builder and tiny building here? I did, and finished this grand gathering of projects from around the world (but ? none in Ohio) thrilled to know all this tininess is out there.
I grew up with Lloyd Kahn's Shelter, first published in 1973, a giant book filled with sketches, about vernacular architecture. Kahn's new book is more visually appealing and accessible, generally about scaling back, and excellent coffee table material.
Neato! I want to build a bitty house. But once again, like Kahn's other book, Builders of the Pacific Coast, this book suffers from a clusterfuck of design and photography and lack of negative space. HDR pictures everywhere! My eyes need to breathe!
If you looking for inspiration to build a tiny house yourself, look no further.
It's not a "how to book" on tiny house construction techniques. It's more like photographic glimpse into the tiny way of life and the people that are living it. Most of the stories and photos in the book were written by the constructors/inhabitants themselves.
Lloyd collected and edited all the info into book form. From small cribs on wheels, to tiny adobe perfection. From dreamlike tree-houses to wagons. Boat houses t...more
It's not a "how to book" on tiny house construction techniques. It's more like photographic glimpse into the tiny way of life and the people that are living it. Most of the stories and photos in the book were written by the constructors/inhabitants themselves.
Lloyd collected and edited all the info into book form. From small cribs on wheels, to tiny adobe perfection. From dreamlike tree-houses to wagons. Boat houses t...more
Truly enjoyed this book. It fed my obsession about tiny homes built in strange ways or places. Excellent photographs.
I want to live in all of the houses in this book. Especially the hobbit house.
great coffee table size browsing book - amazing abodes built by quirky individuals
A tiny, eco-friendly home is part of my dream, creating Shaunna-topia word.
Aug 21, 2012
anthony
added it
Another take on tiny houses with plenty of iinteresting examples.
lots of great pictures but i wanted more information.
This book makes my heart ache for a tiny house on good land. goals are set.
read and keep reading love this book!
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