A carpenter's life as told by houses
By: Larry Haun
Publisher: Taunton Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newtown, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781600854026
Subjects: Housing; Vernacular architecture; Dwellings; History
Description: "From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately. Part memoir, part cultural history, A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses takes the reader house by house over an arc of 100 years. Along with period photos, the author shows us the sod house in Nebraska where his mother was born, the frame house of his childhood, the production houses he built in the San Fernando Valley, and the Habitat for Humanity homes he devotes his time to now. It's an engaging read written by a veteran builder with a thoughtful awareness of what was intrinsic to home building in the past and the many ways it has evolved. Builders and history lovers will appreciate his deep connection to the natural world, yearning for simplicity, respect for humanity, and evocative notion of what we mean by "home.""--
Table of contents: title: The soddy; title: The straw bale; title: The old frame house; title: The dugout; title: The pre-cut house; title: The adobe; title: The manufactured house; title: The quonset hut; title: The tract house; title: The habitat house; title: Small houses; title: The greenhouse.