A shelter sketchbook
Subtitle: timeless building solutions
By: John S. Taylor.
Edition: 1st Chelsea Green ed.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: White River Junction, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Vernacular architecture.
Description: "Through pen-and-ink sketches John Taylor depicts and explains more than 600 elegantly simple and practical structures created by centuries of anonymous builders. Examples include: thousand-year-old earth-sheltered houses in China, hay-bale-walled barns from turn-of-the-century Nebraska, Middle Eastern air conditioning systems from the 13th century, and modular building techniques used in Japan five hundred years ago."--BOOK JACKET.

"The traditions of indigenous folk architecture are distinguished by wise use of resources, responsiveness to environmental forces, and a very economical accommodation of human needs. Fortunately, in recent years there has been - for ecological, ethical, and simply pragmatic reasons - a resurgence of interest in buildings that are more respectful of these factors."--BOOK JACKET.

"A Shelter Sketchbook is a book for builders, students, and anyone seeking stimulation for the imagination. The author's exacting drawings take us on a tour through the world of human shelter, and are reminders that observation, even more than technology, can be the best source of innovation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [158-160]) and index.
Originally published: Commonsense architecture. New York : Norton, c1983.