Builders of the Pacific Coast

The three featured craftsmen — Lloyd House, Bruce Atkey, and Sun Ray Kelley — combine imaginative architecture with innovative contexts: everything from unusual house-boats to sculptural dwellings made of driftwood are included. With stunning color and black-and-white photographs, as well as detailed black-and-white drawings of the homes, this collection of unique and progressive designs creates a template for a future filled with forward-thinking architecture. “Lloyd Kahn has likely done more to bring the work of natural builders into public consciousness than just about anyone in recent times. Countless times in recent years I have been told by owner-builders, designers, architects and pioneers of the natural building movement that one of Lloyd’s books inspired their projects.” —Jack Stephens, Natural Building Network “What a fabulously inspiring piece of art! Truly amazing!” —Sim Van der Ryn, architect “Wild, woodsy, whimsical. And profoundly West Coast. These are homes that bring to mind tree houses for grownups—with recognizable boughs, trunks and timbers incorporated in utterly original ways and perched as close to nature as possible.” —Katherine Dedyna, Vancouver Sun “Seeing the beauty and harmony that graces every page of Builders of the Pacific Coast brought something immensely calming into our home and hearth, a kind of heart-opening grace and a groundedness. I am deeply grateful for that. We shall cherish this book to the end of our days.” —John Grissim, author of Pure Stoke