Simple Shelters
Tents, Tipis, Yurts, Domes and Other Ancient Homes
$31.32
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2009
Summary
A brief introduction to the construction and history of basic shelters.
The need for shelter is one of mankind’s most basic, and mankind has been inventive in creating homes to fill this need. This book looks at the principal types of wooden and stick frame structures built around the world, and examines how their shape and form reflect cultural and cosmological considerations as well as climatic and utilitarian ones. The book charts the gradual shift from the circular homes of noma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780802717733 |
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| ISBN-10: | 080271773X |
| Author: | Jonathan Horning |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Imprint: | Walker & Co |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 187mm x 164mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Wooden Books |
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About The Author
Jonathan Horning
Jonathan Horning has taught geometry and workshop skills at the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts in London for over 15 years. Also an experienced carpenter and joiner, he lives in Devon, UK, with his wife and children.
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