February 14, 2024
Shelter Cookbook Takes a Fresh Look at Lloyd Kahn’s Legacy
Leading up to the exhibition, Banchini and Feireiss traveled across the globe to meet Kahn and his wife, Lesley, in their self-built half-acre home in Bolinas, California. The book compiles gorgeous photographs by Dylan Perrenoud alongside an insightful and at times hilarious interview with Kahn, an essay that catalogs “Mycological Curiosities,” and an in-depth “Further Reading” section that provides recommendations on self-build books and other important texts on topics such as shelter, survival, community, design, environment, education, spirituality, and psychedelics. Kahn’s advice for younger generations just now diving into his work? “You don’t have to do everything. Self-sufficiency is a direction. You never attain it,” he explains, “I realized that when I tried growing wheat.”
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