Builders of the Pacific Coast

"...a lovely masterpiece"
-Kevin Kelly, author of Excellent Advice for Living

"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

"Thanks to Lloyd Kahn's book, the pioneering spirit embodied in these homes nestling on the fringe of civilization is going to rebound against the Pacific and return homeward to inspire new generations of self-builders."
-Simon Fairlie, The Land Is Ours

"A wonderful collection of imagination and possibility."
-Steven Leckart, CoolTools

"...these sun-glowing, grinning craftspeople have clearly looked, selected, waited, and then placed all this twisted, left-over sea-beaten driftwood with such exquisitely precise casualness that allows these miraculous enclosures to achieve a higher state of architectural life because they never lose the original nature of their ingredients: timber, stone, grass."
-Peter Nabokov, professor at UCLA

"Kahn's three books overlap, play off one another, and diverge in a way that mirrors the varied yet coherent nature of the structures they document. Each also represents the spirit of the times."
-Jacoba Charles, Point Reyes Light

"This collection of unique and progressive designs creates a template for a future filled with forward-thinking, organic architecture."
-Kolin Lymworth, "Kolin's Book of the Week," Banyan Books

"...this is a beautiful and grand step in your further exploration that began with Shelter. It is fun, inspiring, enriching, and a joy. I would call it your masterpiece, but I know the road is still out there, the camera still works, the truck still runs, and your curiosity will push you out there again.
-George Young, George Young Books

"...a beautiful visual hymn to the creative builder"
-Jack Fulton, photographer