Since its founding in 1976, the non-profit Habitat for Humanity International has built more than 255,000 houses for more than one million people and families in need world wide. First published in 2002, Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House has helped thousands more build simple, energy-efficient homes of their own by helping guide them from foundation to roof, through all interior finishes and fixtures.
Build A House Larry Haun
Since its founding in 1976, the non-profit Habitat for Humanity International has built more than 255,000 houses for more than one million people and families in need world wide. First published in 2002, How to Build a House has helped thousands more build simple, energy efficient homes of their own by helping guide them from foundation to roof, through all interior finishes and fixtures.
Since its founding in 1976, the non-profit Habitat for Humanity International has built more than 255,000 houses for more than one million people and families in need world wide. First published in 2002, Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House has helped thousands more build simple, energy-efficient homes of their own by helping guide them from foundation to roof, through all interior finishes and fixtures.
Larry Haun has worked as a carpenter in southern California for four decades and has been a Habitat for Humanity volunteer since the 1980s. He has taught apprentice carpenters at a local community college for more than 20 years. Larry lives in coastal Oregon, where he continues to build houses for Habitat.
This book was written through the eyes of a longtime carpenter. Larry Haun reflectively moves through the phases of his life, building structures along the temporal way. He tells his stories, leaving a trail of text and engaging photos. The stories are dovetailed with structures of historical significance: we are introduced to sod houses, kit houses, dugouts, balloon-framed homes, and adobe residences. His interactions with this soulful trade are forever present: from caressing sharp tools, to driving nails, to pouring concrete, to wondering on the health ramifications of asbestos shingles. The relationships he describes are filled with lessons, from receiving instruction and encouragement from a master carpenter, to standing in the spot where Crazy Horse died, to building roads with blacks, who embrace him with warm welcome and songs. Haun links the language of a carpenter with the love of family, a love of the land, and a love of building. As a journeyman builder I found the reading enjoyable, and the photos served as windows into my own past. As an instructor of graduate psychology and on the job learning, I found layers of rich meaning, intertwined with my own tools, master teachers and family members. This is a great book for anyone who loves houses, tools, important relationships, and journeying through the world of craftsmen.Earon Kavanagh, PhD
From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately. Part memoir, part cultural history, A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses takes the reader house by house over an arc of 100 years. Along with period photos, the author shows us the sod house in Nebraska where his mother was born, the frame house of his childhood, the production houses he built in the San Fernando Valley, and the Habitat for Humanity homes he devotes his time to now. It's an engaging read written by a veteran builder with a thoughtful awareness of what was intrinsic to home building in the past and the many ways it has evolved. Builders and history lovers will appreciate his deep connection to the natural world, yearning for simplicity, respect for humanity, and evocative notion of what we mean by home.
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