Apr 3, 2022
Build Your Own:
Use What You Have To Create What You Need is published today
Harrison Gardner’s
Published today by Gill Books, Build Your Own: Use What You Have To Create What You Need explores the principles of construction and outlines a multitude of practices and methods that enable us to build a home with the materials available to us.
Making, maintaining and mending our own homes is part of what makes us human. It is a skill that was alive and well until just two or three generations ago. Harrison Gardner is a man on a mission to help us rediscover the lost art of building our own while leaving a more harmonious mark on the environment.
Practical techniques, such as plastering, moving earth, basic demolition, installing insulation, building internal walls and attaching cladding, are demystified and made easy.
Whether you plan to build your own structure, are curious about the idea or are dealing with construction workers, Build Your Own is an essential tool that shows that anyone can learn to build – and perhaps everyone should.
‘A revolutionary book … within it is the knowledge to empower you to shape and craft your own living space.’
Manchán Magan
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22080943-harrison-gardner-eco-builder/