The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building

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The Barefoot Architect is a book dedicated to helping economically-challengedtropical builders learnhow to provide shelter, clean water, electrical energy, and sanitation by using indigenous, low-cost,sustainablebuilding materials.

The Barefoot Architect is author Johan van Lengen's gift to the under-priveleged, ill-housedof thetropical world. As a former UN worker and successful architect, van Lengen saw the need for a book explainingin simple language, well-illustratedwith lucid graphics, the process of building housing and providing a healthfulenvironment. The theme of the book is that it is always best to search for the simplest solution with what one hason hand.