Ken Kern
Ken Kern was a builder and author who devoted himself to aiding owner-builders, and believed strongly in living on the land. He lived outside of North Fork, California at the time of his death and lived for many years on a self-built homestead outside Oakhurst, California Despite being an experienced builder and proponent of earth sheltering, Kern was killed when an earth roof he designed collapsed on him.
Ken Kern
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- United States
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- architect
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Ken Kern was a builder and author who devoted himself to aiding owner-builders, and believed strongly in living on the land. He lived outside of North Fork, California at the time of his death and lived for many years on a self-built homestead outside Oakhurst, California Despite being an experienced builder and proponent of earth sheltering, Kern was killed when an earth roof he designed collapsed on him.
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Writings by Kern include: • The Owner-Built Home • The Owner-Built Homestead • The Owner-Built Pole Frame House • The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home • The Owner Builder & the Code: Politics of Building • The Work Book: Personal Politics of Building Your Home • The Healthy House: An Owner-Builders Guide to Biological Building • Ken Kern's Homestead Workshop • Ken Kern's Stone Masonry • Ken Kern's Masonry Stove • Fireplaces
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- 1.Landis, Scott. The Workshop Book. Taunton Press. 34. 1998. 1-56158-271-9.
- 2.Mother Earth News 1 November 1971 http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1971-11-01/The-Owner-Built-Home-and-Homestead.aspx#ixzz1IKqZmhGQ
- 3.Roy, Robert L. Earth-sheltered houses: how to build an affordable underground home. New Society. 17–18. 2006. 9780865715219.
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