The Lemonade Stand: Exploring the Unfamiliar by Building Large-Scale Models

In the western world, the relationship between house, home and builder has mostly been severed, removing us from the attachment many peoples derive from making buildings. The Lemonade Stand offers a guide to building your own home or shelter in one of many styles from around the world, in the process understanding more about how buildings are informed by climate, materials, tradition, and technology. It is the ideal "learning-by-building" guide for self-builders, designers, and development workers.

Maurice Mitchell is a practicing architect with substantial experience in the developing world. His interest lies in the cultural and technical factors that influence the production and sustainability of the built environment. Trained at the Architectural Association in London, England, he teaches at Oxford Brookes and London Universities. Coauthor with Andy Bevan of Culture, Cash and Housing (1992).