Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwelling "Spruce Tree House," Mesa Verde CO

"The Egyptian Episode of Self-Build Housing".  from Habitat International 36, by Ahmed M Soliman --- In Housing By People Turner researches and advocates self-built housing, centered around Peruvian case studies.  Turner advocates a form of housing policy where the government functions as a conduit to resources, providing access to materials, knowledge, person-power, etc and setting legislative limits to ensure availability of these to all.  Here are some ways that this has played out in Egypt. 

"Sources of the Shotgun House: African and Caribbean Antecedents for Afro-American Architecture." Volumes I and II by John Vlach, 1975.  pdf from photographed microfilm at NO main library, so its a huge file.  This is an academic, kinda dated paper...  indepth analysis of how different culture's building methods melted together into the house forms that many of us live in.

Saturday build day at the Peach Orchard!   where I-610 + RR trax cross over Paris Ave, take a L on Pleasure coming from river