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What Sustains Us

Giving rise to the arts and crafts and modern movements was The Simple Home, a manifesto by naturalist and poet, Charles Augustus Keeler. Published in 1904 (before the California drought and energy crisis) the same ideals are being touted by urban planners today.

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Photo by: Nic Lehoux
Photo by: Nic Lehoux
Buckminster Fuller's Montreal Biosphère. Photo via Flickr/Muninn
Buckminster Fuller's Montreal Biosphère. Photo via Flickr/Muninn
Mayback designed house for Keeler.
Mayback designed house for Keeler.
Keeler was a poet and student at CAL when he met Mayback, whom he commissioned to design his house.
Keeler was a poet and student at CAL when he met Mayback, whom he commissioned to design his house.
I'm loving a reprint of this book published in San Francisco in 1904 and dedicated to Bernard Maybeck - who mentored many young visionaries when he came to teach descriptive geometry at CAL.
I'm loving a reprint of this book published in San Francisco in 1904 and dedicated to Bernard Maybeck - who mentored many young visionaries when he came to teach descriptive geometry at CAL.