Lloyd Kahn’s latest endeavor was to document an art form that is, above all, temporary in nature: driftwood shelters. “I don’t know who the builders are, and they don’t use nails. Most of the structures are gone in a few weeks: wind, rain, or the rangers knock or burn them down,” he said.
A builder, gardener, author and publisher who has lived in Bolinas for nearly 50 years, Mr. Kahn this year published “Driftwood Shacks:…