Thatched Homes Around the World. There are many materials you can thatch a home with, each with different life spans e.g. rush 3-5 years, bracken 5-10 years, heather 20-30 years and reed 30-50 years. However thatch can have a... |
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An 8 step guide to building a sweet chestnut shelter Click 1 to 8 to see the build steps This is a sweet chestnut lakeside shelter was built by a small group of volunteers lead by Jamie Miller (2nd on the right in picture ... |
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The adobe brick and stone Igherm of Morocco. This is an Igherm, a communal fortified granary, high in the Atlas Mountains in the Zawiya Ahansal region of Morocco. This one, some 400 years old, had ... |
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... Babcock State Park, West Virginia, USA. What is grist?Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff and is ready for milling. It can also mean grain that has alrea ... |
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... three storey rammed earth structure with space for livestock on the ground floor; a grain store on the mid ... |
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Repurposing Wherwell Abbey, an old natural building method High Street, Wherwell, England This is a repurposed village. Many of the oak frame wattle & daub cottages in Wherwell, England were bu... |
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How to make rye sourdough (or wild yeast) bread. Making sourdough bread is easy. People have been making it for thousands of years without bread machines or visiting a supermarket for a packet of yea... |
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The last traditional clog maker in England. Jeremy Atkinson is the last traditional clog maker of bespoke clogs in England. He hand cuts the leather uppers and hand carves the soles. He was... |
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The gassho-zukuri [prayer-hands] of the Sho River, Japan. Built during the 19th century; these homes are aligned parallel to the Sho River, giving a very harmonious landscape. The architectural style is known as gassho-zukuri, ... |
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Dogon clay granaries and homes in Songho, Mali. These are Dogon thatched clay granaries (store rooms) in Songho, Mali. There are two types of Dogon granary, male and female. The larger male granaries (on the left) are used fo... |
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