when it was common for charred timber from shipwrecks to be used to build houses with thatched roofs. As a child, Mathias Brockdorff, the owner and architect behind the project, used to spend his ...

In a mountainous area in Wakayama Prefecture, a group of young people wanted to renovate a thatched-roof house to help attract ... moved to the area to help make the project a reality.

Other rewards include the “How to Restore and Make a Thatched Roof” workshop, a set of Slamáčik postcards, a weekend in the house after the reconstruction, or becoming a patron of thatched ...

after Chuck Belizikian was inspired by the thatched roofs at the Plymouth Plantation, Doreen Bilezikian said. “[The architectural choices] were to make you a little bit different from the other ...

The Smoker in Plumley was destroyed after a devastating fire broke out in the 400-year-old pub’s thatched roof three months ago. Robinsons, the brewery that has owned the pub since 1949, has vowed to ...

DECLAN: Hmm. Well, come to think of it Pip, it takes a lot to build a cottage like that. What makes this home so unusual is its thatched roof, made from dry straw and reeds that have been tightly ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.