Building a Thatched-Roof, Building New Bonds With no experience or money, they relied on a local custom called yui that promotes mutual assistance. They recruited friends, local residents and ...

(Globe Staff/Stephen Rose) – (Globe photo by Stephen Rose) The unofficial flagship Christmas Tree Shops in Bourne had the world’s largest thatched roof ... just a unique building, but also ...

These make the building very strong ... What makes this home so unusual is its thatched roof, made from dry straw and reeds that have been tightly packed together. It might seem strange, but ...