This is especially sad because thatch used to be the standard roofing material in Japan. It was used not only on farmhouses, but on the country's grandest buildings. For example, the most important ...

Thatched roofs may be synonymous with traditional architecture, but this roundup points to a revival of the age-old craft.

How does a thatch roof work and why don’t they leak? When visiting northern Uganda last week, I asked a wise soul, whose name was Francis, how a thatch roof actually worked. Francis’s nephew, Erick, ...

GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

Built in 1829, the historic Poggensee home has a well-preserved facade and radically reenvisioned, monochromatic living spaces.

Perhaps the iconic image of developing-world poverty is a small collection of huts with thatched roofs. Unfortunately for those living in such places, these roofs are terrible. They leak and, when ...

Here's a sight you don't see very often - a thatcher practising what has become a dying art. Peruse the Irish tourist brochure abroad and you might be forgiven for thinking that every second house has ...

Roofs are an integral part of a building’s architectural design. A roof is designed to enhance the beauty of a particular building but most importantly, a roof is a safety mechanism against wind, rain ...

Several of the buildings are in Swanston Village, on the outskirts of Edinburgh Scotland's 305 thatched roof buildings have been surveyed for the first time. The majority of the buildings are in the ...