Natural homes up on the Roof: Using natural materials for your home. These homes all use different natural materials for their roof demonstrating the material's versatility, and in many cases longevity ... |
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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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Alfriston Clergy House, nearly lost to England's past This house was built by a prosperous farmer in 1350 using only natural materials that have now survived for almost seven centuries. In 1395 it was bought by the church and ... |
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The Heather Thatch of Leanach Farmhouse, Scotland This is Leanach Farmhouse in Scotland built between 1721 and 1730 and completely restored by the National Trust in 1960. Just a few years ago a survey ... |
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Redwood and cedar cabins in the Welsh countryside. You're looking at accommodation for nine people in the Welsh countryside, two of the natural homes at Cae Mabon in Wales. On the left is a timber framed building known as The Ch... |
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NETWORKING Carrying a torch to dark zones INITIATIVE Helping themselves Bank loans to harvest water Where there's a will,there's a way POLICY Watershed development: what next TECHNOLOGY Creating their own water world Simple yet ef... |
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Colloquium: Introduction The Context: Natural Building The Building Codes Societal Impact Matrix Return of The Village Habitat For Humanity Earthmother Dwelling Intuitive Design Curves of Breath & Clay Feng Shui... |
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Natural Building, a 900 Year Story of Natural Materials. If you ever doubted the use of natural materials to build a home these nine buildings are a testament to its longevity. We'll take you back to the oldest, continuously... |
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The thatched circular cottage at Blaise Hamlet, England This beautiful home is a rubble stone lime mortar reed thatched cottage in Blaise Hamlet near Bristol, England. It was designed by John Nash, a master of the picturesqu... |
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Iron Age Britain: Friendly and civilised people... This is the roundhouse at Bodrifty Farm in Cornwall, England. All of Britain was once covered with roundhouses; a simple shape enclosing the largest space for the least use... |
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