Following its work creating Europe's largest green facade, Ingenhoven Associates has once again produced a building that showcases impressive sustainability. This time, the firm has topped a large ...

South African John Roston Smith specializes in thatched roofs, which are gaining popularity in other parts of the world. WSJ's Patrick McGroarty visits with him at several work sites. John Roston ...

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THE MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTION HERE IN MANNING WAS IN NEED OF A HAIRCUT. BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT IS NO EASY TASK. WELCOME TO THE CENTURIES OLD HOUSE BARN, A RELIC BROUGHT FROM GERMANY TO MANNING BACK IN ...

Master thatcher Brian Lafferty carries a bundle of roofing materials, traditionally reed, flax or straw, which allows the rain to fall off roofs like 'water off a duck's back' A new school in Ireland ...

PORTNOO — A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a hall in ...

MINNEAPOLIS--Did you know those beautiful thatched roofs many associate with England and Ireland are available here in Minnesota? Master thatcher William Cahill of Cincinnati, OH, has been thatching ...

Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its latest ...