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, ...

I constructed a mud hut with a natural thatched roof. Combining walls and roofing created a durable, weather-resistant structure.

The very first so-called mushroom home that Earl Young built in Charlevoix is being re-built with a special thatch roof. We’ve been showing you the progress on the project, and now that it’s nearly ...

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 ...

I built a thatched workshop using only forest resources. The layout and roof design created a functional workspace.

Active-schools facilitate the development of healthy children by fostering social and physical environments that support free and imaginative learning. From the conceptualization of the space to the ...

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson says he is "delighted" that the 17th Century cottage where poet William Blake wrote ...

Researchers conducted a special fire test to learn how to protect steep thatched-roof farmhouses that emerged more than 250 years ago to ruggedly withstand Central Japan's heavy winter snowfalls.

When Daniel Anthony spent the night sleeping in a traditional Hawaiian structure known as a “hale,” the sound of rain falling on the thatched roof made him feel like he was sleeping in the forest.

Kraus can only look at what's left to do right now. He's too sore to work on this house barn. I have *** little bit in my eye, my eye and in my back, Stephan is one of three Germans who were injured ...