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, ...

Description: It’s hard to give up an idea that you had for so long even when you find out it’s false or exaggerated. For ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q. I have an 11-year-old house in Tewksbury I built myself. It has a hand-split, rough-sawn, cedar-shingle roof. When it was first installed, and every two to three years since, I have had Penofin ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Overwater bungalows were first planted in Tahitian waters nearly 60 years ago. Today, there are hundreds ...

DeWITT, Iowa — Onlookers have been rather common this summer in DeWitt’s Lincoln Park, where a 19th century German hausbarn is being rebuilt with a combination of new and original materials. But ...

The former Lloyds Bank in Littleport has been given Grade II listed status [Historic England Archive] A prominent thatched ...

Regarding the stone house with thatched roof in San Miguel de Allende [“A Labor of Luck,” Feb. 7]: How many hundreds of rats does Michele Connor or, better yet, her housekeeper estimate now are ...