John Roston Smithwas building a thatched roof at a lodge in South Africa's Nambiti game reserve when a herd of Cape buffalo charged through, sending his crew scrambling into the rafters.

England's thatched roofs 03:58. 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 ...

Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service responded to the incident at a property in Kirtlington, near Bicester, on Monday at about 17:35 BST after the building's thatched roof caught light.

CLERMONT — Twenty years ago, Val Deer lived out of his pickup, traveling along the Panhandle coast single-handedly building beachside huts for resorts. Later, he got himself a larger dwelling… ...

The oldest building in Weston-super-Mare has become an even more prominent seafront landmark thanks to the installation of a new thatched roof. The new feature has been carefully constructed ...

Building a Thatched-Roof, Building New Bonds. In a mountainous area in Wakayama Prefecture, a group of young people wanted to renovate a thatched-roof house to help attract visitors.

Cite: Souza, Eduardo."Thatched Roofs: History, Performance and Possibilities in Architecture" [Telhados de sapê: história, desempenho e possibilidades na arquitetura] 29 Feb 2024.

A restaurant in one of Weston-super-Mare's oldest buildings could get a new thatched roof. The Old Thatched Cottage, in Knightstone Road, dates back to the late eighteenth century and is the town ...

As it stands, under-regulated and budget-conscious construction projects have mushroomed both in Kathmandu and across rural Nepal— glass and concrete blocks sprawl next to the few remaining ...