The use of concrete is on the rise in West Africa, slowly replacing traditional mud structures in countries like Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ghana, and Mali. Some see this as a sign of progress, equating ...

The exploratory mud structure project, designed and built by Architecture for Humanity Tehran (Rai Studio) + Architecture Faculty of Razi University, demonstrates a strong focus on humanitarian design ...

Mud buildings are remarkably good at keeping us cool in summer and warm in winter, and withstanding extreme weather. In the search for more sustainable buildings, architects are returning to this ...

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Jabbo, a tiny hamlet just outside of cosmopolitan Lahore is now merely a relic of an aesthetic that once was. Today, steel girdled roofs and semi-concrete houses stand in place of the mud houses that ...

Used properly, mud can be a free and durable building material that will stand for generations, while offering a sort of natural air conditioning. And when reinforced with sand, clay, or cement, mud ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jean Dethier believes that rich nations suffer from “collective amnesia” about the value of raw earth. The ...

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The Hadhramaut region in the south east of Yemen is well known for its mud brick architecture Throughout the centuries the population has developed very sophisticated building techniques and created a ...