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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Woodless Construction
Voiceofthedesert website features an article by Keith Smith that has shows the intricate construction steps of a Woodless mud building in Gorom-Gorom in Burkina Faso with the help of a photo blog.
It writes that "...Woodless construction is an approach to building in the sahel that uses traditional building techniques to build houses entirely out of mud, including the roof. Such houses save on scarce wood, encourage local industry by using local skills and materials, and provide good internal comfort, staying warm in cold season, and cool in hot season..."
Photo courtesy of Keith Smith's photo blog on Flickr
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3 comments:
Being a huge of earthen structures, its great to see some informative construction steps on the building process
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
Valuable info. Lucky me I found your site by accident, I bookmarked it.
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