There’s a reason the refrain exists, and that’s because it’s true. In Turkey, the earthquake exposed the corrupted politicians who had turned a blind eye to building code violations. In Morocco, it ...

Traditional mud-brick houses that the people of northern Syria have built for thousands of years risk disappearing, as 12 years of war have emptied villages and left the buildings crumbling. Also ...

The low energy efficiency of buildings is a key factor in energy poverty, and households most exposed to severe forms of energy poverty live in dwellings built from materials such as wood and ...

Introduction: The Seduction of Reputation There were once three builders . Two were specialists in mud houses mdash;men who understood the language of earth, water, and straw, who knew how mud ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This photograph was taken when Eliot ...