The answer is no. You don’t have to water a thatched roof (unless it’s of the living variety). But that one’s among the many questions Jon Meek fielded when his wife, Deborah, and he first listed this ...

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, ...

CARLSTADT — Phragmites, that slender reed you see just about everywhere off the New Jersey Turnpike in the Meadowlands, is not so popular in these parts. It's considered an invasive plant species, ...

DONABATE, IRELAND – Seamus Heaney, enthralled with the work of a roof thatcher, wrote that the man worked for days, “pinning down his world, handful by handful … and left them gaping at his Midas ...

Thatched roofs may be synonymous with traditional architecture, but this roundup points to a revival of the age-old craft in contemporary buildings across the globe. Used to create thick, insulating ...

ONE of Ireland’s great traditions is on the brink of extinction, which would see a crucial element in the fabric of our ...

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 ...