This is especially sad because thatch used to be the standard roofing material in Japan. It was used not only on farmhouses, but on the country's grandest buildings. For example, the most important ...

Michael Seitz spent three years renovating a 1918 "mushroom house" in Michigan. He wanted to create a fairytale-like roof and sketched out the design on a paper napkin. Seitz says he's not in a rush ...

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, ...

An inversion of the traditional pitched roof, the sloping crown is comprised of local reed thatch that greatly improves the climactic control of the extreme heat in this region. A “stack effect” ...

Owners of idyllic "chocolate box" homes could be forced to sell up as the price of thatch surges, an expert has warned. The price of a bundle of water reed has doubled to about £7 in 18 months, says ...

Roofs are an integral part of a building’s architectural design. A roof is designed to enhance the beauty of a particular building but most importantly, a roof is a safety mechanism against wind, rain ...