How does a thatch roof work and why don’t they leak? When visiting northern Uganda last week, I asked a wise soul, whose name was Francis, how a thatch roof actually worked. Francis’s nephew, Erick, ...

The Berkshire village of Inkpen where, on a sunny autumn afternoon, two English craftsmen are rethatching an ancient barn. There have been straw roofs in England ever since our ancestors came out of ...

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 ...

Amention of thatched roofs might create the image of Ireland of old but thatched roofs are still very much part and parcel of the Irish building landscape. Previously, the mainstay of the thatcher was ...