One of London's largest and oldest thatched roofs, on a 15th-century Tithe Barn, is currently being removed and replaced with ...

The exterior stays true to the village’s architectural roots, with a façade of black-painted douglas fir and a thatched roof. No matter where you are inside the house, the pitched roof remains ...

Britain has many thatched cottages that have become a standard for what most traditional ones should look like. In fact, ...

thatched-roof property in Chorley is regarded as one of the area’s finest homes, featuring a breathtaking rustic design, a living room with a cathedral-style beamed ceiling with gallery landing ...

The entire design is based on the tropical concept ... In temperate countries, houses with thatched roofing are more vulnerable to fire risks than those covered with other materials.

Today the sprawling 81-acre grounds house 150 private and rustic-chic hales, traditional Hawaiian bungalows capped by recycled plastic thatched roofs. The new design of the resort was masterminded ...

South African John Roston Smith specializes in thatched roofs, which are gaining popularity in other parts of the world. WSJ's Patrick McGroarty visits with him at several work sites.

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13.

The objective is to research the appropriateness of reed as facade and roof cladding materials, especially in high altitude alpine regions. Reed – also known as thatch – is in every sense a ...

He said he was used to finding old items while working. "I quite often find thatching tools in the roof, which a previous thatcher might have forgotten about and thatched over. "We usually find ...