Primitive builders create their own mud bricks using handmade molds and natural materials, replacing grass walls with sturdy mud brick walls. They assemble 100 bricks, let them dry, and use them to ...

Watch as he constructs a house entirely from mud and bricks, using traditional building methods. The process captures each step of turning raw earth into a functional home.

TEHRAN - Across Iran’s deserts, dry plains and mountain valleys, houses built from earth form some of the country’s most ...

Houses in Yemen's UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing after heavy rains. The distinctive red and white mud brick houses, which date from before the 11th century, have long been under threat ...

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 ...

MASSAKO, Mali (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Building a house in the poorest villages of southern Mali has for years involved cutting trees for timber frames and struggling to save cash for a ...