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Mud-brick homes that still stand today

This video features Misfat Al Abriyeen, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Oman, a centuries-old mountain village built along the ...
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Owner of handmade mud home debunks common concerns with ancient building technique: 'I'm not worried about it'

When an Instagrammer started sharing updates about her handmade mud home, not everyone was convinced the structure would last. One comment that Kristina Barile (@turiya_natural_living) hears regularly ...
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For green, comfortable homes, Mali turns to mud

Mud rock masons build a home with a vaulted Nubian-style roof in the Sahel. Photo: UN Climate Change Secretariat MASSAKO, Mali, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Building a house in the poorest ...
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Rural Kenyans beat rising heat with mud-brick homes

KIVOO, Kenya, April 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus Njiru applies finishing layers of mud to a pile of bricks.
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Mud rooms get a major makeover in new homes, remodeling projects

Tracy and Larry Gregory’s Kingwood home is almost ready for their family of six to move back in. The home that took on 4 and a half feet of water from Hurricane Harvey has been remediated, remodeled ...
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Rural Kenyans beat rising heat with mud-brick homes

KIVOO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Perched on a dirt tower on the edge of a bog in Kivoo village, eastern Kenya, Erastus Njiru applies finishing layers of mud to a pile of bricks. "I can sell ...