Master thatcher Brian Lafferty carries a bundle of roofing materials, traditionally reed, flax or straw, which allows the rain to fall off roofs like 'water off a duck's back' A new school in Ireland ...

PORTNOO, Ireland — A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a ...

Portnoo (Ireland) (AFP) – A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape.

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In a hall in Portnoo students at the Donegal Thatching School clamber over practice roofs under the watchful eye of Brian Lafferty, one of Ireland's last master thatchers. "That's it, start at the ...

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. John Roston ...

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, ...

THE thatched roofs of Hampshire are some of the most striking in the English countryside and can boast a heritage that can be traced back to the mists of time. In ancient history, in and around the ...

Following its work creating Europe's largest green facade, Ingenhoven Associates has once again produced a building that showcases impressive sustainability. This time, the firm has topped a large ...