African Vernacular Architecture

http://www.oocities.org/tonvanderlee/hmud.htm

Heavenly Mud. A documentary about traditional architecture in West Africa.
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http://inhabitat.com/stilts-inhabitat-monkeys-around-in-sustainable-kenyan-treehouses/

Inhabitat looks at sustainable stilt lodges in Kenya.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=water+reed&tbm=isch&tbo

Google images looks at water reed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vkxju6aoZw

You Tube on Djenne mud plastering a mosque in Mali.
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http://gfestructures.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/rammed-earth-co-housing-in-south-africa/

Rammed earth blog from GFE Structures.
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http://periwinkleporte.com/tag/botswana/

Botswana vernacular architecture compared to a weaver nest.
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http://www.johntyman.com/africa/11.html

Photo journal, Luhya vernacular architecture, Kenya
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http://www.ecstatic-earth.com/2011/10/spectacular-vernacular.html

Pictures from Spectacular Architecture.
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http://studiodaylight.wordpress.com/

Design project for a school in Tanzania.
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http://macuti.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/24-the-straw-hut-sculpture-park/#more-448

Blog looking at vernacular architecture in Tanzania.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahx2wp7obv0

Video on the ecomics of making mud bricks in Rwanda on You-Tube.
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http://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-forum-homini-boutique-hotel-cradles-africas-evolutionary-history/

Inhabitat article about a hotel in the "cradle of humankind".
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTs_U3TNO0

You Tube video of a man thatching a roof.
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Materials that are used in the construction of African vernacular architecture are very specific. They are materials which are sustainable and are not imported.
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http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/index.htm

A web site that is a great resource for building green. There is a blog and many useful links. There is also a section on African vernacular as well as other regions.
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http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=242083

A question of mud bricks asked on a forum for soil engineering.
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http://www.junglephotos.com/africa/afpeople/afwork/hutconstruct.shtml

Pictures and description of a mud hut being constructedin Zambia 1967.
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http://mudobe.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/mudobe-in-yemen/

A blog that is passionate about adobe bricks.
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http://www.letabathatchers.com

We Thatch the World.. Letaba Thatchers.
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http://www.thatchco.com/thatchpg/faq.htm

Information on thatch.
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http://www.inspirationgreen.com/bamboo-buildings.html

Great pictures and information on bamboo.
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http://www.perfectafrica.com/hotels-and-lodges/page:1/

Numerous pictures of Safari lodges across Africa.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6E_3MR9Sk

You Tube of women plastering a wall in Mali..
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http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mud-structures-citadel/2227

10 incredible mud structures.
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http://abari.org/bamboo-in-uganda

Bamboo construction in Uganda.
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