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

Historically, typical Gusii houses had conical grass-thatched roofs and were usually round or rectangular. Today, many houses have corrugated iron sheets and stone walls. Advocate Gideon Nyambati ...

A thatched roof is fashioned by weaving together dry ... use of fertilizer and pesticides, not removing grass clippings and more can cause thatch to accumulate faster than it decomposes.

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.