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Heritage Architecture

Kath kuni is recognisable by its layered interlocking of deodar wood with locally sourced stone, without the use of mortar (Image credit: Tarang Mohnot)
Heritage Architecture

An ancient earthquake-defying design

By Tarang Mohnot

(Credit: Hadynyah/Getty Images)
Heritage Architecture
The floating homes of Lake Titicaca
By Stefano Montali
Mud houses in Sanaa in Yemen
Ancient Engineering Marvels
Yemen's ancient skyscraper cities
By Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey
Today, only 36 seaweed-roofed houses are left on the island (Credit: Thomas Kyhn Rovsing Hjørnet/Alamy)
Heritage Architecture
The 300-year-old homes of the future
By Karen Gardiner
Today, there are only 10 master tavillonneurs in Switzerland (Credit: Fribourg Region)
Heritage Architecture
A craft kept alive by 10 Swiss masters
By Molly Harris
(Credit: Carlos Pinota)
Heritage Architecture
Where people live between boulders
By Lidija Pisker and Carlos Pinota