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This house is superinsulated with airtight construction methods. I was delighted at the opportunity to look inside the walls but depressed at the reason why. 

A common fencing material in Central and South America is cane stalks, but these are something else entirely.

These apartment plans were drawn by a local draftsman using an older version. dwg — Drawn on Wall Graphics.

The original “green roof” technology, thriving in the lush sierras of Tamazula, Mexico

Vertical siding offers easy solutions to some of the problems with horizontal siding

The beauty that often comes with deferred maintenance.

An inexpensive way to give cabinets an antique, glazed look is to darken the kerf along crown molding or door panels using a black marker.

During rainy season in the Municipio de Tamazulo, in Jalisco, warm water drops from the sky in torrents,

Straight from the horse's — er, umm, well ...