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A slab hut is a kind of dwelling or shed made from slabs of split or sawn timber. It was a common form of construction used by settlers in Australia and New Zealand during their nations' colonial periods.
Detail of attap roof thatching An attap dwelling is traditional housing found in the kampongs of Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia and Singapore . Named after the attap palm , which provides the wattle for the walls, and the leaves with which their roofs are thatched , [ 1 ] these dwellings can range from huts to substantial houses.
A thatched roof ensures that a building is cool in summer and warm in winter. Thatch also has very good resistance to wind damage when applied correctly. Thatching materials range from plains grasses to waterproof leaves found in equatorial regions. It is the most common roofing material in the world, because the materials are readily available.
Bohío, Caribbean dwelling with palm thatched roof once commonly found in Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hispaniola. Chickee, the Creek/Seminole word to describe an open dwelling with a palm thatched roof frequently constructed by Florida's Native Americans. Manila Galleons, Spanish Colonial Mexico and Spanish East Indies trade/cultural exchange route.
Kingsley Plantation, Jacksonville, Florida. Original tabby concrete walls of slave housing at Kingsley Plantation , early nineteenth century Tabby is a type of concrete made by burning oyster shells to create lime , then mixing it with water, sand, ash and broken oyster shells. [ 1 ]
Natural materials – timber, bamboo, thatch, and fibre – make up rumah adat. [5] The traditional house of Nias has post, beam, and lintel construction with flexible nail-less joints, and non-load bearing walls are typical of rumah adat. Traditional dwellings have developed to respond to Indonesia's hot and wet monsoon climate.
Arlington is a large region of Jacksonville, Florida, and is generally understood as a counterpart to the city's other large regions, the Urban Core, Northside, Southside, Westside, and the Beaches. It borders the Southside area at its southern end, and has several bridge connections to nearby beaches , the Northside and Downtown .
A Samoan beach fale. A beach fale is a simple thatched hut in the architecture of Samoa.Beach fales are also common in other parts of Polynesia.They have become popular in tourism as a low budget accommodation situated by the coast, built with a few posts, no walls and a thatched roof with a round or oval shape.