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  2. Thatching - Wikipedia

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    Straw-thatched house at the historic village of Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage Site in Japan Korean traditional straw thatched house. Thatch is popular in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, parts of France, Sicily, Belgium and Ireland. There are more than 60,000 thatched roofs in the United Kingdom and over 150,000 in the ...

  3. Choga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Choga is one of the two classifications of traditional Korean housing. [4] Choga is named after and characterised by its straw thatched-roof; to be distinguished from giwa, its tiled-roof counterpart. Choga was the representative housing for the working class in Korea from prehistoric times until mid 20th century. [5]

  4. Igbo architecture - Wikipedia

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    Igbo Thatched Architecture Exterior A traditional igbo building palm Thatching. Thatch is utilized in Igbo architecture and it is the main traditional roofing method. Materials used in thatching include grass, palm leaves, or reeds, which are layered and woven onto the roof frame to create the thatched roof and bamboo.

  5. Minka - Wikipedia

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    The primary purpose of shaping minka roofs was to accommodate the extensive precipitation experienced in many parts of Japan. A steeply peaked roof allows rain and snow to fall straight off, preventing water from getting through the roof into the home and, to a lesser extent, preventing the thatch from getting too wet and beginning to rot. [20 ...

  6. Roundhouse (dwelling) - Wikipedia

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    A palloza is a traditional thatched house as found in Leonese county of El Bierzo, Serra dos Ancares in Galicia, and south-west of Asturias; corresponding to Astur tribes area, one of pre Hispano-Celtic inhabitants of northwest Hispania. It is circular or oval, and about ten or twenty metres in diameter and is built to withstand severe winter ...

  7. Chigi (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Another is that they were part of a support system anchored on the ground to stabilize the roof. [4] Yet another theory proposes that they were used to "pinch" and hold thatch roofing together. [5] Evidence of this can be seen in minka, or common traditional homes, where two interlocking timbers are often found at the roof gables.

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