Using only primitive tools and natural materials, we built a strong and simple mud house reinforced with grass. This method, ...

One costly and time-consuming step in constructing a concrete building is creating the “formwork ... to replace the wood with lightly treated mud. “What we’ve demonstrated is that ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Many new hospitals, schools, apartment buildings and other structures would be built with extra flood protection under a major revision to an international building code approved Friday.

The flood of 2025 has been more destructive than its 1978 predecessor, Wilson said, largely due to the excessive mud. His uncle ... he might consider building anew on higher ground.