A wooden hut with a thatched roof on the banks of a river nestled among the coconut trees.

Wooden housing is one of the most sustainable building alternatives. In many European and North American countries, wooden houses provide the most common, economical, and practical solution for construction. The timber ...

A man stands next to a wooden frame hut on stilts with a thatched roof.

A man stands next to a wooden frame hut on stilts with a thatched roof.

The postcard shows wooden houses with galvanized roofs enclosed by wooden fences. In the background there is a small group of persons gathered around the electricity pole.

Both round and handle produced (sawn or rough-hewn), timber constitutes one of the oldest building raw materials. Wood can be engineered to produce structural beams and boards. Today, wooden housing is the most valuable ...

This research identified the central hindrances found in Brazilian wooden housing scenario in the fields of finished product, producer, and sector. Thus, a questionnaire with three qualitative questions based on multiple-choice ...

Description on the back of postcard:"A typical old style village house in rural Tobago."

Despite the promising future to industry in Brazil, most production sectors still suffer with the access to newer industrial technologies. Some very specific and limited incentives have been offered by the local Government ...

A small village settlement near the sea.