Question

more information about mud and wood houses

Answer 1

Even though many buildings constructed of natural materials, particularly earth, have stood the test of time, the construction of buildings out of these materials almost completely disappeared during the 20th Century. This occurred due to the development of commercial building materials and labor saving methods which took on status and prestige connotations, even in Asia and Africa.

The skills and craft of natural building by artisans who were most often handed down specific situational knowledge by their forefathers almost disappeared, except for some small pockets of people scattered around the globe.

Consequently buildings constructed out of natural materials and methods are now rare and far between around the world.

Buildings constructed out of mud and other natural materials were until recently considered primitive, where images of African and Indian mud houses would arise in the mind of most, when the subject is brought up as a building option.