The New Yorker11 年
THE HOUSE ON STILTS
OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS piece about Sarawak, the British colony in Borneo. History of the Brook family who has had complete autocratic rule over Sarawak for almost 100 years. Many people had ...
Business Insider India2 年
The Rong communal houses of Vietnam are towering wooden houses that are built on stilts and ...
His village's Rong took five years to complete. The houses were built on stilts for several reasons, Pairaudeau told Insider. In addition to protection against flooding, stilts keep the building ...
Dezeen4 年
Mountain House in Mist
Mountain House in Mist is a book house designed to revive the rural village of Jinhua, China. The first floor is built on stilts to leave space for the villagers to rest, drink tea and chat.The ...
Tagtik on MSN1 个月
Alert in the United States: houses are collapsing one after another
Houses on stilts, popular places for lovers of sea air, are now the first victims of the absolutely devastating effects of ...
Another stilt house collapses into the ocean, Outer Banks officials say
Another house has collapsed on North Carolina's Outer Banks, according to the Chicamacomico Banks Fire and Rescue Department.
Business Insider3 年
Watergate figure John Dean described the Trump DOJ's surveillance of House Democrats as ...
on Friday described the Justice Department seizing the smartphone data of Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee as "Nixon on stilts and steroids." The comments came after The New York ...