“The blocks are made with natural add, which is abundantly available all over the world,” says Alpha Omar Jallow, the construction manager at Earthworks Construction. “In The Gambia we have the right ...

When Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, came to Senegal last February for an economic summit, he took a break from conference rooms in the capital city of Dakar to get his hands dirty, ...

Revolutionary 'green' types of bricks and construction materials could be made from recycled PVC, waste plant fibers or sand with the help of a remarkable new kind of recently discovered rubber ...

No one needs to know that underneath your plastered walls, are low cost bricks because they are just as strong or even a little better than normal building blocks. Photos by Ismail Kezaala With ...

Eco-friendly bricks in the form of concrete blocks are gaining popularity in Bangladesh as a means to mitigate the environmental damage caused by conventional brick manufacturing. House Building ...

Setting up a solid house foundation in a water logged area is one of the hardest tasks because its tricky, consumes a lot of time, energy and money. It’s a step that should be given more attention to ...