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A little Protection The mud house in Khanabad seems simple at first glance, but its cracks and improvised repairs reveal the whole... Category | architecture
Clay and Domes The Al Hamouda, also known as Al Samooda, mosque rises in Jalan Bani Bu Ali between desert dust and old mud houses - one of... Category | architecture
Looking backwards A window in a building in Khanabad, a small town in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz with around 70,000 inhabitants. The population... Category | architecture

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Walls of Powerlessness This aerial photo from the approach to Kabul shows more than just an urban labyrinth of clay houses and dusty roads. It is... Category | city
In the end, only hope remains On a courtyard in Char Gul Tepa in the province of Kunduz, women will probably live in the ... Category | people
Make new out of old Modern architecture in Dubai: A residential complex in the Arab city, which feels to the traditional construction of the old Arab architecture. Even... Category | architecture
Loamy villages, fruity valleys Between the stony, red mountains that surround the Draa Valley, where the RN9 road winds through palm oases and mud houses, lies the... Category | village
The Stopped Time Farm square in the village of Char Gul Tepa in the district of Qal-i-Zal: The district is agricultural, with the cultivation of wheat and... Category | village
Border Life Near Baluk, a village on the Kunduz River: a small courtyard towers over the desert landscape, the harsh life... Category | village
Battlement against Battlement In the fort of Nizwa: In Oman, every building must be built with battlements at the end of the roof or wall. Category | architecture

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Breakthrough Abandoned village near Fins: In many parts of the country, people are drawn to the cities that... Category | architecture, village
Centuries It looks like a museum, but in reality it has just been freshly restored with clay: walls, walls and floor have been replastered,... Category | architecture, village
Clay Shadow In the garden: The shadows of a strelitzia on the wall of our property in Kunduz. | Afghanistan Category | Everyday life
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Stones in the Sand Balkh Province: At the outskirts of Kholm lies the Bagh-e-Jahan Nama, a complex with a large garden and a monumental palace building.... Category | blog
Mud Bridge Unconventional clay building in a village in Char Dara district, Kunduz province. | Afghanistan Category | village
The gnawing time Summer day in the province of Tahar: Remnants of an abandoned and destroyed village from the time of the civil war can still be found frequently... Category | village, Nature
Clay Break A new wall for the village of Char Gul Tepa, pure handicraft. Done at a still peaceful time for the region.... Category | village, people
Old dead clay A small mausoleum sits enthroned above the road on a small hill a few kilometres before Kasbah Aït-Ben-Haddou. | Morocco Category | architecture
In the teaching tunnel Gang of Supain High School in the village of Khana Ka, one of the schools we supported with computers and teaching materials.... Category | architecture

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Broken Land On the edge of the route between Taloqan and Kunduz lies a village partly destroyed by the civil war. | Afghanistan Category | village
Living clay Clay village in Badakhshan: In search of one of our teachers we ended up in this village above the village of Gulaki.... Category | village
Living past Built in 1997, the Heritage Village is basically a huge open-air museum. Quite successful with beautiful squares, cafes and alleys.... Category | architecture, city
The ancient clay courtyard Open-air museum: In the courtyard of the el-Badi Palace in Marrakesh: The palace was once the largest and most magnificent palace complex in Morocco. From the splendour... Category | architecture
Four Flower Hills In the village of Char Gul Tepa (translated: Four Flowers Hill) in Qal-i-Zal district. | Afghanistan Category | village
Back to the Roots Evening atmosphere in the Heritage Village: The buildings in this district have been built according to old traditional clay construction and show the old... Category | architecture, city
Village Life Baluc village near the town of Kunduz: The little boy at the well concerned the water supply for the courtyard of the family... Category | village, animals
What will remain? Clay village near Paghman in the evening hour: Typical life in the countryside, rough, hard, dusty and unchanged, always... Category | village, Nature
Sweat and Shovel In an alley in Kunduz: clay, sand and chopped straw mixed with water are the basis for the wall plaster. In... Category | people
Not for eternity The clay plaster has now been washed away from the clay wall due to weather, wind and erosion. So a small... Category | architecture
Kingdom of the Dead The Aga Khan Foundation after the end of the civil war started the tomb of Timur Shah in the year 2004 in... Category | architecture
Against tradition Unusual mud house development in a village in the mountains of Badakhshan province. | Afghanistan Category | architecture, village
The Scenery View of Aït Ben Haddou: One of the very few still reasonably well-preserved clay housing estates in southern Morocco. Aït Ben Haddou became known as a film set for... Category | village
Protective dome Village in the evening light near Mazar-i-Sharif: Typical for the region, clay domes as a roof construction. In these villages live mostly Turkmen or Uzbek... Category | village
Between thick clay Along the Fort of Nizwa: At the slightly cooler evening hour, the first people appear and the alleys and streets fill... Category | city
Loamy Earth A trekker is parked in front of the farm. The farm is located in Badakhshan Province just before Keshem. | Afghanistan Category | village
Odeur Faizabad In a house alley in Faizabad: Damp clay walls, the open sewer system and the outhouse toilets, with their openings to the alley, are... Category | city

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The square meter increase At the corner of a house in Faizabad, a little more space has been created on the first floor of a mud house. | Afghanistan Category | architecture
The old man and the view over the river In the alleys of Faizabad: Between the mud and stone walls, a path winds down to the Kokcha River. | Afghanistan Category | people
Between the Clay Part of the el-Badi Palace in Marrakech: The wall on the right is part of the dungeon complex and... Category | architecture
Afternoon in the cool alleys Between the walls of the houses in Kunduz, winding alleys with ditches stretch along. The trenches serve as drainage, as... Category | city
In the Footsteps of Time Aït Ben Haddou: one of the very few still reasonably well-preserved clay housing estates in southern Morocco. The Kasbah became known as a film set for Lawrence... Category | village
Oasis Castle The Tamnougalt Kasbah in the Dra Valley: Also known as the "Kasbah des ca'ds", it is located four kilometres south of Agdz... Category | architecture
The Boxes Aet-Ben-Haddou is one of the very few well-preserved mud-building settlements in southern Morocco. The Kasbah Aet-Ben-Haddou became known as a film backdrop... Category | architecture, village
Walls luminaires Tamnougalt Kasbah in the Draa Valley: On the roof terrace, a pottery lamp will probably provide light at night. |... Category | architecture
Hold Up Mode In the village of Baluk, North of Kunduz, the young Paschtune Ahmed lives with his family, the with a small farm... Category | portrait
School is out for... Girls at a village school in Char Dara district, near Kunduz, romp on the clay farm. In primary school... Category | village
Hole in the Wall All clay: Entrance to a residential building in Kunduz. The idiosyncratic passage way with the imposing door lintel is typical of the old... Category | architecture
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Old Deserts Clay In the Tamnougalt Kasbah in the Draa Valley: The partially restored ruins of the "Kasbah of Tamnougalt", also known as the "Kasbah of Tamnougalt", the ruins of the "Kasbah of Tamnougalt", also known as the... Category | blog