When asked if I would join this JCWP project, I naturally jumped at the chance. I had no idea at the time that 2000 volunteers would be taking part! Come to think of it, we probably need those numbers if we’re going to try and build 100 homes within a week!
And the architect in me [...]

On the 26th of July last year, when I first visited Nasrapur to look at a proposed bungalow site, the Péj river was in spate and the bridge (South-West corner of the satellite picture) was at least 2m underwater. I had to be content with looking at the trees (highlighted in the photo) [...]

Oh, this is good! A company that mainly develops unmanned aircraft has turned its skills to making rooftop wind turbines. Small and light (no price yet so I don’t know if it’s cheap) and mounted on the building parapet - to make best use of the structure’s aerodynamic properties - it requires only 3.1m/s of [...]