

MY HOME IN THE FAVELA
In the past 7 months I was living in Rocinha, a place that had become home to me. There really are not enough words to describe the...


SHINGLES WITH THE GIRLS
LWH, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala No such thing as garbage at Long Way Home. Everything is sorted and reused, or recycled for...


HOW TO COB
Long Way Home, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala There are few ways to use cob as building material, whether its with bricks, stacked balls,...


POUNDING MY OWN TIRE
It took me a while to find the courage (and mainly the strength) to pound my own tire from start to finish so I am very excited about...


Long Way Home
San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala Architecture is not about what we want to build, but of what a place, a community, is in need . Mateo...


CURACAO #2
It took me a blocked road, a cancelled flight and some immigration problems to get to Curacao. But when I finally arrived, I felt I am...


SADHANA FOREST HAITI
An old phrase says: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." This is what...


VERNACULAR | TROPICAL
Coconut leaves screens, Anse-à-Pitres, Haiti. #architecture #buildingmethods #sustainable


CUBA #2
Viñales Diana lives next to her mother, sister and cousins, at the edge of the picturesque village of Viñales. The yellow&orange house is...