CORBEANCA, Romania -- The small town of Corbeanca has a reputation for expensive luxury villas and a well-off population of around 11,000 who live within easy commuting distance of Bucharest. But a ...

Also knowns as 'beehive houses', the conical adobe structures keep cool in the blazing desert sun, while their thick walls also retain warmth in the winter ...

Traditional mud-brick houses that the people of northern Syria have built for thousands of years risk disappearing, as 12 years of war have emptied villages and left the buildings crumbling. "Our ...