Stay tuned
for the Global Challenge 2022!
A--D
☰
projects
experts
×
×
projects
experts
Submit a Challenge
Submit an Inspiration
About Architecture-in-Development
Our team
Our steering committee
Subscribe our newsletter
What's going on
Contact us
Register
Login
Troglodytes dwellings
Matmata, Tunisia
Written by:
follow
share on:
Traditional underground settlements in the dessert of Tunisia.
image:
David Helan
| © all rights reserved
i
Category:
housing
Phase:
in use
Updated:
7 December 2011
external links
Wikipedia: Matmata, Tunisia
Paper: The Troglodyte Dwellings of the Matmata Berbers
Location
show earth plate boundaries
hide earth plate boundaries
Explore more inspirations
Keyword:
traditional technique (33)
traditional human settlement (9)
earth (61)
infrastructure
living root bridge
Mawlynnong, India
urban planning
Machu Pichu
Cusco Region, Peru
housing
A House For All Seasons
Shijia Village, Shaanxi, China
work & business
Bamboo factory Bali
Bali, Indonesia
recreation & sport
Sala Visitor Centre
Hua Hin Hills, Thailand
agriculture & fisheries
Warehouse for agricultural products
Bolmo, Mali
housing
Nqibikan Village Reconstruction
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
religion & memorial
Ise Grand Shrine
Ise, Mie prefecture, Japan
housing
Juan Hippolito House
San Pedro Apostol, Mexico
meeting place
wNw Bar
thu dau mot, Vietnam
housing
Itakura Core House
Momonoura, Japan
urban planning
Grameen Bank Housing Project
Dhaka, Bangladesh
emergency shelter
Catenarius
Paraguay
education
Wadi Abu Hindi Primary School
Wadi Abu Hindi Bedouin camp, Palestinian Territories
religion & memorial
Tógu nà
Dogon, Mali
Tomb of Askia
Gao, Mali
meeting place
Matta Sur heritage and community center
Santiago, Chile
housing
Le Village Noir
Gatlang, Nepal
housing
New Gourna Village
Luxor, Egypt
housing
"After the rain comes..."
Msitu wa Tembo, Tanzania
recreation & sport
Sport City
Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico
education
Majuli School / GENERATING RESILIENCE
majuli, India
religion & memorial
Wenzai True Jesus Church-Our Pray Room
Changhua, Taiwan
housing
Casa Rosales
Tlalnepantla Morelos, Mexico
religion & memorial
Adobe Heritage Restoration
Malloco, Calera de Tango, Chile
education
A Kindergarten in Ropi
Ropi, Ethiopia
meeting place
CASA ENSAMBLE CHACARÁ
Pereira, Colombia
meeting place
Jabu Centre
Siteki, Swaziland
health & sanitation
Hammam Khist-i-Kopruk
Kholm, Balkh province, Afghanistan
education
Children's Centre XEWA SOWE
Village of Sowé (Glazoué), Benin
education
Kusikuna Eco-Active School
Apote - Tiquipaya, Bolivia
agriculture & fisheries
Community Greenhouse
Quito, Ecuador
education
Ecole du Scarabée / Scarab School
north of timbuktu, Mali
