This is the straw checkerboard technique, hailed as the 'Chinese Rubik's Cube,' widely used in China to increase surface roughness and thereby reduce wind erosion.The site is the Ulan Buh Desert in ...

Brick is one of the oldest, most durable, and sustainable construction materials: see Five Reasons to Consider Brick. Of late we’ve applauded its use not just as walls but as chic household flooring.