Vanishing Architecture
Bamboo, stone and pitched roof.
Stilt longhouses on the Brahmaputra islands. Khasi cottages with corrugated tin and clay floors. Konyak morungs carved with hornbills. The vernacular is being replaced by concrete every monsoon.
East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya
Living Root Bridges of the Khasi Hills
200+ years · Still growing
The War-Khasi guide the aerial roots of the Ficus elastica across rivers in slow handmade trellises. A bridge takes two human generations to mature, and lasts five.
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