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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Gingerbread houses in Port au Prince

The wooden structures of the classical 'gingerbread' architecture of Port au Prince resisted the tremors of the January 12 earth quake a lot better than the more modern concrete structures in Haiti's capital. Some say the rebuilding of Port au Prince should be inspired by these old building techniques.