BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN MOROCCO. There are many homes in the rural areas that are are "mud" houses,that is, made of clay bricks. The advantage is they are cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Disadvantages include lack of windows/doors and therefore more insects/bugs, and after many years, they tend to crumble. They are just made of dirt and water, then sun-dried. You just don't see wooden homes. Trees are scarce and deforestation is a problem, so all wood is expensive...like wood for shelving for my neddy boutique project, or wooden furniture. However, they do use wooden forms when setting up "remodel" or addition projects as shown here.

I live above a sort of little hardware store that also makes bricks, which are really hollow concrete blocks. Here is Aziz after he has "sifted" gravel and is taking it to another area to begin his brick-making process. He probably weighs 120 pounds soaking wet and works very hard. I think he is an employee of the two brothers who own the business. A picture of the "form" he uses to make all the blocks. And, a photo of a truck delivering cement used in the process. The bricks are not real hard; I chipped the edge of my kitchen door trying to knock a piece of sugar cone apart. The point being...sugar cones (at least when dry) are harder than the bricks!

And here is a new house by the highway near my town. Very pretty and upscale for this area. Enlarge and you will see the satellite dish present on even mud houses.