Bousillage Construction in Louisiana, 1700s
(Above) Example of Bousillage walls. From the Earth Architecture website: "Bousillage, or bouzillage, a hybrid mud brick/cob/wattle and daub technique is a mixture of clay and Spanish moss or clay and grass
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