Building earth houses

23 Mar 2012

Building houses from earth in Morocco is like making sand castles but with fully grown children in the sand pit!

Building earth houses in Morocco by Max Lawrence Lawrence of Morocco

Here are a selection of photos of the building of Chez Max.  The house is located in the stunning village of Tagadert, 24 km from Marrakech on the Amizmiz road.  The houses are constructed of earth bricks ("tub" in Arabic).

 

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Hi Max,

I have been meaning to let you know how much we enjoyed our holiday in Morocco. We absolutely loved it and your staff were absolutely brilliant particularly Souad who could not have done more or been more helpful, she was wonderful and took away all the angst of travelling with elderly parents by fast tracking us at the …

Chris Jones

The best dinner spot was at the riad hotel we were staying, Villa Maroc, where they serve huge platters of meat or fish tagine by candlelight.

Novelist Anna Stothard travelled to Essaouira with Lawrence of Morocco in August 2012, writing for the Observer Magazine.

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