Nkhotakota

Solola village:

This home is constructed of mud on a wood pole frame tied together with sisal. The door is made from reeds. The roof is wood poles connected with tire straps.

A roof constructed of wood poles constructed into the top of a mud wall.

The interior of a home is being plastered over with mud.

Simwaka village:

This home is made from burnt bricks and has a deep covered verandah that is on all four sides of the home. The openings were bricked in due to security concerns.

A goat pen which is raised off the ground with wood poles.

A painted decoration under a window that has been filled in with bricks and plastered over.

Thick poles supporting a roof structure over a verandah in Nzimba village Malawi, malawi architecture

Nzimba village:

This home is made from burnt bricks and has a deep covered verandah that is on all four sides of the home. The openings were bricked in due to security concerns.

Lufania village:

This home is made from burnt bricks and has a continuos vernadah supported by wood poles that embedded in it.

Decorative band at a base of a home. The mud came from a near by river bed in Lufani village Malawi, malawi architecture

A circular kitchen in Lufani village Malawi. The support poles are on the outside of the walls and the wall does not rise to a full height, malawi architecture

Khisha village:

Burnt brick home pastered white and has a defined front porch. A circular kitchen in the homestead has the thatch roof being tied off to prevents leaks.

Khisha village:

Burnt brick house that is plastered white which has an extended roof in the front which goes past the verandah. An interesting pigron coop was also documented.