Kate Otten, the founding architect of Kate Otten Architects, talks about the Houghton Jumu'ah Mosque by Muhammad Mayet Architects + Urban Designers and Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil.

Thousands of Malians carrying buckets and jugs of mud joined the annual replastering ... a key ritual that maintains the integrity of the Great Mosque of Djenne in the center of the country.

From the impressive mud-based architecture in Djenné, Mali to the great mosque of Djenne, these structures showcase the ...