"Gingerbread houses" helps Haiti rebuild

Despite the billions of dollars worth of damage caused by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in January, many of the capital's oldest buildings are still standing.

Almost all of Port-au-Prince's "Gingerbread houses" - elaborate wooded buildings, many more than a century old - managed to survive the quake.

The buildings were constructed during a time of prosperity in the country and feature an architectural style which fuses European colonial influence with traditional Haitian designs.

Now architects and engineers are using its structural design as an example of how the country should be rebuilt.




Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports from Port-au-Prince.

[August 23, 2010]

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[vmstudio2001]

@wugufugu Haiti on the rise TARD

[vmstudio2001]

@wugufugu Your a tard. it appears you only use 1% of your brain, the rest is poop.

[Griffin1804]

@brno22504 Jacmel houses are more like those in New Orleans. Look up Jacmel, Haiti 

[brno22504]

looks like houses in new orleans

[jeanlouis7]

EXPLIZIT FT. E-MONEY "LIFE IN THE FASTLANE"

[micahgee]

What gorgeous houses!

[micahgee]

@DaKewlJamal

LOL

[DaKewlJamal]

thats cool but will it blend