CURTAIN ON Booklet 115 Building a house

In addition to the exciting question of why people need houses at all and what they looked like in the past, our readers gain insights into different houses around the globe, discover the tallest, smallest, craziest, crookedest and longest house in the world. You will find out how a house is built, which craftsmen are involved in the construction, what wall ties are, what roof shapes there are, what unusual house shapes our child reporters discovered, how a forest house is transformed into a castle, and you will reveal the secret of the "House at the Last Lantern" "And read a completely new interpretation of the" Tower of Babel ". Puzzles and creative ideas to do it yourself await hard-working young craftsmen and artists: mini houses to play with or even build a dream hut, tinker an entire village or paint your dream house. Raise the curtain on the oldest art of mankind: building a house!