Housing Report: Timber-reinforced Stone Masonry (Koti Banal Architecture) of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, Northern India

This housing report is looking at Housing typologies in India, with a focus on a timber-reinforced stone masonry of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in Northern India.

Despite being located in a high seismic risk area, a region in the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh (Northern India) exhibits an elaborate tradition of constructing multistoried houses.