Top: the hut is located in the mountainous Vorarlberg region. Above: thatch was used for both the roof and sides "We found out that building skins in Alpine architecture are either stone ...

Near the northern tip of Anclote Key Preserve State Park, in about 1 ½ feet of water, someone was building a traditional thatched-roof Seminole Indian chickee hut — but on stilts. The owner ...