Early in the year, preparations began for the second phase of building at L’Amandier. Our architect Nick consulted his plans, produced an extremely long tape measure and directed us all in a remarkably simple method of positioning the next phase of villas to their exact places on the land. The ‘chairs’ (the seats of the [...]

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South of Marrakech, between the town of Tahannout and the bustling market town of Asni, there are 3 or 4 women’s cooperatives producing Argan oil, despite the fact that there are no Argan trees in this area (the Argan fruit is transported here). These cooperatives have been created (like many others in Morocco) to help [...]

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It is on days like this that I sometimes ask myself why I am not sitting behind a comfortable desk in a clean office, with coffee on tap, logical emails to answer, and people around me that I understand. Instead, I spent my morning in Bab el Khmis; the noisy, industrial area of the Marakech [...]

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