Heed the reed: thatcher scientist on mission to revive craft

But now Jacobus van Hoorne's house is the only one in the entire neighbourhood with a reed roof. "You are practically not allowed to have reed roofs in Austria," said Van Hoorne. But now Jacobus van Hoorne's house is the only one in the entire neighbourhood with a reed roof. "You are practically not allowed to have reed roofs in Austria," said Van Hoorne. Jacobus van Hoorne, a 37-year-old former physicist at Cern and now reed farmer, and his workers harvest reed near Lake Neusiedl in Breitenbrunn, Austria on March 9, 2023.