Do you find yourself staring at concrete walls, daydreaming about an idyllic life close to nature? Does the sight of drywall make you want to pack your bags, lock the door, and run off into the forest ...
It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this ...
Engineering professor Mark Aschheim launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code. Engineering professor launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code ...
When it came to saving a would-be demolished wooden carriage house, one homeowner reached back in time to an ancient method. The Globe and Mail reported on Shannon Kyles, a retired architectural ...
Making homes out of clay, sand and straw — a material called “cob” — might raise eyebrows in earthquake country, but Bay Area devotees are hoping to gain acceptance for what they say is an inexpensive ...
“What would it take to raise a cob house in one day?” That was the question Coenraad Rogmans (of House Alive!) and I asked ourselves one sunny morning in September of 2013. We were at his place in ...
Cob wall on stone foundation. Building with cob is pretty straight forward. Anyone in the family can learn the basic techniques and with a bit of guidance, you can build structures together as a group ...
Brian Liloia, a former Green Building Elements writer and a resident of an eco-village called The Dancing Rabbit, recently self-published his first book, "The of Year of Mud: Building a Cob House".
Donna Prock has a vision for rural Washington County and for her half-acre farm in Helvetia. This weekend, those visions are merging with one project close to home, where she hopes community gathers ...
Making homes out of clay, sand and straw — a material called “cob” — might raise eyebrows in earthquake country, but Bay Area devotees are hoping to gain acceptance for what they say is an inexpensive ...