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 ...
Balecob, a hybrid of straw and cob house building techniques, can offer unique flexibility to the natural builder. Start with a strong cob house stem wall. We live in exciting times for natural ...
In this Dezeen Studio video, architecture reporter Amy Peacock answers everything you need to know about building with cob. Following on from Dezeen's latest editorial series Building with Cob, ...
Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand and straw. Becky Bee’s The Cob Builders Handbook (Chelsea Green Publishing, 1998) is a friendly guide ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Natural Buildings Sage Stoneman's home only cost $200 to build and allows him to live debt-free. How is this ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Building an earthen home from scratch might sound daunting to some, but for Daniel and Katherine Ray, ...
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 ...
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 ...