Cob walls are like the adobe home's British cousin. Take nearly the same materials but add in a much higher proportion of straw, and you have cob. Though it brings corn cobs to mind, "cob" comes from ...

When properly designed, constructed, and maintained, Nilsson and others say, cob homes have proven to last many centuries. “Cob uses the same materials as adobe,” says Hammer. “But adobe walls are ...

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 ...

In tests, the residual cob material was even more absorbent than the commercial product. And because the material still contains anthocyanins, which have antimicrobial activity, ...

The CobBauge project, which is testing out cob (a mix between earth, fiber and water) as the main building material, is a proof of concept for a much more sustainable construction method.

Traditional cob building: mud homes that don’t cost the earth The material could hold the key to a more sustainable future for house construction The cob barn near Chulmleigh, Devon.

Finally, when the remaining ground cob material was tested, it was said to be even more absorbent than the corn cob waste presently used in commercial kitty litter.