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 ...

Flat House, a Material Cultures three-bedroom house situated at Margent Farm, a rural R&D facility that develops bioplastics made with hemp and flax. Timber and hempcrete are among the materials used.

This retreat center’s storage building features an attached cob oven and natural paints. Learn modern cob house building for a mortgage-free home using low-cost and local materials by following ...

Cob is a low-carbon building material made from earth and straw. Typically considered a labour-intensive construction process, cob is traditionally formed into monolithic walls and compressed.

Beginner builders can learn how to build an outdoor pizza oven step by step for less than $300 and a few days’ work. Natural building techniques bring us into closer connection with the raw ...